Was this the right thing for Mr. Thompson to do? What was the point, other than embarrassing Beaver in front of the whole class?

Just like when Mr. Foster read out all the English test scores. Also Mr. Gannon posting the history marks on the bulletin board. Not very subtle. I found the composition he read very poorly written although Ward thought she had a great imagination. When Beaver calls Betsy about his composition, she tells him she handed it in. I would have said “Why the heck did you do that?” Also didn’t Beaver already have two pages he wrote? What happened to them?

Was this the right thing for Mr. Thompson to do? What was the point, other than embarrassing Beaver in front of the whole class?


Of course, it wasn't ' the right thing to do'.
It just goes to show how some teachers are in the profession JUST to be cruel. Reminds me of one of my high school teachers who would read aloud ALL our grades in all our courses in front of the entire class-which infuriated me then and now because how we each were faring in the classes was something that was NO ONE ELSE's BUSINESS!
Now, it would have been one thing had this teacher approached students and said they'd like to see us after class individually- then revealed in private how they were concerned re how we were academically performing and asked if there were things that we needed to resolve to help improve things. However; this was just sheer meanness just to be cruel by deliberately humiliating students who couldn't even object without getting into trouble for being 'disrespectful'.:mad:

P.S. It wound up that I barely just squeaked by that teacher's class JUST so I wouldn't have to repeat it but that teacher's tude killed my interest in it and I regret that I didn't tell that teacher off upon my graduation for that and a book sized list of other mean stunts they'd pulled on myself and other students down the years.:mad: :mad:

That supposed teacher sounded like a very unhappy person and not in the right profession. He or she should have worked in a prison not nurturing students. This would not happen now. The teacher would be on the News at 5.

I had a first grade teacher with no sensitivity but second grade was wonderful.

Can anyone name their first 6 teachers they had in elementary school? That’s what we called it.

Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Carter
Miss Manning
Miss Marshall
Mrs. DiCroce
Miss Smitty

Miss Fretz (kindergarten), Mrs. Davies (1), Mrs. Rogers (2), Miss Baker (3), Mrs. Barbieri (4), Mrs. Ferris (5), Mrs. Zinn (6), then into multiple teachers. Glad you didn't ask about grades!

I never really liked school. I remember I couldn't get high school chemistry, especially chemical equations. The teacher, Mr. Schwartz, always just said "It's in the math." Thanks a lot....

I had to get tutored to pass with a D.

Good memory.....I had a mother who was a math teacher but I had no interest in chemistry or biology. I didn’t like history in high school but love it now.

I have to disagree with what this thread brings out about Beaver's teacher wanting to be cruel by embarrassing Beaver. He didn't know that Beaver didn't write that composition himself, so in his view Beaver must have thought it was funny. I don't think I ever gave a quip answer on a test or anything, that I wouldn't have wanted the class to know about. But Betsey, of course, that schemer, would know Beaver would be embarrassed by that action and wanted it. So she got her 'thrill' and then halfway and belatedly atoned for being so sneaky. This doesn't consider that Mr. Thompson should have been able to identify the writing as not 'Theordore's', who erased and scratched all over, as shown in other eps.

But I do remember an embarrassing case in the 7th grade. I had heard of teachers who confiscate notes kids have written and then read them to the class, but this was the first time I witnessed it. It was passed among 2 black girls in the class [these were early years of integration in my Texas school] and she read the note; something like "...Why, why, do you like [what's-her-name] better than me?"

At least Betsy typed it nicely like Mr. Bailey wanted. We never see Beaver’s typewriter in the room since that episode it was introduced. I guess he never did master the art of typing like Eddie.

That note would be embarrassing. Kids don’t pass notes now they just text each other. How annoying that must be. Wonder if phones are allowed during class.

I have to disagree with what this thread brings out about Beaver's teacher wanting to be cruel by embarrassing Beaver. He didn't know that Beaver didn't write that composition himself, so in his view Beaver must have thought it was funny. I don't think I ever gave a quip answer on a test or anything, that I wouldn't have wanted the class to know about. But Betsey, of course, that schemer, would know Beaver would be embarrassed by that action and wanted it. So she got her 'thrill' and then halfway and belatedly atoned for being so sneaky. This doesn't consider that Mr. Thompson should have been able to identify the writing as not 'Theordore's', who erased and scratched all over, as shown in other eps.

But I do remember an embarrassing case in the 7th grade. I had heard of teachers who confiscate notes kids have written and then read them to the class, but this was the first time I witnessed it. It was passed among 2 black girls in the class [these were early years of integration in my Texas school] and she read the note; something like "...Why, why, do you like [what's-her-name] better than me?"

Good point about the teacher not knowing Beaver didn't write it. Hadn't really thought about that, but I should have.

4th grade teacher was named mrs meany. Odd, that! She was anything but mean tho! She was very pleasant as a matter of fact. I recall around the holidays that she had us make ornaments . We'd blown up balloons, wrapped sting dipped in sugar water, then let them dry. We popped the balloons and viola! A dyi ornament.

Wow that was neat and never heard of that craft. Oh for the good old days. I remember a girl brought in little paper Xmas carol books that you could color the stained glass cover from John Hancock Insurance Company. We would sing all the religious songs.