Do any full adults bitter about incidents of their childhood really think it was out of spite? I just want a simple yes or no. Like the teacher gets paid either way, and it must be awkward as fuck to drag a shy kid out a bit who is going to be wrong. I just wonder if people really really believe this was out of malice.
Johnny knows the answer, Johnny always knows the answer, Johnny shouldn’t even be in that class, and yes Johnny puts his hand up each and every time. Tim might know the answer, might not. Tim never talks. Tim is in big trouble grade-wise if he doesn’t know the answer on the next exam. So give him a nudge, make sure he knows that he doesn’t know, and maybe he will study. Cause if you let Tim just sit and space out they are going to get an F.
Anyway back to your bitterness. I am sure it is perfectly reasonable to be a 32 years old upset about being called on by teacher when you were 11.
Bitter? I wouldn’t say anyone I know is bitter. It’s just one of those tropes we all lived through, it’s not somehow a commentary about you or me. I just post this stuff from storage based on what I haven’t posted yet. But you seem to be picking some oddly specific ages and typing up an oddly specific rant so it feels strangely hella personal here.
It’s called abstraction, maybe if you paid attention in class you would know what that is.
