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If those teachers make inappropriate comments again (I'm a substitute teacher) ESPECIALLY where other students can hear them and this goes ten times over if you are actually in class, then close your book, get up and walk out of class. if the teacher asks you where you are going, tell them that you are going to the vice-principals office. Don't be disrespectful, and if pushed hard by the teacher, stop talking but keep walking. Then go straight to the Vice-Principal and don't leave until you tell him/her *exactly* what happened and point out that there are witnesses.

Do NOT exaggerate. VP's deal with kids making up wild stories about teachers all the time. I just had a girl make up a ridiculous story about me going off on her, screaming in public and calling her four letter words, repeatedly in front of masses of people. It was preposterous......and VP's hear this sort of thing all the time. Be totally accurate, passionate but not overblown, and very *aware*. You don't even have to say the word 'lawyer", you can just let them know that you'll be telling your parents about the incident..

About the kids.... that's a tough one. If the comments are just an every-once-in-a-while thing, then no big deal. If it's a recurring thing, or goes hand-in-hand with other aggressive or abusive behavior on the part of the person(s) that's doing it, then you have an issue.

Think about it, and think hard. Ten years from now, what do you think you will look back and wish you'd done?

I'll tell you honestly that I'm content with how I handled most of the stupid/nasty jerks in high school, and what imostly did was keep walking. However, I'll also tell you honestly that there are two guys that I wish I'd smashed in the face. Even if I'd lost the resulting fight, I STILL wish I'd done it, and honestly it might have done THEM some good to have someone give back what they were getting.

I will probably be th eonly guy on this board to even mention such a thing, but there you go. ThinK, my young friend.....ten years from now, what do you think you will wish you'd done? Only you know the answer to that question.