good for you!
i had a teacher that absolutely despised me. she'd been in my brother's school and made his life a misery, to the point where my mum actually got her fired from the school. start of the next term, whose school is she in now? whose class is she teaching? mine, that's who.
she hated intelligent kids. i suspect that this is because she wasn't as bright as she liked to pretend she was. she made me suffer 8 months of mental torture, gave me low grades despite the fact that i had got all the questions right("she loses points for not applying herself". not my fault i didn't have to strain my brain to work out that 2x2=4), told other teachers i was lazy and stupid and basically made my life a living hell.
then she made a mistake.
she slapped me.
my mother was at that school faster than an exocet missile, demanding the bitch's head on a spike. when she realised it was the same teacher who'd given my brother a hard time, she threatened to sue the school for employing someone who was known to be mentally abusive to kids.
she was sacked. i was happy.

sorry for the rant, but teachers who hate kids should be investigated and, where appropriate, fired.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 15:16, Reply)