A tirade, if you will...
So here I am, at 9:18pm on your typical end-of-term school night... I'm looking forward to next week (vacation, sweet sweet vacation), when I'll be going to Malaysia and Indonesia with ze man... In the meantime, I've become an evil grading machine, emphasis on "evil." I've been more serious with student and fellow teacher alike lately, and it's not gone over well. Let me say this, in no equivocal terms:
I like: people who are competent at their jobs and strive for their best. People who are interested in the broader world around them (and not just pop culture). People who aim to be better each day and learn something new whenever possible. People who put themselves out on a limb and step out of their comfort zone. People who can teach me something.
I do not like: people who do the bare minimum and are just working for a paycheck. People who think the world revolves around them. People who are indifferent to world events or crises. People who feel like the world owes them something. People who never struggle. People who do not open their minds to new possibilities and ideas. People who stagnate and fester.
This, of course, can easily be translated to my disdain for (or admiration of!) students. Naturally, students who try hard and have a good attitude are usually teachers' favorites, while those who slack and do (if even!) the bare minimum are barely given a second glance by those tasked to educate (or even just tolerate) them.
However, my beef tonight is with adults. (This is, of course, usually the case.) Children (and I will generously extend "children" to mean anyone under the age of, oh, say, 21) are works-in-progress. They are not bitter and jaded yet (generally), and will put up with a ridiculous amount of grown-ups' nonsense. I both shudder at and admire my elementary-teaching colleagues who frequently use bribery or weird terminology to get their soldiers in a line. I am barely better, of course, since I (and my school!) employ a grade-based system to se the students up for a bright future in a capitalist society...
Ahem.
Anyway, I just expect people to be better and they're not.
So my "horrifying realization" tonight (whilst searching for fun animated videos) was that the intelligent characters in animations are usually evil. The happy-go-lucky, ignorant, cheerful, and often idiotic protagonist does very little and succeeds in the the end. If that's life, I don't know what is...
Ok. I shall edit this when I do not have so much vino coursing through my veins... More later (hopefully from a caffeinated, more aware Mb)!! :)
So here I am, at 9:18pm on your typical end-of-term school night... I'm looking forward to next week (vacation, sweet sweet vacation), when I'll be going to Malaysia and Indonesia with ze man... In the meantime, I've become an evil grading machine, emphasis on "evil." I've been more serious with student and fellow teacher alike lately, and it's not gone over well. Let me say this, in no equivocal terms:
I like: people who are competent at their jobs and strive for their best. People who are interested in the broader world around them (and not just pop culture). People who aim to be better each day and learn something new whenever possible. People who put themselves out on a limb and step out of their comfort zone. People who can teach me something.
I do not like: people who do the bare minimum and are just working for a paycheck. People who think the world revolves around them. People who are indifferent to world events or crises. People who feel like the world owes them something. People who never struggle. People who do not open their minds to new possibilities and ideas. People who stagnate and fester.
This, of course, can easily be translated to my disdain for (or admiration of!) students. Naturally, students who try hard and have a good attitude are usually teachers' favorites, while those who slack and do (if even!) the bare minimum are barely given a second glance by those tasked to educate (or even just tolerate) them.
However, my beef tonight is with adults. (This is, of course, usually the case.) Children (and I will generously extend "children" to mean anyone under the age of, oh, say, 21) are works-in-progress. They are not bitter and jaded yet (generally), and will put up with a ridiculous amount of grown-ups' nonsense. I both shudder at and admire my elementary-teaching colleagues who frequently use bribery or weird terminology to get their soldiers in a line. I am barely better, of course, since I (and my school!) employ a grade-based system to se the students up for a bright future in a capitalist society...
Ahem.
Anyway, I just expect people to be better and they're not.
So my "horrifying realization" tonight (whilst searching for fun animated videos) was that the intelligent characters in animations are usually evil. The happy-go-lucky, ignorant, cheerful, and often idiotic protagonist does very little and succeeds in the the end. If that's life, I don't know what is...
Ok. I shall edit this when I do not have so much vino coursing through my veins... More later (hopefully from a caffeinated, more aware Mb)!! :)
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