It's interesting how a school teacher can hold a person back, tear them down really, just for a momentary feeling of power of empowerment in front of seventeen year olds.
Anyway, I amounted to something, whatever that is, and wasn't at all held back by what she said just as your math teacher really had little bearing on your life. Insignificant people don't matter.
You have some words to get down so good luck with that, late here so probably time to think about sleeping.
Touché