School is supposed to be a place of growth, curiosity, and intellectual discovery, and for the most part, teachers are the unsung heroes making that happen on a budget that would make a grown adult cry. But then there are the others. The ones who confused authority with power. The ones who took a question as a personal challenge. The ones who assigned three hours of homework on a Friday afternoon.
This list is for every student who sat in a classroom thinking, "I don't think this is legal," and turned out to be completely right. It is a tribute to the passive-aggressive sticky notes, the public humiliations disguised as teaching moments, and the inexplicable grudges held against 11-year-olds. We see you. We survived them, too. Barely, but still.
