A cry for help!

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

So, I was told by Miroku to ask the entire community for help on how to deal with a problem.

You see, I am a teacher, and my class is full of students who each have a different quirk to them that makes teaching very difficult, and I'm worried about them. One likes to pull the tails of animals and hang them on the walls of her house, one has to do everything perfectly or will go insane, one doesn't speak at all and only communicates through e-mail (and only sends INSULTING HATE MAIL), one likes yaoi and manga a little too much, one only sees things in a positive light and is too naive to see that the world is full of negativity, one stays locked up in a room at the school and never returns home (being a hikkikomori), and one is a stalker that follows me everywhere! SHE'S RIGHT BEHIND ME AS I TYPE THIS!!

Oh, and there's a normal girl in our class, but you don't have to worry about her.

So, if anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with this despairing class, please REPLY!!!

Comments

[paleological.livejournal.com]

I can't offer you much help with most of those casesand, admittedly, i'm torn between being confused and afraid, but what's wrong with seeing things in a positive light?

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

She does it to the EXTREME! Plus, the world's full of negativity, as I mentioned above...she has yet to know the truth!!

[darkly-dawns.livejournal.com]

Ah, kids. They can be a real handful. How about trying to see each of their lives from their point of view? Might get a better understanding of how their mind works.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

Believe me, it's harder than it looks...I don't know if I really want to pry into my students' personal lives, anyway...

[darkly-dawns.livejournal.com]

Good point. You still might want to treat each case individually. There has to be sound reason why they do these things.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

Hmm... ...or maybe there isn't

[maraich]

Pulling tails off animals? Isn't that a bit cruel?

And one of your students is reading gay porn?

How old are these kids?

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

They're high schoolers.

[theonlysunshine.livejournal.com]

Where the Hell do you teach?!

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

In Japan, the country that is slowly taking over the world with its economy! Soon enough national monuments will be named after powerful corporate businesses...like Tokyo Tower!! It's only moments before it shall be called "SHOUNEN JUMP TOWER"!!!

Aaaagh, the money-grubbing name-changing economy has left me in DESPAIR!!!

[theonlysunshine.livejournal.com]

I thought the country that was doing that was India?

And isn't the economy a little besides the point of this post?

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

Maybe so, but I don't live in India, and have never been there, so I can't say...

My class and the economy are both very despairing subjects. THAT is how they are related.

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

Put them through basic combat training. It does wonders for disipline.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

But I have never learned anything like that!

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

Then why are you teaching there in the first place?

Simply hire someone else to do it then. It shouldn't be too hard.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

...because I was hired?

But I bet there's been a drop in teachers lately...and I can't just leave the class right after the school year started!!

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

Did you know what you were getting into when you applied?

Maybe some sort of after school program then? I could lend you my training commader if you really need help.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

I knew I was going to teach a highscool class...

An afterschool program...but they'll probably drag me into it, and then I'll never be able to go home...either that or they just won't go...

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

But not that specific class? I see.

Make it mandantory, then run in the other direction?

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

But what if I get letters from parents, each issuing a complaint about their child having a mandatory after-school class? I shouldn't have any power to keep them at school after it's officially scheduled to end!!

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

...

Have you ever thought that one of your main problems is that you worry too much? If you relax a bit your problems might not seem so dire.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

It's hard to not worry in such a despairing situation as this...

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

Despairing? How so? My children have much stranger habits.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

What sorts of habits?

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

Other than being able to shoot lazerbeams from their eyes? Let me put it this way. They've been children for 1000 years, and have found about as many ways to irritate me as their are stars in the sky.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a problem...

...gyaaaah, what kind of world do we live in these days?! The world has left me in despaaiiirrrr...[sulk]

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

...what I was trying to say was that I still care about my children, and they are still good people. Their habits can sometimes be irritating, but its what makes them unique and worth teaching.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

I understand what you're trying to say, but I can't help but be concerned over this...

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

What, specifically, concerns you?

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

Everything!
... [looks behind to see one of his students and tries to be more specific]
Do you think I like having a stalker following me home everyday? It makes life more despairing than usual!! I can't be in private for even a second...she's always watching over my shoulder with that annoying "jiii" stare!!!

And the economy concerns me!...but that's not what this entry is about, is it...

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

I find it hard to believe that a young female teenager would stalk you constantly. Have you talked to her about it?

...are you an economcs teacher? Is that why the economy worries you so much?

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

But she's right there! And yes, I've talked to her, but she doesn't care...she only smiles and continues to walk behind me, breathing down my neck...

No, I teach a variety of subjects...math, Japanese, and history, usually.
...
...and you should be concerned about the economy, too! The way it's going...poor Mt. Fuji...soon enough it'll be named after some rich businessman, or a popular manga company...

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe you could take out a 'restraining order'?

You have a wide range of subjects. How big is your school?

I'm afraid I don't have that problem. My universe is quite different from yours.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

A "restraining order"?

It's pretty small.

Consider yourself lucky! My world is truly dreadful...

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

From what I've learned its a government permit that forbids someone from approching you.

I suppose that could be a good thing. Maybe you can get to know your students better then.

Really? All in comparison, I suppose. There are definatly Parts of my universe that are dreadful, just not all of it.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

Hm, but I haven't heard if it's available for minors...It'd seem pretty embarassing anyway for me to walk up there and say I need one because of a high school girl...

True, but I don't see that as a positive thing. I know more about their quirks now...and although I'd like to know why they have them, I'm afraid I may know too much about them already that it's awkward to pry any further.

I feel their pain...

[hok-ton.livejournal.com]

And here I thought your government was a wash of beuracracy. Then again, I suppose you must weigh santiy vs. embarisment to get one.

Maybe you'll understand them better if you just give it time.

On the positive side, you're not a shambling zombie or a pesant, correct?

[gata-sombra.livejournal.com]

Have a John Carpenter marathon. The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, Vampires. At the very least, it'll give everyone food for thought. At the best, Carpenter will give them nightmares.

[gloom-sensei.livejournal.com]

...John Carpenter?