u/Significant_Name3508

I teach 8th grade, I’m in my 4th year. My students know that I’m jewish.

My students are currently reading the diary of Anne Frank in their ELA classes, and the curriculum included a lot of information on the rise of antisemitism leading to the holocaust.

I have a student who likes to challenge me on everything I say every single day. It’s exhausting. Today, she would not sit in her assigned seat. I told her she could sit in her assigned seat or sit in the front office. She got up to go to her seat, and loudly said, “No wonder everyone hates jews.”

I was so shocked and the class just went dead silent. I asked her if she understood what she just said, and she said yes. I was so shocked that I asked her if she REALLY understood what she just said to me. She said yes again, so I kicked her out of class and sent her to the office.

That class was great for the rest of the day. One of them left me a note that had a star of David inside of a heart drawn on the outside, I got lots of hugs at the end of class, it was very sweet.

I’m just sitting in my classroom very sad.

I teach 8th grade, I’m in my 4th year. I’m jewish, I wear a star of David necklace everyday and I’m open about it when students ask.

My students are currently reading the diary of Anne Frank in their ELA classes, and the curriculum included a lot of information on the rise of antisemitism leading to the holocaust.

I have a student who likes to challenge me on everything I say every single day. It’s exhausting. She’s been written up more than I can recall, we’ve had meetings with mom and admin, but it never changes. Today, she would not sit in her assigned seat. She wanted to sit with her friends and told me it wasn’t fair. I told her she could sit in her assigned seat or sit in the front office. She got up to go to her seat, and loudly said, “No wonder everyone hates jews.”

I was so shocked and the class just went dead silent. I asked her if she understood what she just said, and she said yes. I was so shocked that I asked her if she REALLY understood what she just said to me. She said yes again, so I kicked her out of class and sent her to the office.

That class was great for the rest of the day. One of them left me a note that had a star of David inside of a heart drawn on the outside, I got lots of hugs at the end of class, it was very sweet.

I’m just sitting in my classroom very sad.

I teach 8th grade, I’m in my 4th year. I’m jewish, I wear a star of David necklace everyday and I’m open about it when students ask.

My students are currently reading the diary of Anne Frank in their ELA classes, and the curriculum included a lot of information on the rise of antisemitism leading to the holocaust.

I have a student who likes to challenge me on everything I say every single day. It’s exhausting. She’s been written up more than I can recall, we’ve had meetings with mom and admin, but it never changes. Today, she would not sit in her assigned seat. She wanted to sit with her friends and told me it wasn’t fair. I told her she could sit in her assigned seat or sit in the front office. She got up to go to her seat, and loudly said, “No wonder everyone hates jews.”

I was so shocked and the class just went dead silent. I asked her if she understood what she just said, and she said yes. I was so shocked that I asked her if she REALLY understood what she just said to me. She said yes again, so I kicked her out of class and sent her to the office.

That class was great for the rest of the day. One of them left me a note that had a star of David inside of a heart drawn on the outside, I got lots of hugs at the end of class, it was very sweet.

I’m just sitting in my classroom very sad.