• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    This isn’t even that bad.

    The reason bullies get away with being bullies at school is cause their parents also tend to be bullies. So when the little shit gets in trouble for being a bully, his fat parents will waddle in and bully the stuff and faculty for daring to discipline their little skid mark. Faculty don’t wanna deal with this, so they let the little shits get away with everything and only punishing the kids who fight back

  • Professorozone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    Punch a teacher in the face, get a free banana. Sounds like a great deal for the kid. Maybe if he shoots his teacher he’ll get a “calming Nintendo”.

  • Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    6 hours ago

    Dear Parent,

    In an effort to break the routine of unacceptable parenting, I would like to demonstrate what you can do with banans. First, get a large bunch of preferrably green bananas. Remove two of these bananas from the bunch. Take one banana, and insert the stem rigorously into your right ear canal. Repeat with the other banana in your left ear canal. Do not remove the banana until they begin to wither.

    And thats it!

    The effort to reduce your child’s violent outbursts remains the same, but at least you will be able to share your Superpower of Narrow Intelligence with the public! Everyone will unequivocally know that you are a moron.

  • JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    391·
    9 hours ago

    Wife used to be a teacher. Key word USED to.

    Had a student who regularly threatened to kill her and destroyed her classroom at least twice a week. She would have to clear all the students into the hall while he went on a rampage in there.

    The AP would just come down and give him video games to “calm him down”. Guess who learned to freak out for rewards?

  • jeniferariza@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 hours ago

    "Ah yes, the ancient cure for physical assault: potassium. I’m sure the glasses will magically fix themselves once he finishes his ‘Superpower’ fruit. 🍌👓

  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    19·
    9 hours ago

    All the problematic peers I’ve known either were born into a neglectful or hostile household, or were neurodivergent of some kind and didn’t fit in with the environment we were in, since those who were typical and were born into understanding families would just do what they were supposed to do.

    Due to how schools where I live are supposed to be looking out for signs of neurodivergence or other differences, while also being underfunded without a justification, many students aren’t even seen and once they get to middle or high school, they become the violent and problematic ones.

    Then again though, it’s also the parents’ responsibility to make sure their own child is heard and cared for to prevent such outbursts from happening in the first place, and those neglectful or hostile households are likely a result of the parents not understanding what being mentally healthy means.

      • reksas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        101·
        9 hours ago

        the parent got told that his kid assaulted a teacher and this is the response, raving about some “calming bananas”. Also not a word of apology.

        • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          7 hours ago

          By the fact there is no salutation and no signature, and the text clearly doesn’t stand by itself as a complete reply to anything, I’m going to assume it’s a short excerpt from the email reply, and that there was an apology.

  • Darkness343@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    11 hours ago

    I feel like the teacher should be someone who not only possesses great knowledge and the capacity to guide, but also the ability to solo the entire classroom in a fight to make them submit and listen the fuck up.

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    15 hours ago

    Teaching in a school has greatly changed over the past 3 decades. It’s still a rewarding career, but not one I wanted to stick with - the pressure to work miracles is too high, and the support just isn’t there to do so.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      What gets me is the complete lack of respect, while also having standards that expect you to be a saint.

      Teaching title 1, after the district reorganized and combined schools with rival gangs - roster changing every day, buses showing up hours late, not being allowed to kick disruptive students out of the classroom, and having to withstand verbal abuse…

      They want you to be Jesus. Spend your own money on supplies, focus on “building a relationship” with the student who screamed “fucking f-ggot” in front of the principal at you…

  • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    20 hours ago

    I’m a teacher assistant, 80% sure I want to go into teaching (students assaulting me isn’t holding me back. Its just the self confidence of stepping up and leading the class is what’s holding me back. And granted, I’m not in the USA, so I don’t fear school shootings)

    I’ve had students punch me. I’ve had students slam doors hard enough to break windows. But I also remember seeing the students learn something. The way their face lights up when they are smarter than their friend, or when they make a connection in math. THATS what is bringing me back to the classroom.

    The shy kid in yr 8 is now school captain. The kid I personally nicknamed ‘Cartman’ because that was his personality, is helping the new kid around school when teachers aren’t looking.

    Remember the good bits

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      The kid I personally nicknamed ‘Cartman’ because that was his personality, is helping the new kid around school when teachers aren’t looking.

      Should we be worried that Cartman is helping other kids, or is that a sign that he really grew and matured as a person?

    • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      12·
      16 hours ago

      80% sure I want to go into teaching

      Judging by the rest of your message, I think you’d be a great teacher, you should become one.

      • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        16 hours ago

        Thank you for the encouraging words. I was going to make a comment about “that’s 4 years of study, just for a maybe I will like it”. But this year (well, this July) marks 4 years of being a Teacher Assistant, and I’m still ready for another 4 years…

        All the signs say “go for it”, but the leadership…

        • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          4·
          16 hours ago

          The decision is yours to make after all, and it’s a pretty important one. But I think any educational system (wherever you’re from, doesn’t matter) can always use more teachers that actually care for their students and aren’t there just to have a job, which isn’t always the case unfortunately.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      14 hours ago

      the self confidence of stepping up and leading the class is what’s holding me back

      You get used to it, especially after a few times of going through and refining your material. Once you have a clearer vision of the outcome you want a class to have, it’s a lot easier to figure out how you can guide groups of students to that point, even if the group dynamics change from year to year.

  • QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    36·
    21 hours ago

    And this on top of the trump administration convincing everyone that you want to do gender reassignment surgery on their children during lunch.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    11·
    17 hours ago

    Nothing makes me wanna be a teacher like seeing all of the horrible videos on the internet of students fucking up their teachers and assaulting them. Wait, I think I said that wrong…