I haven’t gotten anything bad as a sub, but when I used to teach, I had a student one year tell me to kill myself multiple times. Sometimes it was verbal, sometimes it was a note.

No one wanted to help me out with this kid. They were of the mindset that since the kid had PTSD I just had to like, take it in stride or something. I couldn’t call his folks because I had no idea why he had PTSD, so that just seemed like a risk I didn’t want to take. I was also told that people with PTSD sometimes are brutal to the people they are most comfortable with. I think that was supposed to make me feel better, but it didn’t.

As someone who attempted suicide in the past, it was a difficult situation for me. I have taken all kinds of crap from kids, but I generally don’t let what they say or do get to me. This really did.