I think you have too many preconceptions, assumptions and misinterpretations here. My charitable interpretation of your comment would be that you have been scarred strongly by the event you describe and are generalizing from it unnecessarily. The uncharitable interpretation would be that you have an inflated sense of your own self-worth which was not validated in the above event.
When it comes to our own selves we are all necessarily biased in our own favour. Hence we need to step back and take a broader perspective so that we can be objective in our assessments. In today's society Teaching as a profession (in School/College/University) has been unfairly denigrated and become a thankless job. They are asked to operate only within a defined policy framework and not really allowed freedom to change that framework. In spite of that there are scores of stories (and even movies made) where Teachers have gone well beyond their boundaries to help students learn and perform. If you want to blame somebody blame the "System" built by policy-making idiots with no idea of human psychology, behaviour, needs etc. Teachers are really caught between a rock and a hard place i.e. policy says follow standardized curriculum/tests and don't do any creative individual things whereas students want individual recognition/attention and don't want to be called out on their lack of hardwork and application to proper studies. Hence we need to be understanding of them.
When it comes to our own selves we are all necessarily biased in our own favour. Hence we need to step back and take a broader perspective so that we can be objective in our assessments. In today's society Teaching as a profession (in School/College/University) has been unfairly denigrated and become a thankless job. They are asked to operate only within a defined policy framework and not really allowed freedom to change that framework. In spite of that there are scores of stories (and even movies made) where Teachers have gone well beyond their boundaries to help students learn and perform. If you want to blame somebody blame the "System" built by policy-making idiots with no idea of human psychology, behaviour, needs etc. Teachers are really caught between a rock and a hard place i.e. policy says follow standardized curriculum/tests and don't do any creative individual things whereas students want individual recognition/attention and don't want to be called out on their lack of hardwork and application to proper studies. Hence we need to be understanding of them.