Bascially what I am interpreting from this articles is: I could not study , did not want to study , my parents did not tell me what was expected of me and my conduct at school, and I skipped classes went to parks, movies , tennis courts and failed just everything  until my teacher was racialized.  
When my parents went to school it was all about being intellectualized but heck I was and am a snowflake and its your fault - you the public - why I was stupid, lazy, and rude at school.

ps  how bad is journalism today --- check the word racialized , but heck maybe her teacher wasn't racialized, maybe her parents weren't racialized or may be she was a different species of human, more neanderthal with a mix of Homo Rudolfensis. ...  or maybe a typical bottom of the class graduate who is a great notch to the visual of others.