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Ky
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Not Always Learning is a site I read regularly; they archive the stories that the users submit about stupid, funny, or awesome experiences in school. It's the sister site to Not Always Right, which complies stories about how the customer is not always right. (Yes, I did just link to TvTropes.)
I was especially intrigued by this recent story.
If you don't want to follow the link, this is what happened in a nutshell: Parents of a third-grade boy went to a parent-teacher conference fearing the worst; they expect the teacher to say he acts up. The teacher, to their surprise, praises the boy's enthusiasm and participation in class discussions. The parents are confused that this teacher, unlike the ones the boy had before, didn't see the boy as a 'problem student'.
But I think the parents got the wrong lesson from this. The fact that the kid could spend his energy productively isn't just a testament to the ingenuity of a good teacher, but a reminder that most teachers don't know what to do with energetic (but inherently good-natured) students.
Thoughts?
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You know, another thing about me is that I am also energetic, but good-natured. Sometimes I get TOO energetic and I do things... because of reasons, and I start talking nonsensical rubbish like "If you shoot a dog I am afraid of toasters"
But my classmates find it really funny, not in the negative way of course. Not only that, but some of my teachers also love it, especially my German language teacher, who even said one day that "being a teacher is really a stressful job at times, so it is good to know that people like [my name] keep the mood up here!"
But not all are really like that. Like there is this one blonde bitch who I had as classmate for two years, and she was kinda alright back then (I said kinda, you know) but now whenever I do something that she does not like (literally), or heck, I am not even talking to her, she still goes in my way yelling "man, why don't you just start acting normal?" ...because what is "normal" today? Being drunk and going to the disco and having a fucking baby as a 16-year old? Funny move.
Not only that, but when I have French language class (which I goddamn hate) and she also attends that class, whenever I start acting "unusually", she would stop letting me "have fun", or like that one day where when we talked about what is cold, and I suddenly started talking about how my soul is cold and nonexistent (I think you know what that is about) and she just got annoyed of it for no reason and told what I said to my French language teacher, who gets annoyed of every abnormal thing I do, wait, I mean "things that are not "normal"". Also, instead of asking why I said that, she just said that I was sick in the brain.
Yeah, I like you too, you fucking tattletale!
And yes, I fully agree with all that. Everyone should just let people act how they want, and if they do not like it, they should just fuck off, and if they do not want to fuck off, they can get brutally impaled, because I ain't givin' no shit.
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Creative and active minds are under-appreciated in this society. I think we had a thread about that recently.
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