I had an absolutely beautiful high school English teacher as a high school sophomore. Must have been just out of college. I’m not sure what happened but she was gone after only a month. I probably wouldn’t have heard a word she said if she remained in charge of that class.
The yardstick deal was when we had a lady who was “teaching” us about the worlds great rivers. She claimed that the Nile run from north to south since in her mind all rivers ran that way. My buddy, who sat next to me in the next desk over got into it with her and argued with her that it ran south to north into the Med’ sea. I backed him up, and she got pissed and swung that yardstick, he ducked and I got it right across the chops. My jaw was sore for a week and to top it all off, we got detention for a week for disputing her claim. Now days, she would have been fired, but back then, you respected elders and if you got it, there was always a reason in the minds of some. My folks were good friends with her and her husband.
That one really stuck in my craw. Although we got the paddle once in a while, we deserved it, but that one niether of us deserved.