At one #school i taught at a group of the 'cool' teachers would sit in the #staffroom during break time and rip into the kids - normally those who caused trouble around the school.
I often think about this. Seemed pretty unprofessional to me, unkind and cruel. On the other hand it was a release of tension and these were the kids that made the teachers' lives hard. And i still have pangs of guilt because it was very #funny . #ethical #dilema
@maxelcat @TheZorse I caught my science teacher making fun of a kid who thought "inference" was a pass in a football game, while in the hallway with another teacher. She looked at me, I looked at her, and I didn't say anything. Never got in trouble in her class again.
Was quite hilarious when I came back from the bathroom once smelling like smoke and another kid tried ratting me out, she just looked at me and said "I don't smell anything."
@maxelcat @TheZorse I thought I was smart and would bring a glade air freshener plugin refill and dab it on me.
The literal outcome of that was the person behind me complaining I smelled like smoke to the teacher (it wasn't that bad they were just an asshole) and the person next to me saying I smelled like watermelons. Then myself just looking back and forth and to the teacher without saying anything. She just quickly glanced my direction and looked away and said she didn't smell anything. But I knew she was just ignoring it because she felt ashamed of that one time I caught her making fun of a student.
That is an ethical dilemma. My take is that you're off the hook, guilt-wise, despite sometimes vicariously enjoying it. I'm sure you put up with a fair share of bad behaviour and are only human, after all. Plus, funny is funny. Kudos to you for not allowing yourself to fully indulge in it.
Amen to that! I've also tended in that direction. One thing I've noticed while volunteering at the soup kitchen is how the ultimate underdogs - homeless people and addicts - will often be nicer, more gracious, and even more generous than so-called regular people. (Not always, but often enough.)
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