What teacher lost every ounce of respect in one class period? #redditstories #reddit #realstory — Transcript

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1. 0:00What teacher lost every ounce of respect
2. 0:01in one class period? I was 10 questions
3. 0:03into my chemistry final when the sensor
4. 0:05on my arm started screaming. Not my
5. 0:06phone, the little monitor that tracks my
6. 0:07blood sugar. Type 1 diabetic since I was
7. 0:096. The alarm meant I was dropping, and
8. 0:11dropping fast. Mr. Halverson didn't look
9. 0:13up from his crossword. Nothing on the
10. 0:14desk during finals. That includes toys.
11. 0:16It's a medical device, not a toy. My
12. 0:17hands were already shaking. I need my
13. 0:19juice. It's in my bag. Bags stay at the
14. 0:20front. You knew the rules. 82. The
15. 0:22number on my screen ticked down as I
16. 0:23watched. Below 70 is dangerous. Below 55
17. 0:25you start losing your mind. I raised my
18. 0:27hand. Please, I have glucose tabs in the
19. 0:28front pouch. 10 seconds. over, unzipped
20. 0:30my bag, pulled out the tabs and the
21. 0:31juice box, and locked them in his desk
22. 0:33drawer. You can have these back when the
23. 0:34exam is over. Diabetics love a good
24. 0:35excuse. 71. My best friend Priya stood
25. 0:37up. Are you serious? Just give it to
26. 0:39him. Sit down, or I fail you both. Priya
27. 0:40sat, fist clenched. The kid behind me,
28. 0:42Elijah, the one who films everything for
29. 0:44the yearbook channel, quietly turned his
30. 0:45phone toward the front. I saw it.
31. 0:46Halverson didn't. 64. My vision was
32. 0:48softening at the edges. Sweat soaked
33. 0:49through my shirt even though the room
34. 0:50was freezing. I can't see the questions,
35. 0:52I said, and my words came out slurred.
36. 0:53Then you should have eaten breakfast, he
37. 0:54said, not turning around. That's when
38. 0:55the new girl, Sana, who never talked to
39. 0:57anyone, stood up shaking. He gave me his
40. 0:58tabs last semester when mine ran out. He
41. 1:00didn't even know my name. He's not
42. 1:01faking, sit down. 58. My pencil rolled
43. 1:03off the desk and my fingers wouldn't
44. 1:05close around it. The floor tilted.
45. 1:06Someone behind me whispered that I'd
46. 1:07gone gray. He's crashing, Priya said,
47. 1:09louder now. Somebody get the nurse.
48. 1:10Halverson walked to the door and planted
49. 1:11himself in front of it, arms crossed. No
50. 1:13one leaves during a state final. Walking
51. 1:14out invalidates the exam for this entire
52. 1:16class. Is that what you all want? 51. My
53. 1:18heartbeat was slamming in my ears. I
54. 1:19slid halfway out of my chair. That's
55. 1:21when the boy in the back, Diego, the one
56. 1:22everyone had written off, stood up. My
57. 1:23grandma died like this, sugar, in a
58. 1:25chair. Nobody helped her, either. His
59. 1:26voice cracked. I'm not watching it
60. 1:27twice. Diego, sit down, or or what? 44.
61. 1:30The alarm changed pitch. Faster now, the
62. 1:31sound right before something goes very
63. 1:33wrong. My tongue felt too thick to move.
64. 1:34I tried to say the drawer, the drawer,
65. 1:36but nothing came out. Elijah stood all
66. 1:37the way up, phone still recording, and
67. 1:38said the thing that cracked the room
68. 1:39open. I've got the last 4 minutes on
69. 1:41video, every word. It's already
70. 1:42uploading. Halverson spun around, his
71. 1:43face draining white. Give me that phone,
72. 1:45now. He lunged for Elijah, and that was
73. 1:46when Diego reached the teacher's desk,
74. 1:47grabbed the heavy stapler off the desk,
75. 1:49and smashed the drawer open with a crack
76. 1:50that echoed. Juice box, tabs. He threw
77. 1:52them across the room to Priya. She was
78. 1:53already on her knees beside me, tearing
79. 1:54the foil, pushing three tabs past my
80. 1:55lips, tilting the juice into my mouth.
81. 1:57Chew, chew, come on, stay with me. 39,
82. 1:58the lowest number my screen ever showed.
83. 2:00The room narrowed to a tunnel. I chewed,
84. 2:01I swallowed, and then I just waited to
85. 2:03find out if it was enough. The door
86. 2:04banged open. The front office aid had
87. 2:05heard the alarms bleeding into the
88. 2:06hallway. Behind her came the vice
89. 2:07principal, and behind him a school
90. 2:09resource officer who was already in the
91. 2:10building. Elijah didn't say a word. He
92. 2:11just lifted his phone and let it play.
93. 2:12The whole room heard Halverson's own
94. 2:14voice fill the air. Diabetics love a
95. 2:15good excuse. Then, you should have eaten
96. 2:16breakfast. Then the screaming alarm, my
97. 2:18slurred begging, and the sound of him
98. 2:19locking the drawer. The vice principal
99. 2:21never even looked at his face. He just
100. 2:22pointed one finger at the hallway. The
101. 2:23officer took Halverson by the arm.
102. 2:25Halverson started talking fast.
103. 2:26Protocol, liability. I had no idea, but
104. 2:28the video was still rolling, and every
105. 2:29excuse he made was contradicted by his
106. 2:30own voice 10 seconds earlier. They
107. 2:32walked him out past 40 students, and not
108. 2:33one of us made a sound. Priya was crying
109. 2:35into my shoulder. Sana had my hand in
110. 2:36both of hers. Diego stood there still
111. 2:38gripping that stapler like he might need
112. 2:39it again. My screen ticked up. 42, 51,
113. 2:4163, rising. I could see the questions
114. 2:43again. I could see all of it. The whole
115. 2:45class on their feet around me. Every
116. 2:46exam abandoned, every chair empty.
117. 2:48Elijah finally stopped recording and
118. 2:49crouched down next to me. "Are you
119. 2:50okay?" he asked. I got my mouth to work
120. 2:52one more time. He kept my sugar locked
121. 2:5310 ft away and told me I was faking.
122. 2:55Post every second of it.