It gets worse. She actually failed me for fourth grade because my dad was in the Air Force. She hated the military and the war that bad. We lived off base so we were the only military family with kids in that school. My parents couldn’t believe what I related to them until they had a meeting with her and the principal. My dad thought I was making stuff up but got an eyeful. After the meeting I was told just to try my best. They couldn’t move me to another class because all of the other students considered themselves lucky not to be in it. Too bad that there was no outside help for us like there is today.
She’s hopefully gone now. If failing a ten year old because of the Vietnam War gave her some pleasure in her empty life then maybe it was worth something.