At the start of the school year, our school hired a new teacher who was an internet celebrity recently returned from studying abroad. In class, she put the “happy education” philosophy popular overseas into practice. She taught in crop tops, stole the spotlight at the students’ sports meet, and treated students differently... Before long, the classroom podium became a glittering stage where she basked in attention and praise. I disagreed with her on everything, and our conflicts were constant, so she called me an old-fashioned hag. The school leaders’ favoritism and the students’ dislike of me eventually forced me to leave the honors class and become a homeroom teacher in an ordinary class. Unexpectedly, a year later, my class had a strict atmosphere yet achieved top honors, while hers was full of laughter but failed as a group. Parents joined together to file complaints and protest. This time, I want to see how she keeps sitting on her pedestal.
