#honestly disciplining kids w/o traumatizing them is hard; but at the same time they need to learn that like

[rubberbandballqueen]

*head in hands* i straight up do not know how kindergarten teachers accomplish anything

#picking up that shift today has solidified my opinion of 'i can't rlly work w/kids younger than third grade' #thank god i was just filling in for the day. holy fuck. i got a fuck ton of candy tho so that makes up for it #little kids are people too!! absolutely 100%!!!! but holy shit i cannot do that every day i would go insane #they're also hard to work with bc some kids just patently do not listen. also i don't know how to talk to them #they lack understanding of too many concepts i rely on when talking to teenagers/other adults n also just don't know many words #it's not their fault or anything but i'm Really not that interested in like. dealing with them. #also i think i should get like. earplugs for kids one of these days. a lot of Problem Kids get rlly upset when it's rlly loud #honestly disciplining kids w/o traumatizing them is hard; but at the same time they need to learn that like #society is a communal space. if they have to behave in a way that makes for a healthy community #that means sharing! asking before borrowing things! respecting people's boundaries! being considerate of others when acting!! #listening to experts when they tell you to do things a certain way!! safety rules were written in blood etc etc #the worm speaks #and that means that if you touch the beans when we tell you not to touch the beans... you don't get to play the game we set up!!!