“Kiddies will always challenge adults.”
Way back I was teaching an 8th grade math class. I got challenged the first day. I laid down the law. Rest of term went fine.
But back then there were consequences ...
My first grade teacher gave me a paddle spanking across her lap, in front of the class for eating my best friend’s cookie.
Second time was 6th grade for drawing. Ruler on hands.
I was a really bad student unlike those ‘pronouns’ today, but I made
good grades in most everything.
Do they even use the alphabet these days?
I’d love to talk about your middle school experiences. I’m just about finishing up my teaching certification and I tend to like teaching middle school (highschoolers are a different animal, and most of them are taller than I am.)
So far, it’s been pretty fun, but the trans kids are a strange issue — and several of them have attempted suicide, despite everyone being oh so careful with their pronuns (teachers will get fired immediately if they don’t) so there’s something really weird going on. (An understatement I know)