enlighten me* -- a mediocre little thing by erica

I just decided I really have a lot to say on certain matters, but I have nowhere in particular to store these outrageous rants. Hope you find this witty (:

Now that school is coming around, I have a chill sent down my spine recalling some of the attitudes of the pricks I'm familiar with. One of the most common and most obnoxious traits, to me, is the disrespect of teachers. Oh, fuck all, you're probably sat there like "here comes another do-good" but honestly?

Kids are always talking derogatory of their teachers and their methods, whining about schoolwork and just giving a difficult time in general. Frankly, what do you get out of it? Calling your teacher a bitch for telling you to stop being an idiot (which, really, you are) or pulling some rebellious stint to make your peers laugh?

Do you realize that these teachers are your superiors, but they all have lives and compassion. One day, when given a broad span of choices in life, they made the insignificant decision to gain and process knowledge and share it with insolent (and sometimes willing) kids. They were naive as you are, and when their peers told them, "students will only disrespect you, and you won't even get paid that much," they shrugged it off and decided to take the challenge?

Teachers have a salary that is definitely not worth the abuse they get throughout the year, and you need to realize that. While exploring their youth, they could have come across thoughts of great success, great wealth, great ease, but they strayed from that path and decided they wanted to do better. They're practically doing all of this work just for your own good.

Yes, teachers aren't saints -- neither are you! They have moments when they could rip your flesh from your bones and suspend it over a lion's cage, but did you ever stop to wonder what could possibly be going on in their life while you're sitting there complaining because a page of science or math homework kept you from watching some bullshit television program? No, you never do. Because maybe, just maybe, that man with the tired eyes who's at school way longer than you are, going home only to keep working with you in mind, is stressed out and possibly reconsidering his life. Just because you have to deal with relationships, homework and the fact your parents don't like you drinking out at two in the morning and seeing some cheating, good for nothing slag, you think the world revolves around your teenage issues? The "problems" you might have right now are nothing compared to the problems of others, and maybe if you took a second to stop worrying about your looks and "lack of freedom" and be considerate. You contribute to the future. You're an example of human life and you're setting a pretty bad one right now.