we don't need no education (pink floyd)

so I told Karlenn this story and I'm still kind of bothered by it, so I'm going to post about it.
So if anybody knows me academically they'll know that 1. I HATE physics and 2. I am a horrible speller. Spelling is just something that doesn't come naturally for me. All through elementary school, junior high, and especially high school if I ever had a spelling test (yes, I had an HONORS English class that had weekly spelling tests) I would have to write the words out, page after page after page to try to remember how to spell them. Then, I MIGHT be able to remember how to spell it for the 10 minute quiz, and then they would be gone. But it's something that I have come to terms with. I have a lot of strengths in other areas. I'm not bothered that I am horrible at physics.
So, I was in a physics lab about a week ago. I have two lab partners; one is a guy that I have had a few classes with and he's nice, the other is a girl that was my physics lab partner last semester. So she signed up to be with me full well knowing that I am bad at physics.
Anyways, in this lab each week one person is the recorder (has to be typing up the report during the experiment), one is the theorist, and one is the technician or something like that. And we have to rotate each week. So this last week, it was my turn to type. We were doing something about wave oscillations and frequencies with sound against different material or something and I wasn't sure what was going on. So, as I was typing the report I was asking some questions and the girl lab partner, let's call her Noseair (get it, nose in the air? ha) kept kind of rolling her eyes that I didn't know exactly what was going on. I apologized and said, "I know I'm bad at this, but I promise I'm smart. I'm good at a lot of other things."
So then came the part of the report where we have to report errors. And I had to type the word 'imprecision.' It took me like 5 times to figure it out (it took me ANOTHER 5 just now typing the word). And I was painfully embarrassed. Noseair was shocked that I had such a hard time spelling. Again, I mentioned that this wasn't my strength.
So THEN she asked if I was from Idaho. I said yes. She replied, "Well then it's not your fault you're bad at things like spelling. The school system obviously failed you." She said it in such a matter-of-fact voice like I wasn't supposed to be offended or shocked. My jaw DROPPED. I kinda nervously laughed and asked, "Did you just say that to my face?" My mouth stayed open for a good minute and a half. I asked her where she was from - Montana. OOOH like they're SO much smarter than Idaho?
The lab finished and she was friendly enough and we walked out together. She worked with me this week (which by the way, I had to explain to HER how to do the lab - justice!). I'm still shocked and kind of bothered that she said that to me. I just wanted to say, "Well at least I have social skills and know when things are not appropriate to say!"
I know I shouldn't still be bugged, but I am! Grrr!