I am a kindergarten teacher and I teach 6 year old math and science. Like any of you who are also teachers or parents or who have a lot of kid experience for some other reason, you’ve had favorites among those groups of children. My favorites are always the bad little boys who are smart (like me) or the cute little girls who are shy and quiet (quiet is an awesome trait in a child). But when I have to choose an ultimate favorite between these two it’s always the boy, cause girls are fucked up and scary.
Because although the boy is bad, I can predict his actions. Like if there is anything within reaching distance of him, I know he’s gonna try to grab it and use it as some sort of weapon. Little girls will say terrible things to each other. Here is a conversation between two 6 year old students of mine.
Girl #1 “Look Albert Teacher, I have a new dress”
Me “Wow, your dress is really pretty”
Girl #2 “That dress isn’t pretty, it’s ugly”
How could I predict that I was going to open the door for that comment? Girls are fucked up.
Lol, I teach at an all boys school and they LOVE insulting each other! Most common insults- :Teachaaah!, he (points at chubby kid) PIG!!! Which has evolved into mountain nuclear pig since…Or Teachaaah! He is trash! He is crazy! Also, after teaching ‘earache’ in a class about illness, ‘earache’ has become the nickname of a hearing-impaired boy. Another chubby boy is ‘hippo’ after an animal-themed class. Every time I teach adjectives I am afraid, looking around to stop potential bullying. Teenage boys also say terrible things to each other… Love them all the same.
The difference is the boys make fun of each other based on truth. The fat kid is like a pig and the hearing impaired boy is having an ear ache. It’s kind of funny and clever. The girls make fun of each other for no reason, just to be mean. The little girl’s dress being ugly had nothing to do with anything.