10 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 16h \ on: Stacker Saloon
Happiness Journal 6/11/24
  • Parent-Teacher’s Meeting today.
Every year, with a new batch of students, I inadvertently find myself overusing a phrase to the extent that my students mimick the way I speak. With an unmotivated sixth grader class three years ago, I patented AM I RIGHT OR AM I WRONG? (The only acceptable answer is, “Yes, Mr Heng, you are always right.”)
This year, it seemed that at least one student has not only caught on to my catchphrase super not amused, but also has told her parents about me. Thank goodness her mother thinks that I am funny. (Though it beats me why she would categorise my bellowing of super not amused under a funny mannerism.)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 2h
It depends on the level of the kids. The most difficult level, IMHO, is chu-Ichi, ne, san nensei! They are enough to try a saint. Super not amused is a fairly innocuous thing to be saying to them. You could be saying a lot worse, but teachers have to keep their cool, otherwise the kids win. We can’t be having that, now, can we?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 10h
Do you think working with the parents are more difficult than working with kids, and has it changed over time since teaching. I just heard that anecdotally from someone that was the case.
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