Grafs #2 Worst Teacher

Graf #2 Worst Teacher
　
My freshman year of high school had just begun. The printed schedule stated that my last period was “Algebra IIB” which was in Room 208. I made my way up the stairs and down the long corridor to the last classroom on the left. There were seniors, juniors and sophomores mixed in the class along with many freshman. I was a middle-of-the-road math student who didn’t have any reservations about Algebra.
The instructor walked in and introduced himself. His hair was red, wavy and short. Everyone had nicknamed him “bacon head”. He was middle-aged, ran every morning, and had well conditioned biceps. He strutted around the classroom trying to intimidate the senior football players.

Two weeks passed and I watched “bacon head” leave class on several occasions and tiptoe into the student bathroom; which was one door down from our classroom. He would usually come out ranting and raving at a student who had left class without a hallway pass; or grab onto a student and push them against the lockers. Eventually the harassment overflowed into the classroom. He would throw erasers at students who answered the algebra problem incorrectly. I feared the man; as well as algebra. I could see my grades slipping but I certainly didn’t dare to ask the man for help for fear that he would make me look like an idiot in front of the class.

My parents went to my teacher conference and found out that I was failing the class and had forged my warning slip with my mothers signature--all because of the fear that I had for the instructor.
I consider “bacon head” to be my worst teacher because I was a good student when I initially walked into his classroom and his anger issues forced me into lying to my parents....and that's not the kind of person
that I am.