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40 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei 23 May \ on: Stacker Saloon
Happiness Journal 23/5/25
Today, I realised one thing. My time in the Japan Exchange Teaching program has gotten me used to the idea of delivering farewell speeches. I just went up today, completely comfortable with the spotlight shining on me, and did my thing.
I would have expected the process to be cathartic, but it turned out to be more turbulent than I had expected. This is when reality finally hit me. I won’t be seeing my form class students anymore after the June holidays!
Given that these rascals provoke me to shout at them for various violations ever so often, I’m surprised at my well of emotions.
一切即将尘埃落定，
却莫名其妙地伤感。
It's very comforting for me to learn that you sometimes shout at your students, because you seem so chill here on Stacker.News. Sometimes I think there's something defective about me because I get so angry at my students and let them affect me emotionally, but it's good to be reminded that this is a nearly universal experience for teachers.
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Of course!
打是疼
骂是爱
Though this adage is outdated. Physical harm inflicted on students will get a teacher fired sooner than it takes for a bamboo tree to blossom.
Do you have a decompression routine so that you don’t bring this anger back home? Our emotions have an insidious way of creeping up on us.
I can say that after becoming a father, I rarely let my students’ outrageous behaviour affect me emotionally because I am preoccupied in the trenches of parenting haha
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Congratulations!! Saying goodbye to long time students is very difficult. It is much easier if you have students flowing through every quarter or semester because there is much less attachment.
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