AIB Comedian Rohan Joshi tweets experience on being bullied by teacher after reading about Amity student’s suicide

Teerth’s thread was massively shared on Twitter and caught the attention of many, including comedian Rohan Joshi, who shared his own experience of a similar nature but he said he was glad he had people who told him it was “okay to fail”.

Rohan talked about a teacher who bullied him in KJ Somaiya College of Engineering because he didn’t like him and “In an Indian college, this is pretty much a death sentence in the concerned subject,” Rohan tweeted. This teacher failed him in an assignment and made him redo a correct one 20 times. After the incident, Rohan said he never went back, had anxiety attacks at the gate, and voluntarily failed.

“There were a hundred factors I considered before I dropped out of college in the next semester, but this a*****e was a key factor,” he wrote.

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Indian colleges have some great teachers, but also a ton of pond scum. Bitter, broken, awful people who should not be allowed near kids.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

In my 2nd semester of engineering, I had an Engineering Drawing teacher who was a complete bastard and a turd of a human being

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

For whatever reason, he decided he just didn’t like me. In an Indian college, this is pretty much a death sentence in the concerned subject

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

He made me redo one particular assignment 20 times, I went to college four times during our scheduled study leave just to submit

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

It got to a point where I’d be weeping in my room over the assignment and my mum would come in and draw for a bit, late at night

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

I couldn’t tell if I was imagining the prejudice, so I borrowed a friend’s assignment, which the teacher had graded with a perfect score

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

I got a gigantic piece of tracing paper and over several hours, traced his assignment out exactly. Submitted the next day. FAILED. “Redo.”

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

Luckily I overheard him grumbling to his assistant about how he had to leave town the next day for a family thing. So I waited.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

Two days later I went back to college and went to the HoD. Said “this teacher was supposed to correct my assignment but he’s left town”

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

The HoD took my assignment, gave it a near perfect score and sent me on my way. I cried in the train, the whole way back

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

There were a hundred factors I considered before I dropped out of college in the next semester, but this asshole was a key factor.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

And I bet he’s still there, lording it over his fiefdom, wrecking careers, tearing apart kids’ interest in his subject.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

I start shaking even today, just thinking about it. The humiliation, the helplessness. And the rage that follows.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

I literally never went back to that college. I’d get anxiety attacks at the gate. I skipped the entire next term, voluntarily flunked out.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

If you’re a student and you’re going through anything even remotely similar to this, please talk to someone. Because this is abuse

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

And it took me entirely too long to recognise that. We brush it off as “tough love teaching methods” but it’s not. It’s soul-crushing.

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

Also, the only reason I can stand here and talk about it today is because I had a support system that told me it was okay to fail

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 16, 2016

#JusticeForSushant trends as social media backs family of Amity student who killed self

The incident has brought the discussion on suicides back to the fore, and many, like Joshi, have been highlighting the importance of discussing your stress and problems with people around you for solutions to be found. There is a lot of insistence on not seeing suicide as the only option to end problems. More and more people are sharing their worst experiences on social media.

@mojorojo Discovered once a teacher used to call me Genda behind my back

— Tanmay Bhat (@thetanmay) August 16, 2016

@mojorojo I have ADHD and teachers all through my schooling only called me a “troublemaker” and treated me like I was dirt.

— sita (@arte_vandelay) August 16, 2016

@mojorojo Damn. I had a teacher who was recently divorced who made me do 100 situps with badly skinned knees. Couldn’t walk for a week

— . (@meownologue) August 16, 2016

@awryaditi @mojorojo As a teenager I got persecuted for being differently abled. My teachers had a disturbing preconceived notion +

— Mukta Passi (@MuktaPassi) August 16, 2016

@mojorojo The sexism in my college knocked the wind out of me.1st day ragging: senior threatened 2 rape n kill me n throw me in the lake (1)

— Moen (@MnsnSen) August 16, 2016

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After the incident, a lot of doctors and helplines are sharing their details on social media for counselling students if need be.