(I feel a real need to note here that when I say "their music sucks" I mean the stuff I hear in their cars in the parking lot. I wouldn't normally make such a clarification but I have a lot of students who are musicians, and they absolutely rule. The music they make is so good.)
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I teach at a college and I like young people very much
but I gotta be honest about their music man it fuckin sucks
I don't expect them to listen to sad old man music like mine
but the stuff coming out their car windows, man my gears grind
sometimes they clog up the hallway to my office taking naps and eating food
and I get it, there's no space, but making other people smell your leftovers is rude
this is my workspace and when it comes to smell I'm highly sensitive
ok ok I know this sample size is not representative
yeah ok looking back at those last lines I feel I've shamed myself a bit
getting caught up in what is 100% my own shit
laying the blame at these generally really solid young kids
who frankly bring more to my life then I typically admit
sometimes they really make me laugh
like when this guy named benjamin insisted I call him "master"
so he became "master benjamin" all year and the joke never got old
like one time he gave me some lip and I said "master benjamin do as you're told"
but it was in good fun, we're totally solid
and this one time in class I was sharing with them a personal problem
and master benjamin piped up "sir who d'you want me to shank"
and I laughed and everyone laughed and I really meant it when I gave him my thanks
and that same day another student came to me to talk
to say her life had been totally changed by the stuff I taught
and she was having problems at home and couldn't finish her assignment
she was upset like it was some terrible indictment
so I told her the paper didn't matter
what mattered was her health, and her family and love and laughter
and that I didn't care when she handed it in
as long as she took care of herself, that's what important
and she cried and I wanted to reach out and hold her
it was like how I imagine being a father to a daughter
but of course I didn't do it cos its 2019
and you can't go around hugging students like some libertine
the truth is I care about these young people so much
for them I would take a bullet, for them I would throw a punch
even when they bring in takes and perspectives that are questionable
I view them as people for whom I must care and be responsible
sometimes I wish I could care for myself like I care for them
to them I'm able to give advice and acumen
and they look to me for an example of how to be in the world
and I can, and I do, but I need guidance and care too, I've learned
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