I'm going to go with the idea that it's mostly women who taught you.
Out in the writing world, I know some of the most dysfunctional women you could imagine. All of 'em teach. I'm convinced teaching is a form of exhibitionism for women and if you're not (metaphorically) putting money in their g-string or if you're "creepy" you fail. Or they teach so they can indoctrinate.
Whatever the case, because of this the educational system is a game and a political one at that. They have certain ways of doing things. If you don't fit the mold, you don't get the grades even if what you're doing is conceptually ten times better than anything else.
I found college more bearable than high school but only when I had male professors. The only female college teacher I had that was any good wasn't even a professor. She was an instructor and not part of the educational industrial complex.
The way I got back and them was small but important to me. When my book was published I told 'em to fuck off in so many words in my introduction -- even though an editor tried to persuade me not to.
The better thing to do is not give a fuck. Take my brother. In seventh grade the teacher would not put him in the high level no matter what. He was stuck with the morons. So my folks took him out of that particular school.
He's now a CEO and people from the old school sit on his board and answer to him. Needless to say, the educational system might have been a tad wrong when it came to assessing his intelligence. The same is probably true for you.
Out in the writing world, I know some of the most dysfunctional women you could imagine. All of 'em teach. I'm convinced teaching is a form of exhibitionism for women and if you're not (metaphorically) putting money in their g-string or if you're "creepy" you fail. Or they teach so they can indoctrinate.
Whatever the case, because of this the educational system is a game and a political one at that. They have certain ways of doing things. If you don't fit the mold, you don't get the grades even if what you're doing is conceptually ten times better than anything else.
I found college more bearable than high school but only when I had male professors. The only female college teacher I had that was any good wasn't even a professor. She was an instructor and not part of the educational industrial complex.
The way I got back and them was small but important to me. When my book was published I told 'em to fuck off in so many words in my introduction -- even though an editor tried to persuade me not to.
The better thing to do is not give a fuck. Take my brother. In seventh grade the teacher would not put him in the high level no matter what. He was stuck with the morons. So my folks took him out of that particular school.
He's now a CEO and people from the old school sit on his board and answer to him. Needless to say, the educational system might have been a tad wrong when it came to assessing his intelligence. The same is probably true for you.