NO! I had a few teachers in grade school who were violent bitches who probably would have beaten me to death. Luckily, I had a couple of very kind teachers, Miss Lee and Mr. Obtinario. Solveig Lee was a music teacher. Now I'm a music teacher.
Nut cracker. I have one just like it. Most of my kitchen utensils are hand-me-downs from my mom's kitchen. Whenever she got new things, I got the old ones.