Songs of Experience...err....Hypothetical Situation 1

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Well, sexy, I admit I share your dilemma. . . I mean the short answer is, you find a more or less creative way to make them stop, but I know it's embarrassing because the other day I was at the lunch table with my favorite male student (the one whose band I play in) and these two freshman girls came up and sat beside us giggling and smiling and introducing themselves like they wanted to flirt. I felt super uncomfortable and torn between thinking, oh it's just innocent, or maybe they want to talk to my student or I don't want to seem unfriendly, and wait, this is messed up. So, I gave them the cold shoulder and later caught one of them throwing food and sent her back to her table with a reprimand. Clumsy, I know.
Even more interesting, and much sadder, one of my most talented honors students has been absent for the last month, and it turns out that her softball coach is accused of an affair of some sort with her. She had come by my room after school early on in the year, and I'd felt uncomfortable being alone in the room with her, so I took the conversation into the hall. She wanted to tell me about her mother who's in jail and her father who's out of the picture; she lives with her grandparents. She was clearly seeking adult attention. I wish I could've protected her in some way.

Depending on your background with the student I would thank them for the complement and then get up and offer to teach both students how to play chess. If acknowledging the compliment with this particular student is not a good idea I would just get up and have them take my seat. By teaching the student chess, you are giving her something else to think about, and taking the focus off of yourself. It also puts you firmly back in the role of teacher.


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