The Students Were Mocking the New Teacher

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The students were mocking the new teacher, trying to make her cry, but after a few minutes, something unexpected happened 😢😲

In the 10th grade B class, there hadn’t been a stable literature teacher for a long time. One had gone on parental leave, another had lasted no more than a month. When Ana Vladimirescu appeared — young, calm, well-groomed — the students looked at each other:
— Another one… She won’t last long.

The class began with an attempt to test her limits.

— So, open your notebooks… — the teacher said.

— We didn’t bring any! — someone shouted from the back row. Laughter.

— Maybe you should introduce yourselves first, and only then teach us? — another student said sarcastically.

— Fine. Ana Vladimirescu, — she stated calmly. — And I…

— Ana Viagrescu! — a girl from the class shouted.

— The perfume is from grandma’s time, and the glasses are even worse! — the laughter intensified.

Someone played donkey sounds on their phone. The class burst into laughter. While she was writing something on the board, a student launched a paper airplane behind her.

The teacher turned around.

— Maybe you’ll cry and run away, like the one before? — someone whispered loud enough to be heard.

Another one yawned ostentatiously and let the textbook fall to the floor with a loud noise. The others followed suit — now books were falling, chairs were squeaking, and someone was watching TikTok on their tablet without shame.

And then Ana Vladimirescu, completely unexpectedly, sat on the edge of the desk and calmly spoke, almost as if it were an ordinary day… The entire class froze at the sound of her words…

— You know, I haven’t always been a teacher. Exactly one year ago, I was working in an oncology ward for teenagers. They were your age. Some only dreamed of reaching graduation day. For them, everything mattered: the books, the poems, simply talking to someone.

— A 17-year-old boy. Diagnosis: sarcoma. We read “Eugene Onegin” together, aloud, because he could no longer speak.

The class began to quiet down.

— He held the book in his hands, even when his fingers no longer obeyed him. He told me: “It’s a pity I didn’t love books before. Now I would give anything to be able… to attend a normal class. Without IVs.”

A heavy silence fell in the room.

— A girl from another ward — the teacher continued — only dreamed of getting to school. To sit in a real class. You, kids… you are living their dream, and you act as if life owes you something.

— I won’t pity you, nor will I beg you. I know how valuable life is. And if you want to find out too… keep going.

She stood up, straightened the stack of notebooks on the table, adjusted her glasses, and opened the grade book. For the rest of the class, not a sound was heard.

From that day on, no one joked about her anymore, and no one pronounced the name of teacher Ana Vladimirescu differently.