Visualise this scenario: 2 15-year-old boys fighting over a chair. Boy A who was sitting on it got pissed off, turned to Boy B and shouted "F*** YOU!" The teacher heard it and asked Boy A, "Are you sure you really want to do that?" The class roared into laughter. Boy A turned red and asked the teacher to get lost, not once but many times.
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Shouldn't Boy A be grateful to the teacher for not punishing him for the use of profanity in class? Doesn't it occur to Boy A that he should speak more responsibly? Doesn't Boy A realise that getting all worked up over a yellow plastic chair is not exactly a very intelligent thing to do at his age? So, why do I even bother? You see, I am the teacher who was asked to get lost and so I did.
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