Student Accidentally Exposes How Awful Some Of The Well-Known People In Her Neighborhood Actually Are After Sharing A School Project

"Local kid uncovers proof that an educator is not safe to be around children, but the school is only interested in sweeping everything under the rug?"

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Published in Interesting
1 Apr 2022

Student Accidentally Exposes How Awful Some Of The Well-Known People In Her Neighborhood Actually Are After Sharing A School Project

Getting assignments and projects is part of the learning process when you go to school. They help us learn independently beyond the topics discussed in the classroom.

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They can encourage you to take creative freedom with projects while also following the teachers' instructions. Completing them can benefit you beyond your expectations, but they can also lead to something serious and eye-opening.

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In the case of this Redditor who posted in the r/aita subreddit, a small detail in a project became a big deal. OP's class was asked to film what their neighborhood was like and describe things in conversational Spanish, sort of like a tour.

She did just that and started with her street. Unfortunately, the reality of the happenings within OP's neighborhood involved a yelling neighbor and a racist passerby. OP continued to complete the project before posting it on the school website.

What neither OP nor the teacher expected was that the students recognized the two not-so-nice people in OP's video and began to reveal who they were in the comments. This created a bigger issue when OP's teacher removed the video from the website and questioned why she didn't just report it to the authorities.

OP defended her actions, stating that she did what was asked and tried to reach out to people who could take the right actions against the rude individuals in the video. At the very least, OP made them aware of the situation for the safety of others.

OP is asking if she was the a**hole for shedding light on the problems in her neighborhood

OP's class was given a project where they show around their neighborhood while describing it in Spanish

OP went with the video naturally

During OP's filming, someone in a car catcalled her, and when she jokingly retaliated, they yelled back something racist

OP wanted to clarify her ethnicity

OP continued with her project according to the rubric and edited out some unnecessary scenes

There was a second part to the assignment where they had to post it on the school website; this is how they found the identity of the guy in the car

OP asked more about him, and then another classmate recognized the yelling neighbor

The next day, OP was told by her professor that the way she showed her neighborhood was not right, but OP pointed out that she was only following instructions

The discussion continued, and the teacher explained that she had removed the video from the site since it was not the right way to shed light on the situation

She was called in for a meeting the next day and is doubting whether she was the a**hole for posting the video that exposed the people in her neighborhood

OP provided an update on the meeting

Before it happened, however, she did different things first to ensure that they wouldn't ignore the problem the video brought up

A teacher she trusted was also asked to sit in on the meeting, and they ensured that OP wouldn't miss any classes because of it

There was a strategy to OP's approach in the meeting

She bluntly stated what she knew and tried to gather information during their process

They were surprised, but they saw how serious OP was about the involved legality

OP also humbly apologized if there was anything she did wrong, and she thanked everyone in the comments who suggested ways to handle it

There was nothing that OP had done to provoke the actions of the person who catcalled her

It was harsh, but everything that was depicted was part of reality

Before OP provided an update, many Redditors made suggestions on how she could deal with the situation

Her phone was a significant part of her protection, and they had no right to touch it

OP shouldn't cower under the pressure they put on her, but rather the other way around

OP can trick them too without technically lying about it

There was concern over having OP's parent present in the meeting

They also pointed out that sweeping dirt under the rug happens often with school administrations

But OP explained why they chose a teacher instead of her parents

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There are many pros and cons whichever way OP chooses to approach it

This is a sad story from an OP whose brother got caught up in a bad school administration

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