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In reply to the discussion: DONT EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR OWN EYES ISNT HAPPENING. [View all]Kaleva
(36,504 posts)We don't even know if the story itself is real. The best I can find out about it is that it was written by a Allen C. Marshall but I don't know if it was fiction or based on a true event.
"An example closer to real-life experiences was provided by my childhood friend Mary Lois Brugler who posted the following story written by Allen C. Marshall. Marshall tells the story of a time in the seventh grade when the teacher told the students that one of them, Steven Webb Sladki, had not been taking notes as he had been instructed to do. For this infraction she was going to send him to the principals office. The other students saw that he was taking notes and tried to tell the teacher but they were shouted down. With no credible defenders the teacher made her case and escorted Steven out of the room. When she came back in she said, See how easy that was. It was easy to disbelieve ones own experience and condemn a fellow student when the teacher refused to countenance any disagreement."
https://blogs.psychcentral.com/see-saw-parenting/2016/12/224-when-obedience-is-not-the-answer/