Bomb: Your post is a good as it is long!;) Seriously, I’m speechless. Your advice is honest, straightforward and most of all practical. Quite amazing.
blabla: I fully agree with bomb. I don’t think it’s necessary to rewrite his post;) But I suggest that you read the ENTIRE post and actually put it into practice. Hatzlacha.
Now I’d like to address aries, blabla and always runs with scissors fast:
(Note: I’m not and probably will not be a teacher.)
Teachers are human beings just like you are. They are not malachim and you can’t expect them to act like malachim. Yes, they must act like “mentchen”, greet others, excuse themselves and work on their sensitivity. But so do we. Are we perfect? Are we ALWAYS sensitive to others’ feelings? Are we NEVER stressed out and act a bit rude? If you are perfect, great. But most people aren’t. Teachers are always in the spotlight. And with reason. They raise our children. But we have to take into account that they’re human. They’re underpaid and overworked. PLUS they have their own private life with their own day to day nisyonos. You say the teachers shouldn’t judge blabla (which is correct). But we shouldn’t judge THEM either. They have to do their job. They must make certain that their students know and understand what they teach. Otherwise, the principal will blame THEM. We cannot expect them to somehow know that blabla’s having a hard time. How should they know to be more lenient with her (although I’m not sure this is the solution)?
Developing one’s sensitivity is a skill. Some people sense when others are suffering while others don’t. Yes, they do have to work on that. But you know what? So do I have to work on kaas. Or jealousy. Or whatever middah raah.