This was a collaborative effort of passive aggressiveness so I can’t take full credit here.

I was in a college course with a particularly tough professor. She was the type who might be nice outside the campus but in the classroom, it was clear she’d get drunk off power. HER opinion was always right and if anyone disagreed, they’d pay the price (a classmates beliefs were insulted and when she spoke up, my prof kicked her out for the day). Also, she judged people and used her opinions of them for grading. Example? My friend, cousin and I wrote a paper on the same topic and used the same quotes, only changing up the tone/style to match our own. I got a C+ with notes how I need more examples, cousin got a C- with a message on ‘consistency issues’ and my friend got an A- with a ‘good job’.
Of course said prof had tenure so getting rid of her would be near impossible. With the class being required, I couldn’t leave and had a torture session 2 days a week.

Near the end of the year, there was a protest scheduled on campus and my prof decided to take us there to demonstrate how we should stand up against bad leaders. Also, end of each semester meant each class getting a form to critique the professor; with rules stating the professor could not even be on the same floor as the students answering the form.
Everyone was DONE. We decided there was to be no mercy on this woman and the university couldn’t ignore all of us if we said the same thing. So we all marked down negative answers. Granted most were true (we did get unreasonable work loads, we did not have respect at times, grading was unclear & unfair) but some aspects that even she followed, we said she didn’t. Some classmates went above and beyond by attaching notes inside the form sheets with written examples of what happened throughout the semester. I wrote my piece but it was pretty calm compared to the rage in the others.
We all knew that inbetween protest time and form filling, we’d get endless lectures on something she was super opinionated about. So everyone took their time SLOWLY filling out the form. The prof looked so mad every few minutes she came to check in on us. Icing on the cake? My cousin ended up late for class (traffic) just as we stalled out as long as we could. She knew what we were up to and followed suit.

But that’s not the end of it.

The professor led the group outside the building. Only half of the class made it to the site.
My cousin took her own stand right after the class started to go. She and several others left last so they could sneak out. A few others slowly began to sneak away.
I witnessed the protest (cross off the ol’ bucket list) with my friend. Then the professor, almost oblivious to students missing, led us back to the class.
However, I overheard a tip from one of the protest leaders that there was an after party close by. And they had triple fudge brownies.
I followed the professor for a minute. Then I grabbed my friend and dashed off to the party. We stuffed ourselves with free brownies, nachos and fruit punch while we talked to other students. Later, I heard only 5 of the 38 students made it back to the classroom and my professor ended up cancelling the “after discussion” (aka opinionated rant). We only had one more session with her and it was the final test. I had a C in that class; not what I feel I earned but I passed.

Next semester in and I overheard the prof’s name. Turns out, she was no longer allowed to teach that specific course. Also, the number of classes she usually taught was sliced in half while the board said they’re going to keep an eye on her from now on.
Prof wanted us to learn how to take a stand at that rally; to combat unfair behavior. I say we learned fine on our own.