My Spanish teacher had a meltdown in class a few weeks ago.
Lots of kids were rude and disrespectful to her. She said, “I quit,” sat down
and did nothing. After that, until I got switched to another Spanish class, we
had subs. I actually wanted to learn Spanish and she was nice to me so I felt
disappointed when this happened. She burned out in front of us.
I have been wondering why the students in that class had
such terrible attitudes. I realize some have difficult home lives or have homes
that don’t focus on learning, but to me the indifference to learning is puzzling.
In my case, I fought so hard to be allowed to learn and to have a career one
day. How come they waste their chance to get an education? It makes me very sad
because the kids are decent people. They are nice to me and treat me with
decency, but they are not nice to the teacher and don’t respect her. But I think
even sadder is their lack of respect for their own futures. I think they can’t
imagine that better things will come if they try.
I was imprisoned by my body and trapped with no education in
school year after year when I was small. I know that an education is a gift,
but they feel it is a prison. I wish I could help them to see how to value it.
