On Friday, my Economics teacher made a horribly offensive joke about people with Down Syndrome right before we were supposed to take a test. Most everyone in my class laughed along with him, which just made it even worse.
I just sat in my seat utterly disgusted at the time. I'm disappointed in myself for not speaking up, but we were literally just about to take a test, my Econ teacher is a total jackass and the kids in my class are almost equally awful (although they have the excuse of being TEENAGERS, he doesn't). I didn't feel safe or comfortable speaking up.
But the entire class period/testing time after he made the joke, I couldn't concentrate on my test AT ALL, I was so upset I seriously couldn't even breathe properly at some points, and now I'm really afraid that I failed my test. I don't think there's any way that I could have done very well and this will probably really affect my grade (and I'm a senior in high school right now, so grades are doubly important!)...and I realized just how much I hate going to school every day. I can't believe I am surrounded by such utterly insensitive jerks. Who the f*$% thinks it's okay to make fun of people with Down's Syndrome??