>>15962146Right. It comes in different flavors than just a plain ulterior motive, but, at the end of the day it's just that they have pretty nothing going for their lives, with zero confidence in who they are, therefore they need to abuse their power in order to seek approval on being someone that should be respected. Which doesn't mean anything, the fake respect shown by students is towards the position, not the individual. They're still a joke to everybody there the second they step out of the class. And the pressure they apply on people to get that approval out of them, severely harms their education. Pressuring almost never works, in any case. The only time it works is when a student starts holding a grudge just to show that teacher that they can do well in that class despite of their abuse. Which, obviously isn't the most optimal tactic to go by. Truth is, with most students, it only makes them hold disdain towards that subject just because of that one teacher, and end up never being able to warm up to it, not whilst in the classroom or when outside of it, because of that one teacher. Hearing of the subject will just remind them of that teacher, and chances are that they could've actually enjoyed learning about that subject otherwise, maybe even pursue it. But all of that gone, because someone wanted to feel special.
So, basically, people who use the school environment for validation should not even allowed to be in a classroom.
But of course, that's a really hard thing to get rid of, it's just the human element. If only there were some kind of cool teacher exam that they had to take to prove that they wouldn't be a detriment on the students because of how they act, not simply because they're the best at teaching what needs to be taught. I personally would take a teacher that's slightly less competent in explaining something to me, but doesn't mess with me because he feels like it, for whatever reason.
Also, how's your day been going?
