Lil homie had irreversible social anxiety long before the teacher said anything. If you get anxiety by being accused of flirting you are already damaged beyond repair.
Or it could be that what OP mentioned was just one of the many things Miss Doyle did that gave social anxiety. I was a very confident guy, one of the cool kids, but I had this one teacher in English class that gave me and everyone else massive anxiety.
We read aloud and went around the room, reading a page each. She'd berate people for their bad reading. I was a Swedish immigrant in Ireland and had terrible english initially, and was not a good reader. She didnt give a fuck. She would tell me I was useless. Not constructive at all, just putting everyone down. She was intelligent, but just way too brutal. I am a great public speaker today after spending time in the military, but no thanks to her.
Many kids in that class were permanently damaged because of her and developed lifelong fears of public speaking.
Yeah, I'm all for putting people in challenging moments like presenting in front of class or having to organize fellow students and reading aloud. It does require a certain vulnerability, and teachers should be better about not stabbing us in the soft spots when we are in those moments.
Like, I had a teacher who had no qualms with expressing how much disappointment she had in me, and kept comparing me to my older sister. Luckily the teachers that followed were fantastic and the overall experience taught me that one shouldn't listen to authority figures all the time. But that was a silver lining at best.
No it's not, no doubt about it. But letting such a relatively small obstacle interfere with the rest of your life isn't the teachers fault. It's yours.
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u/Local-Drunk-Driver 5d ago
Grade 8 English teacher would constantly embarrass students by saying aloud "___ stop flirting with ___".
Miss Doyle if you're reading this fuck you, you gave me irreversible social anxiety.