you wrote:

"you do realize that because she said "no" to
taking a class in a crappy tone, you humiliated her in front of the
entire school?!?!"

you do realize that I was not the one saying those things on the loud
speaker? It was the guy that liked me. I didn't even know he was going
to do this until he did it. I told him to stop (thought i did find it
funny) he said he will not stop, because if someone hurts me, it hurts
him too :P

you wrote:

"it probably feels a little worse than being told "no" with a bad
attitude."

sometimes you need to learn the hard way to really understand. I think
this will remind her to talk to her students with respect next time.

> I bet if you had truly gotten caught, expelled, etc...it really
> wouldn't be that funny.

expelled for what? I didn't do anything. Apparently she told me i
should have said something but i know better than to rat on my
friends...especially very hot friends ;-)

>
> On 6/28/09, A wrote:
>> you wrote:
>>
>> "think about how YOU would feel if you were treated in the same
>> way."
>>
>> I could turn this around and say the exact same thing. "How
>> would SHE feel if she were treated in the same i was"? She is
>> the role model who sets the tone in the classroom.
>>
>> you wrote:
>>
>> "teachers ARE people. We make mistakes, we laugh, we cry, we
>> have families. We usually do the right things, but sometimes we
>> don't. Some teachers have attitudes too. But, think about it.
>> When do you have attitude? It's when you need to toughen
>> yourself up. It's when you've been embarrassed or hurt. Teachers
>> do that too. I know that I've been terribly hurt by students'
>> behaviors. "
>>
>> Everyone has problems in the home, and everyone laughs and
>> cries and so on...Your point being? It is not my problem that
>> she is frusterated with her personal life for e.g. Maybe I am
>> frusterated with mine and decide to lash out on an authority
>> figure or teacher? Can i use the excuse..."i am not a robot"?
>> no...because nobody cares. You need to act accordingly while
>> you're doing your job. Everyone can control their temper or mood
>> swings..it is not an excuse.
>>
>> you wrote:
>>
>> "I've cried more than you care to know. And you know what? I
>> wouldn't cry or be upset if I didn't care."
>>
>> In my case, the teacher cried because she was humiliated
>> lol..not because she "cares" about us.
>>
>>
>> On 6/27/09, mrsd wrote:
>>> I didn't read the thread you wrote about, but one thing you
>>> have to consider - teachers ARE people. We make mistakes, we
>>> laugh, we cry, we have families. We usually do the right
>>> things, but sometimes we don't. Some teachers have attitudes
>>> too. But, think about it. When do you have attitude? It's
>>> when you need to toughen yourself up. It's when you've been
>>> embarrassed or hurt. Teachers do that too. I know that I've
>>> been terribly hurt by students' behaviors. I've cried more
>>> than you care to know. And you know what? I wouldn't cry or
>>> be upset if I didn't care. You see, teachers get into
>>> teaching for a reason. But, sometimes students make it so
>>> hard that we forget WHY we got into teaching, and we lose our
>>> tempers or cry or do other emotional things. Gee, just like
>>> our students, because we ARE human beings with feelings and
>>> emotions. We are not robots, programmed to always act
>>> professionally, kindly, and with caring. That's what we
>>> strive for, but frustration and anger sometimes come through.
>>> So, when you are acting all proud of yourself for getting to
>>> your teacher like that, think about how YOU would feel if you
>>> were treated in the same way. Karen (8th grade teacher)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/24/09, Amanda wrote:
>>>> On 6/18/09, the real real world wrote:
>>>>
>>>> reply to "the real, real world"
>>>>
>>>> you wrote,
>>>>
>>>> 3. You must teach in a pretty interesting in between kind of
>>>> school really - in some schools doing what you did would
>>>> get your
>>>> tires slashed on a good day and one angry teenage girl
>>>> coming at
>>>> you the next day when slashing your tires hadn't expelled
>>>> enough
>>>> of her negative energy. You're clearly not going for a
>>>> learning
>>>> environment but your kids can be sufficiently controlled -
>>>> with
>>>> parent help - to sit still.
>>>>
>>>> I have to completely agree with you. I remember back in
>>>> highschool
>>>> I attended summer school for failing my science class due
>>>> to
>>>> indifference to the subject and my concentration on my
>>>> hobby i
>>>> took professionally; dance. Anyways, there was this one
>>>> teacher,
>>>> by the name of, "Ms.Ho" who told me i cannot take her
>>>> summer class
>>>> because i got lower than a 50 percent. She said it in such
>>>> a mean,
>>>> tone. It really stuck with me, i was annoyed. I talked to
>>>> my
>>>> school administraton and they said it was fine for me to
>>>> take her
>>>> summer class. I have told her this, and she just
>>>> said, "that's
>>>> fine" in mean tone once again. During this time...i
>>>> befriended a
>>>> boy which really, really liked me. I told him the story
>>>> about the
>>>> how whole story of the teacher using "that tone" with me
>>>> for no
>>>> apparent reason and that it hurt. He asked me the number of
>>>> the
>>>> classroom i was staying in..i asked why he wanted to
>>>> know...he
>>>> didn't tell me but nevertheless i gave him the number of my
>>>> classroom. So in the middle of the science lecutre the
>>>> speakers go
>>>> on in our class (he must have dialed in to that
>>>> class)...and that
>>>> same boy who liked me started to put her down in every
>>>> possible
>>>> way. For e.g. Ms. ho, get on your knees...brush your teeth
>>>> after...blah blah blah you get the jist. She was nearly
>>>> near
>>>> tears...(inside i felt like i defeated her) i was
>>>> smiling..i felt
>>>> like she deserved every bit of it. This has been going on
>>>> for a
>>>> week and one time she bursted out crying and said, "who
>>>> knows
>>>> about this? i will fail you all" ...she went to the
>>>> principle and
>>>> began to investigate. They saw in the camera that i am
>>>> hanging
>>>> around this boy quite a lot during breaks and decided to
>>>> test the
>>>> situation by calling in that boy (they didn't know it was
>>>> him for
>>>> sure) and said why he's doing this....and he replied he had
>>>> no
>>>> idea what they were talking about. But then the principle
>>>> decided
>>>> to lie and said, "your little girlfriend confessed to
>>>> everything".
>>>> He was shocked and never talked to me again until
>>>> recently...and i
>>>> really liked him. That was a prick
>>>> principal..anyways, "Ms.Ho came
>>>> to class the next day announcing that she knew who was
>>>> behind all
>>>> this...and there will be a consequence..(my heart was
>>>> racing
>>>> really fast) she told me to stay in and talk to her. In a
>>>> very
>>>> upsetting and shakey voice she said, "did you get mad at me
>>>> because i wouldn't let you take my class in the beginning"?
>>>> BINGO!
>>>> she knew exactly well she was a prick to me, yet was still
>>>> mean.
>>>> That makes me think...what made her so mean to me? So i
>>>> agree with
>>>> you, you should be very careful with kids...they are very
>>>> gentle
>>>> individuals with feelings...and you might just be in for it
>>>> if
>>>> you're not careful. lol :)
>>>>

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