Because every teenager in high school is at the same writing level, right? I'm willing to bet that, in a creative sense, some people in high school write better things than older people. Just because you or the people you know weren't amazing writers in high school doesn't mean that the OP didn't have something good on his hands. Maybe it wasn't "a crushing loss," but it's understandable that the OP is upset. When you put time into something (even if it's time that should be used to pay attention in class) and someone carelessly destroys it without a second thought, you have a reason to be pissed. If someone came up and burned a paper you'd put time into writing, I'm sure you'd be angry. It's important to you, but certainly not a crushing loss for the world, right?

I was shaming you in my post? Is that what happened? Odd, I wasn't trying to do that at all. I was trying to point out that there's certainly a reason to be upset. You said yourself that you'd be upset if a similar situation happened to you, so I'm not sure what makes you so different from the OP. He posted it on FML, which I thought was a site for people to post the ****** up and possibly funny things that happen to them. I suppose everyone has different standards for what a "true FML" should be, but in my opinion, this was worth posting. It sucked that it happened and once OP rewrites his lyrics, he'll probably be able to laugh about it. Go up to an adult who happens to be writing something. Burn what's being written. I can almost promise you that this will "set off" the adult. Please stop trying to prove how only teenagers are dramatic (though I don't think the OP is being particularly over dramatic in this case). And whether or not the lyrics were good isn't entirely relevant, actually. They were something into which the OP put time and effort. Good or not, the teacher had no right to burn it. It was an immature thing to do. A simple, "Please put that away and pay attention" would have been good. Perhaps you think I'm overreacting, but destroying something--especially if it's special to someone--is uncalled for.

If they were, they would get after you for not using "you're" correctly.

I know a lot of my students are on this site. That's how I heard about it.