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[ SECRET POST #3710 ]

⌈ Secret Post #3710 ⌋

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[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, "Hushabye Mountain"]

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A comment I made in a thread about unbelievably stupid people, got more than one response telling me there was nothing stupid about the person I talked about and why, and the fact that I forgot about the thread before I had a chance to ask the responders what they were thinking and how they could have misunderstood me so badly.

My comment, if you're curious, was about a girl in one of my classes telling our teacher "I'd kick you in the balls" in response to a hypothetical example he gave her (because she asked) of a threat/how to respond: he said "If I told you, I'm going to kill you--" and she interrupted him with her answer. And didn't understand why he got mad at her. When I told the story, the comments I got in reply said she had a right to be confused and he shouldn't have gotten mad at her because if he's allowed to give a hypothetical threat, she's allowed to give a hypothetical response.

But. That wasn't the problem?! I don't know where yall live, but where I'm from, the problem is this: you DO NOT say "balls" to a teacher. You do not even say a word like that in front of a teacher. THAT is why he got mad at her. I thought that was something everyone knew and cannot understand why I should have had to explain it, but I'm extremely bitter that I forgot and wasn't there to explain it until a month too late.

Eh, sorry, but I don't think saying "balls" is particularly risqué, and like the people who originally replied to you, I also think that a death threat is a legitimate excuse for salty language.

Balls

So was she supposed to say, "I'd kick you in the crochitorial region?"

No offense, but if a teacher is giving me a hypothetical "I'm going to kill you!" situation, I'm pretty sure everyone in the room is old enough to say fucking balls.

Are you from the 1960s? Or possibly the type of Catholic school where the teachers are all Jesuit priests or nuns with rulers?

Whoa, yeah, sorry, but I'm 100% with everyone who doesn't understand what the big deal is here. It's...balls? They're not vulgar simply by existing? Kicking someone in the balls is 7897153 times more tame than "I'm going to kill you"???

Like, if you're taking hypotheticals completely out of the equation here, in what fucking world is it okay for a teacher to say "I'm going to kill you" to a student?! What the fuck!

I don't think explaining yourself would have helped, because that's really dumb. Where the hells do you live that saying 'balls' of all things would incite such censure? I went to a private Anglican high school, and even saying 'bugger' in front of a teacher would only get you 'language' for a response.

yeah I'm with the anons here...where is "balls" a dirty word (for someone over the age of eight)?

I don't know where you're from, but where I'm from, a teacher who confronts his students with questionable scenarios like this (WTF kind of lesson was this, anyway?) should be able to deal with the word "balls". If they lose their shit over such a mild term... I wouldn't even consider a swear word, to be honest... they're not cut out to be a teacher of children over age 5.

Student saying 'balls' to a teacher is terrible and deserving of a reprimand... but a teacher presenting a weird hypothetical where he says 'I'm going to kill you' to a student is a-okay, and it's the student's fault if they get upset and react badly? Wow.

Hah! I remember that thread. I remember at being so confused as to why we should agree the girl was stupid/the teacher had right to be angry.

Now I have more questions haha.

I don't suppose you have a link to the thread?

TBH, I don't think your explanation would've helped. "Balls" just isn't that bad, IMO. And yeah, with a hypothetical threat like that, it's not just that a hypothetical response is warranted, it's that an extreme hypothetical response is warranted because it's an extreme threat. And like I said, "balls" is hardly extreme. Even if the teacher had the delicate sensibilities of a Victorian spinster aunt and balls shocked him to his core, he should've given her a free pass in recognition of the fact that he pretty much set himself up for a response like that by asking what sounds like a rather inappropriate hypothetical question. Smart, experienced teachers don't put themselves in situations where they've essentially declared open season for their students.

A sense of perspective and a sense of humor are valuable traits for a teacher. Doesn't sound like that guy had either one.

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