Humor
Written by: Crystal Brown, Intermediate Literacy/Math Teacher,
I never knew anyone who didn’t enjoy a good joke or a funny story until I met a first grader named Kyle during my year of student teaching in North Pole. Kyle was a very serious and sensitive child. He hated to be the center of attention and hated it even more when he thought anyone was laughing at him.
Brody, on the other hand, loved being the center of attention and loved making the other kids laugh. He didn’t care if he was laughing with you or at you, laughing was what he did best and he did lots of it. Brody didn’t care that it made Kyle extremely upset whenever he laughed at him.
Brody was reprimanded every time we caught him making fun of or laughing at Kyle (or any other student), but we did not see a noticeable change in his behavior until one day, as the students were lined up to go to PE, Brody puked. Right there in the middle of the line, with absolutely no warning, he emptied his stomach onto the carpet and he got laughed at and looked at with repulsion by the other first graders. After that day, Brody did not seem so quick to laugh at others.
Humor is fun and can be a great connector, but it also can hurt and become a great divider. No matter how you use humor, it should always be respectful.
This is a story about respectful humor as I observed it in North Pole,
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