"teacher, brian said you are fat. you are like pig. fat pig."
in the next class, one of my seventh grade students said,
"teacher, you are very pretty. yes."
i know they're just messing with me and/or sucking up,
but i really don't know how to respond when they act like this,
either when they diss or compliment the way i look.
i don't want to encourage it, so i try not to act upset or flattered.
i'm just like "...thanks. ok! page 84!"
but the elementary school meanness has started to get to me
and the middle school flirting has started to make me uncomfortable.
it's such a weird area - it's not like i can punish them for anything personal, that would just make it even more awkward.
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I substitute taught for a while and it was pretty funny. The elementary school girls seem to have a crush on me and would hang on me and tell me how pretty I was, and the elementary school boys would insult me and throw stuff at me when I wasn't looking. The junior high boys would flirt one minute, and throw spit wads at me the next, and the girls all thought I was their personal confidante. High School was a whole different story. Once I was subbing for the ceramics teacher(who was an older gentleman), and he left me a note asking me to open the kiln and check on the vases. I almost fell over when I opened the kiln and saw rows of bongs (and a few vases). Haha!
I get that, too. One second the kids tell me how pretty I am and then the next minute they poke me in the stomach and are like "you are all jiggly!" or "you are so bouncy!". I just put it down to a lack of filter on whatever comes into their heads, as well as a child-like need to make people like them or happy or something. Not to say I don't suck in a little bit whenever I see a tiny finger approaching my belly.
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