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I rather kids be rude than timid. Because timid is less expressive and easily victimized.

All kids under my care are well behaved and sweet. Sometimes they do create troubles but not enough for it to be a problem.

I like making sure they express themselves eloquently in conflict situations. I already hear them repeating my grammar while interacting with each other. Sarcasm like "You think??"..expressions like "Logically", "This matter requires", "we have to prioritize..."..etc Not in English.

Culturally speaking what constitutes rude is incredibly variant. It doesn't take much for certain people to feel disrespected ,and maybe intimidated.

I taught older kids 16+ for few months and the stories they told me about their teachers were beyond frustrating. Many of them were very scared of speaking up because they got mocked, belittled, laughed at, and even physically abused.. It angers me this still happens in some parts of the world.
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My dad told me a story once. I was a child, running down the street. I tripped and hit my face on the concrete lol.

He said I got up and looked at him. In his words, "You just looked up at me, and it was like if I wasn't worried, you weren't worried."

I never told him that I was scared of him getting angry at me. Like I was causing trouble by having too much fun and it was my fault that I got hurt.

I was always afraid of my dad. Since I was born. Somehow he interpreted it as love. I just remember him picking me up by the neck and choking me. False memory? Maybe there's something wrong with me.

My brother was old enough to drive, work, have a girlfriend. Maybe he was an adult, I don't remember. I was still small. My most vivid childhood memory is trying to get over the anger of him trapping me with my other brothers and making us fight. I don't think they were severe, to the best of my memory. Just enough to hurt.

I was walking through the kitchen, in pain, and they were all just in the other room laughing like nothing had happened. It hurt physically and emotionally. And I remember noticing the odd difference between when I was upset and alone, and when it was time to get over it. Somehow I did.

Men in power positions over me never did me any good. Maybe one I can think of in my adult life. The rest just insisted on being dominant and ignoring everyone else's needs and insisting that I shut up.

I don't like men. I'm sorry. They scare me.
Miram · 31-35, F
@SinlessOnslaught I am sorry.
@Miram I was up late and worrying. I shouldn't have made this about me. Tbh my life and my childhood were great, I'm just super sensitive.

Thank you for being great with kids. 🤗
Miram · 31-35, F
@SinlessOnslaught

You downplay your traumas.

As someone who dealt with having to physically fight , I don't look at your trauma as normal. And it is not.
@Miram I don't recall believing I was fighting for my life, I just remember being in pain.