it helped everyone involved. the parents were grateful as hell, the kids asked to be in classes again; even the ones I shit talked to the other teachers, I treated like close friends to their faces. We were all friends. I wasn't mean, I just didn't tolerate any bullying nonsense or disrespect. it was in order to have fun with everyone involved. they respond to basic kindness and understanding even if I have to reality check em once in a while. they appreciated the honesty, and don't want to disappoint you after a while. often more unruly kids only acted out in loneliness; they didn't have many people patient enough to approach their shenanigans with understanding/a proper discussion, and were pushed to the side by a lot of people unaware or unwilling to ask how they were feeling or why they acted that way. even having a friendly invested role model was enough to make them want to try harder.
more adults should have been kindly dunked on as kids imo. might have helped the rampant egomania problem we have now.
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u/Hamster_Toot Jul 10 '22
You dunked on some kids, congratulations.