Handling kids is one thing. Handling their statements, which were actually solicited by administration walking into the classroom and telling the students that they should write up their teacher "if they say anything you don't like" and who were then coached to include the most damaging buzzwords in said statements, is another. That is exactly what goes on in many a NYC classroom while Bloombutt is running the school system. Using students as weapons to target the higher-priced veteran teachers who also have tenure, so they can be replaced by cheap newbie teachers who will not be granted tenure and who are quite willing to inflate their grades. That's a fine reward for decades of dedication to the art of teaching.
Are you a teacher? I am. My job is to respond to children professionally. That means taking it all in stride.
I believe this student. Why? Because in my sophomore year, I had a similar teacher. She did much the same as what happened here - and she was eventually fired. I’m not going to get into everything she did, but suffice to say, it can happen and it does happen.