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Ok, sure, if you've only worked adjacent to kids or in one-on-one environments you might still be that naive, but even the most compassionate and sympathetic teachers experience it by the end of their first year - all children misbehave in a wide variety of ways for a wide variety of reasons and thinking yourself above getting annoyed by it is setting yourself up for failure.
You don't actually do it, but you definitely discuss it with your coworkers over lunch on particularly bad days.
I didn't say I've never been annoyed by the children I worked with (which was also not in the scenarios you so condescendingly suggested). I never considered setting up a child fight club, which is beyond fucked up and what it seemed you were suggesting. None of the people I worked with ever suggested such a thing, either.
yeah idk what this guys on about ive also worked with kids and yes ofcourse you see the little barbarians get up to some wild stuff once in a while, but never have i thought about actively encouraging that stuff. Thats the opposite of what im there for!
Right? Like I've got plenty frustrated at times, but I never wished harm upon the kids. I just wanted a damn break so they would be someone else's problem for a few minutes lol.