6th grade teacher kept alcohol in his drawer and made even the toughest kids cry. My mother staged a sit-in at the principal’s office until I was switched to another class. My senior year English class teacher was also the school’s drama instructor. He showed up on the first day and told us that as long as we showed up for class and didn’t leave, he would give us an A. We didn’t have one assignment or test the entire year. I would take a nap the entire class. I had an electrical engineering teacher in high school who told us we could leave whenever we wanted, but that he would deny allowing us to leave. We all respected the arrangement. We’d sneak out of school, and if we got caught, we’d say that we had asked the teacher if we could go to the bathroom. I failed algebra 1 freshmen year, and had to retake it. When I did, they dropped me down a level. The teacher would often tell the class, “You guys are stupid. I’m going to invite the honors kids in so they can laugh at you.