Getting violent or attempting to get them fired is going overboard. Getting angry is not going overboard at all. Anyone would get angry over being told off for something they didn't do, regardless of the death. The added stress of losing a parent doesn't help the situation at all, but even if they hadn't, the teacher was still wrong. OP is perfectly entitled to be angry.

Sorry. I should have said outwardly angry, as in yelling at the teacher or cussing at them, as so many people have said the OP should do. Wrong choice of words!

Violent is overboard, but IMO, trying to get them fired is justifiable. If you're going to jump to conclusions like that and berate your student in front of the entire classroom, you don't need to be working as a teacher. Despite what some asshole teachers may think, they are not paid just to hand us our papers and teach us our lesson. They're paid to HELP us learn and help us through high school, and acting like that is no way whatsoever helpful to the student. I would have explained to her the truth of the situation and told her I would not be coming back to her classroom, and then I would have had some classes rearranged. I would have talked to an administrator, and probably, if nothing was done, I would have gone to the local newspaper about it because she doesn't need to be in that job. I was gone for about a week my sophomore year, and even though the guidance counselor called me to her office to tell me that my parents were coming to get me because my grandfather was dying, and the administrator knew, nobody told my teachers, except the few classes I had with close friends, and one of my teachers made a comment like that, but in a joking manner, and I just said in a deadpan voice "Sorry, my grandfather died. Calling you to make sure I didn't have a test the day of his funeral was not my top priority." and went back to my seat. You shouldn't have to put up with that.

Yeah...obviously dealing with a father's death and missing school makes her a bitch. She may have needed to make sure the rest of her family was okay, help plan a funeral etc. Also yes everyone dies, but not everyone alive can deal with it in ONE DAY (or three).

@#36 wow ur a dick

#36: When someone is dying of cancer, you usually know when it's getting close. So, maybe the first week was because they knew he was close and his mother wanted him to be there. The second week could have been planning the funeral. If 1-3 days tops is what you took off, I have a feeling you don't actually know what the OP is going through, and haven't really been in a situation that "serious." If my mom died, I'd be freaking devastated. Maybe you just don't know what it's like to be close to a parent.

wildcats2008 a. She's young b. Her father has probably been struggling with cancer for a while, or it's been very quick, and that makes a lot of emotions that needs to be sorted out. Do not speak of the recovering of a death of such kind when you have no personal experience. Each person has indiviually feelings, don't question them.

Oh yes, that sure is a lot of time to miss, especially at the beginning of the semester! Are you kidding me? Family is more important than some stupid ******* class.

Wildcats: Though your aunts may have been in town for only a week, that doesn't mean they only took a week off. There's a reason a lot of employers provide bereavement(sp?) pay.

WIldcats, there's a BIG difference between your Grandmother dying and your parent dying.

Also, Op is a MALE. My grandma died and my mom took two weeks off. Only because she wanted to get back to work and my grandma was old. But were my mother or father to die, I would be devastated. I don't think I would be able to finish up the year. Some people, like Op, take time to be with family because its comforting and they care more about people than some stupid class you can make up. You obviously don't see your family a lot if you only spent three days "mourning" and then complained about how "two weeks is too long to put your school on hold." I hope you learn some compassion, that comment will get your ass kicked in real life.

You, off of FML now.

God, learn to spell 51. Here is how a proper comment looks. : I am very curious. How does Op deserve this? And @ fifty, if you really are the teacher congratulations you’re the reason people hate school you stupid bitch. Go suck someone’s **** you old cow.

Actually, #182, that still wasn't proper grammar. Both letters in 'OP' would still be capitalised, and you should've put a few more commas in there to allow it to make more sense, such as after the words teacher, congratulations, school and ****. If you're going to be a grammar Nazi, do it well.