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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/ProfessionalAny2259 on 2023-06-25 07:27:29+00:00.
I’m f14, this other girl is f15, I’ll call her Jane for ease. Jane unfortunately had a really bad accident sometime before I met her, which left her face with a lot of scarring. I don’t want to be mean when I say this but when I first saw her when I was 11 I thought I was daydreaming a monster.
I know it’s a horrible thing to think, which is why I have never said anything about it. I don’t really have much interaction with Jane, because until now we’ve never been in the same class. However we’re now in the same class and sit close to each other. Jane is a pretty quiet girl, and I do my best to treat her like anyone else.
However, a few weeks ago I began having nightmares about her face. It’s always a bit different but the general gist is that she is chasing me, growling and hissing. I understand it’s not her fault, and that it’s my problem, but I also began having anxiety while in class too, as she sits directly behind me.
It’s affecting my academic performance, as I cannot focus in class and I’m waking up from my sleep 2-3 times a night. I’ve been keeping this all to myself, but my grades have begun to slip, which led me to go to my school counsellor.
I asked her to swap classes with another teacher. However the counsellor told me she needed a reason, to measure teacher performance or if a student is bullying me. I told her I just wanted to swap classes, as I didn’t wanna lie and get someone else in trouble. She refused to swap me until I told her the reason.
I eventually caved and told her I couldn’t be in the same class as Jane and she looked like she wanted to expel me from life. She called me a horrible person and yelled at me a lot before saying she’ll swap me.
She did and now all the teachers are going after me. They’ll badger me for question answers and when I get one wrong they’ll insult me.
I know I’m a bad person, but what else could I have done?
AITA?