. >> sisters beatrice and elizabeth attend public high school in a low-income mostly hispanic section of northern los angeles. the girls are aiming for college, and would be the first in the family with higher degrees. but the sisters say in middle school, they face obstacles in pursuing their education. chaotic classrooms and little to no instruction. elizabeth, now a junior, and beatrice, a sophomore, say back in 7th grade they both had a particularly bad history teacher. >> he would just be at his desk. use his computer, or sleeping. >> i didn't learn anything. >> he wouldn let students smoke marijuana in class. >> reporter: beatrice also says a science teacher was offensive. >> he would call this girl a -- and go over there. >> what went through your mind when you heard that? >> i didn't want to -- i didn't want him to offend me. >> reporter: they were really being traumatized by these teachers. beatrice and elizabeth's mother, who emigrated from mexico, said she complained to a school administrator about the two teachers, and two others. but she says nothing happened. >> he didn'