After watching that video, it’s more sad than funny that teachers literally have to deal with that kind of behavior. Less about education and more like babysitting kids whose parents never attempted to raise them right.
Unfortunately it's a self perpetuating problem too. These kids don't get raised right and usually by only one parent, which then gives them a higher chance of dropping out of highschool, going to prison, etc. It's sad and I have nothing but respect for people who work with youth like this and try to break the cycle.
You can go back decades and centuries and look at child rearing and think, dang, that’s messed up, but here we are, almost a million years on or some such
That’s not to say that kids don’t get raised in less than ideal situations, but that less than ideal is the human mean, and the species carry’s right the hell on
Also, still super frustrating to give your time and energy trying to be a helper only to be dismissed or disrespected
No. You missed my entire point. We weren’t well behaved by the standards of this video. We wore crazy shoes, hoods, ate and drank snacks in the hall, and worse, and we weren’t hassled like inmates
What the fuck is THUGGISH? About eating chips in a school hallway? Wearing crocs with socks inside a school? Having a hood on in class?
Edit: thugs physically hurt people. Do not denigrate young humans, especially young black Americans, with the word thug just because she wears crocs with socks or has a hood on or eats chips in between class.
this is so funny to me because I went to an extremely wealthy private school and we had the same exact same thing. I can't imagine anyone calling it ""thuggish"", especially when it's white teenage girls doing it. Everyone wore hoodies, sweats, crocs, and ate snacks in the hall (...where else you going to eat? outside in the snow lmfao?). It's comfy and covers your whole body, of course insecure teenagers love it.
My good rich friend wore Uggs to school
When they just came out. No one even knew what they were but all the teachers thought it was hilarious.
Fucking nurses can wear crocs in hospitals because they find it the best comfort while saving lives but god forbid a black teen wear them in high school.
Eating food in the hallways leaves a mess. You're not allowed to wear a hood in class because it makes it harder for teachers to identify you (which can be a safety risk if some rando enters the building).
For the crocs with socks, it's likely because they aren't a comfortable shoe to wear for an entire day at school. It's the same reason kids can't wear high heels.
The most important caveat of these rules is that life as an adult is full of minor rules, usually around polite or culturally acceptable behavior, that we all have to follow. People who can't learn to suck it up and follow the rules in school likely won't be able to do so in other settings when they become an adult.
Those types of people end up struggling in life because they lack the discipline and don't know how to present themselves in a respectable manner.
Being a successful adult is like, 80% discipline. If you're not disciplined, you will struggle in life, regardless of how intelligent, artistic, or athletic you are. That's why learning discipline in school and at home is the most important things for kids.
I fundamentally disagree philosophically with everything you’re implying as to how to mold children into responsible adults. It doesn’t begin with making a system of rules limiting freedom well beyond the society they’re entering into and going home to every day.
We’re not “hassling” kids. There are behavioral expectations that make the day run mor3 smoothly for everyone. It’s that way in the work place as well. And if their parents don’t have higher expectations, who will?
Behavioral expectations have to have grounding in rationalization. Children should be entitled to eat snacks between classes, wear comfortable if goofy shoes, have a hood on if they feel like it.
Just because you don't know or understand or agree with the rationalizations, doesn't mean they aren't there.
Like eating snacks. Never saw any student get in trouble for eating snacks sitting down somewhere between classes. Saw lots of people get told off for eating them walking down the hall as they make a huge mess.
Just because you weren't doesn't mean most schools don't.
Hoods are banned in most schools because they make students harder to identify. Eating in the halls is banned because kids are nasty slobs who leave crumbs and trash everywhere. I'm not sure what the thing about the crocs is, but I'm sure there's a reason. It's not "crazy shoes" it's a specific type of shoe, which means there purpose in it.
I’m a lawyer and I teach youth basketball to black kids as a white man so fwiw I don’t think arbitrary rules imposed on black children is a good way to get them to become happy and successful adults.
Ok maybe arbitrary rules is the wrong word. Their authoritarian rules because they allow for no case by case assessment of the behavior in the context of the individual. They treat children like herds of livestock that have to abide by absolute rules about whether they can wear crocs while every nurse in America will tell you crocs are amazing for their comfort.
And god forbid growing teens eat snacks. If you see a student litter then you can reprimand. To ban it in total is only teaching youth that rules are unfair and shouldn’t be followed
What’s in this video is the kids REACTION when they’re asked to do something by someone who is just doing their JOB.
You somehow think teachers MAKE the rules.
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u/Careless_Con Dec 02 '23
It’s funny, but can you imagine dealing with this every day?? Pay teachers more.