I hurt her but now I need her help! Should I tell her so?

Question

There’s a teacher at my school who my brother and my friend and I did something really bad to last year (we posted some bad stuff about her on the Internet). Okay, fine, over and done with; we got in trouble, she doesn’t trust us and I don’t blame her. On the second-last day of school, I wrote a story about a girl who was mistreated by her mother which was kind of autobiographical and I gave it to this teacher because I knew she didn’t trust me and my mom and stepdad had been abusive to me and my brother for a long time and all year I’d wanted to ask for help. I knew that since the teacher didn’t trust me, she’d tell the principal about it, which she did. But when the teacher and principal had me in the principal’s office on the last day of school and asked me if something was wrong, I got scared and my stepdad was right outside the office and I thought he could hear everything I said and said nothing was wrong and the story was fictional. But of course it wasn’t so I later wrote the principal a letter to tell her so. Was I wrong in what I did and should I tell the teacher I gave the story to the truth in the new school year?

Answer 1

I mean you did something wrong, and you feel guilty.

If your apologizing because you really feel bad about doing that to HER then do so.

If your just trying to make yourself feel better well.. Thats just sorta mean, but apologize anyways.

Im sure she'll appreciate that you apologized and came forth.

Good luck.

Answer 2

yes you should

you need to tell someone and get things cleared up with her

Answer 3

Well, if you told the principal it's getting taken care of right? Then the principal will probably tell the teacher anyways and if not she'll probably find out. But if it really bothers you, then you should tell her. It might be easier to tell her in a note.

I'm sorry about the situation with your mom and stepdad. I'm sure your teacher wouldn't be so cruel as to not care about your situation just because of something you did in the past. If someone was mean to you and then told you a year later they were being abused at home, wouldn't you immediately become horrified and sympathetic and want to help? Yes, you were wrong in what you did to the teacher but that's minor compared to what is going on at home. You were right in what you did writing the story. Good job for trying to get help and alert someone! Don't stop until you get out of the situation because you shouldn't put up with being mistreated. You are a valuable human being and should be treated like one.

Answer 4

You poor thing. Don't get scared and go about it delicately. You've learned your lesson that crying wolf gets you in trouble. You must tell someone about your situation and be very frank with them that you're scared and schools know how to deal with these matters delicately. I wish you all the best.