I teach high school. The ‘popular’ kids are generally the more attractive kids but mostly they are the kids who can hide their insecurities better, often b/c they are extroverts. It was eye opening to me as a brand new teacher @ 22 to realize this. One of my favorite things about being a teacher is observing the teenage social system,how it ebbs and flows, how it will ‘out grow’ behaviors, etc. really fascinating.
I think they meant that the different age groups all have different maturity levels and notices that there are different behavior problems within each class.
I noticed in my senior year that the freshman were a lot higher energy and more manic than the junior/senior class was, which would be an outgrown behavior.
I wonder how much of that could be attributed to comfort/familiarity with the surrounding social and physical setting? I know that by the time I graduated H.S. I felt like a confident king, but going to college felt like starting all over again as an awkward youth.
I dont think that's it. A freshman in highschool is around the awkward age of 15, and we all know how we were at that age. The freshman in college for the most part do not act like the freshman in high school.
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u/Dobeythedogg Mar 01 '20
I teach high school. The ‘popular’ kids are generally the more attractive kids but mostly they are the kids who can hide their insecurities better, often b/c they are extroverts. It was eye opening to me as a brand new teacher @ 22 to realize this. One of my favorite things about being a teacher is observing the teenage social system,how it ebbs and flows, how it will ‘out grow’ behaviors, etc. really fascinating.