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

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@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."

@Netraven @TheZorse ha. Very good. Did you smoke?

@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.

@Netraven @TheZorse weird dynamic going on there. Watermelon and smoke. Ha ha.

School can be a literal zoo or giant science experiment

@maxelcat @TheZorse "He smells like watermelon" may be the best compliment I've ever received.
@maxelcat @TheZorse another salient memory of school was kids bringing their dad's unused suitcase to school (very spy vs spy) but it'd be full of "Dragonball Z" tapings that they recorded themselves and would explode into a din of nerd-speak whenever it was opened and the trading began. I thought they were weird, but I respected their dedication.

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I still remember the smell of my dad's briefcase when I was very young. And pinching my fingers on the clasps. I wonder if it's still around somewhere. Maybe I can gain some adult points by carrying it around.