Authority Figures In High School

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Your entire life you will be surrounded by authority figures, but I think high school is when you start to quickly lose respect for some of those people in your life. For example, there is always that one teacher that no one can stand. Sometimes people are put in positions above you, such as teachers, and yet they have no idea what they are doing. They are both bad at the job and oblivious. This can be extremely frustrating, but you have to try to think about things from their point of view. Not that this is always the case, but what if you were desperate for a job and took the first one offered. Even though it’s not your strong suit you are teaching in an atmosphere where your students mock you for your mistakes. Think about how discouraging

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