What you can learn from a lousy teacher...

If you have a teacher (of any sort) that you cannot please, that you

cannot learn from, that is unwilling to take you where you need to go because he is defending the status quo

and demonstrates your failure on whatever report card he chooses to use, you could

consider yourself a failure. Or you could remind yourself...

Grades are an illusion

Your passion and insight are reality

Your work is worth more than mere congruence to an answer key

Persistence in the face of a skeptical...