Isn't it bizarre when students doing something they are perfectly free to do are scolded for it? The fault is evidently the teacher's in the case; yes, we all know the rules. Of course we do! Why would we break them? We certainly don't want to conflict with the teachers!
So why do teacher's do that? Is it some sort of personal insecurity, some mental phobia that leads them to look for trouble with the students? To abuse a student's rights, just because a teacher's word probably carries more weight? Or is it because the conflict with the student is about something small enough that the teacher can try to fight this mental issue, but not have the teacher brought to task over it?
This is just my reaction to a small scuffle in my school's computer lab today during lunch about music. I personally thought the teacher was in the wrong, even though I had no particular attachment to the student victim. The teacher tried to use the fact that the Stuco president (who took no sides) was present, cited no reliable rule book, and won, just because the students didn't want to deal with him.
Does he wonder people question his authority? After all, when authority is abused, rather than wielded with care, there becomes even less reason to obey. I personally believe this particular teacher's status among students is as bad as it is out of his own doing, his insecurity in just being a substitute teacher, rather than one of a regular class.
Until further ravings,
QueenNaxen
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