There are two types of people in this world.
Those who know how to deal with youngsters and those who don't. Some adults are more prone to using force to teach children a lesson. Even then, the children don't break easily. its probably because they find the shouts and screams as hilarious than frightening.
But when the same is done with a person talking in a calm yet controlled tone, children tend to cooperate more. We had a special presentation prepared for us by a travel agency. It was about three different trips to three different locations. Throughout the course of the presentation, most students were busy talking about the trip, or making fun of the various clips, or just chatting.
Once everyone in the audience heard what sounded like a snort. The supervisor gets 'triggered'. He believed that someone started to mock him. So after the agency representatives left, he got into a full rage mode and started to shout at every one of us. he also kept back my class because we were apparently talking excessively. my class teacher also pointed that out when she blamed me for talking. Either I am mental or they have x-ray spectacles. the Supervisor, could not get the perpetrators to stand up and accept their wrongdoings. This added more fuel to the fire, so to speak.
The next day, today, our section Headmistress came to our assembly to lecture us about yesterday's fiasco. Apart from most, she seems the most level-headed in the section and school. She is the first type of people. Her language is placid and simple. she can make a point without raising her voice, the point even the supervisor failed to achieve after shouting. Immediately, those few boys stood up in guilt and shame (hopefully not proud and glorious).
This incident dawned upon me as a very powerful insight into how every person behaves to a situation differently according to their upbringings. The Supervisor blamed our family background for our unruly behavior, but in contrast, his background was thrown into the light by his various actions and word usage.
Those who know how to deal with youngsters and those who don't. Some adults are more prone to using force to teach children a lesson. Even then, the children don't break easily. its probably because they find the shouts and screams as hilarious than frightening.
But when the same is done with a person talking in a calm yet controlled tone, children tend to cooperate more. We had a special presentation prepared for us by a travel agency. It was about three different trips to three different locations. Throughout the course of the presentation, most students were busy talking about the trip, or making fun of the various clips, or just chatting.
Once everyone in the audience heard what sounded like a snort. The supervisor gets 'triggered'. He believed that someone started to mock him. So after the agency representatives left, he got into a full rage mode and started to shout at every one of us. he also kept back my class because we were apparently talking excessively. my class teacher also pointed that out when she blamed me for talking. Either I am mental or they have x-ray spectacles. the Supervisor, could not get the perpetrators to stand up and accept their wrongdoings. This added more fuel to the fire, so to speak.
The next day, today, our section Headmistress came to our assembly to lecture us about yesterday's fiasco. Apart from most, she seems the most level-headed in the section and school. She is the first type of people. Her language is placid and simple. she can make a point without raising her voice, the point even the supervisor failed to achieve after shouting. Immediately, those few boys stood up in guilt and shame (hopefully not proud and glorious).
This incident dawned upon me as a very powerful insight into how every person behaves to a situation differently according to their upbringings. The Supervisor blamed our family background for our unruly behavior, but in contrast, his background was thrown into the light by his various actions and word usage.
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