A Child is Sizing Me Up: What?!?
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (140177)
Philippines
September 22, 2024 6:33pm CST
I started my morning class by making a 10-year-old girl cry during the class online. The story goes like this. We were having the class when she was making a face that looked like she wanted to swallow me as a whole. In short, she is sizing me up, and the mother seems so overconfident of her child.
Since I woke up on the wrong side and was not patient enough to handle this scenario today. I gave her a BIG lesson. I asked her to define all the key words in her lesson and make a sentence for each word.
Does it sound like torture? In her mind, I am the evil one. Regardless, I showed her how to be polite and practice the word respect.
Am I the evil one?
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@Shavkat (140177)
• Philippines
23 Sep
As expected, they gave me a low evaluation. I do not mind it. Whenever I can feel that a student is a "maldito" or "maldita," I will let him or her learn a big lesson. At least I had done something right for him or her, even if they failed me. I am so immune to this kind of scenario.
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@Deepizzaguy (105326)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Sep
You did the right thing since students need to be corrected by the teacher.
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@Deepizzaguy (105326)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
23 Sep
@Shavkat That s true since you are doing in rea life and a sitcom or cartoon.
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@popciclecold (39718)
• United States
23 Sep
Can you imagine what would have happened if you hadn't taken control. I'd hate to see it.
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@Shavkat (140177)
• Philippines
23 Sep
Even the mom seems blind to how her daughter is acting during the class. At the end of the class, I received her feedback, which appeared to be in denial about how rude her child was during the class. I just brushed it off and am not affected by it.
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@RasmaSandra (81617)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Sep
I think you did the right thing and taught her a good lesson, I hope she learned from this,
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@luisadannointed (6858)
• Philippines
24 Sep
Are you a teacher? That's so nice.
Hahahaha I think you did the right thing, it is better to discipline a naughty kid while they are young and to set boundaries.
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@luisadannointed (6858)
• Philippines
24 Sep
@Shavkat hahahaha that's so funny. Sometimes it is not the kids that needs disciplining but the immature parents.
I think parents of the 80s and 90s are better than the grown up spoiled brats that are now parents! I can still remember every quarter our class card is being released and picked up by our moms, and all we can hear is our parents giving permission to our school adviser to hit our hands with rod when we are misbehaving in class to discipline us. Those are the bad and good memories of our youth that save us from a lot of troubles.
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@Shavkat (140177)
• Philippines
24 Sep
@luisadannointed I agree. Modern parents are quite different these days. This "maldita" girl needs to be tamed and cut her sharp horns. If not, she will continue misbehaving like this. The mother seemed so proud of her spoiled brat kid. It is not acceptable for me, so my evil side comes out naturally.
@xstitcher (32970)
• Petaluma, California
1 Oct
Kids need to be taught more respect for authority these days.
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@somewitch (1422)
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24 Sep
Kudos for staying calm, what you asked her was part of the lesson and not mere retaliation. 
But I don't know what she's going to learn from the lesson if her mother keeps on defending her, I'm not too positive about that. At least you got your rev... uhm, you kept your cool and stayed professional. 
If this was a Reddit thread, you are NTA.
But I don't know what she's going to learn from the lesson if her mother keeps on defending her, I'm not too positive about that. At least you got your rev... uhm, you kept your cool and stayed professional.
If this was a Reddit thread, you are NTA.1 person likes this
@Shavkat (140177)
• Philippines
24 Sep
@somewitch That is right. I told her that it is not a reading class and she should learn to make her own sentences with the new words. Besides, I need to tame her down for being overconfident. This is the best way for her to realize her weakness.
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@somewitch (1422)
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24 Sep
@Shavkat Right, you just let her know she can't disrespect you. Even if you're a virtual teacher, you're still a teacher and therefore the authority figure between the two. If she's better than you, then she can run her own classes.
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