thoughtformed | text to Lin Beifong// backdated to the 12th

[Lin rolled her eyes. Now what? She was ready for his stupid exam.

Well she wasn't going to run over there. He could wait. She needed to talk last-minute tactics with Sif and Carol before the game that evening. So it wasn't till half an hour into her study hall period that she wound up outside his office, rapping smartly on the door. Time to get this over with.]

[The door opens moment later, and Koizumi gestures her into the room with his usual smile, no of recognition regarding her delayed arrival.]

Ah, Lin-kun, please come in. Have a seat. [He gestures to one of two chairs sitting in front of his desk as he closes the door, then sitting himself in the other one.]

I must ask, do you have any idea why I've called you here?

[Nothing but complete assurance and self-confidence in her movements, Lin came in and sat as instructed. No need to get him riled just yet. Even if he was the least rile-able teacher in school. She shrugs, tilting her head briefly to one side.]

I have my suspicions. Is this about the busy work you keep assigning?

[Koizumi laces his finger as he leans forward in the chair. He speaks peaceably and amicably, making no accusations or demands.] Close, but not quite. I don't care about the homework - you obviously understand the material just fine.

As school counselor, however, I have received complaints by several other teachers regarding your attitude - hostility toward authority, a couple cases of disrupting class, and general uncooperativeness. [As a side note -] I have noted in my own class that you are not as receptive a student as a teacher might hope for.

I thought I would hear your side of the story.

[Lin manages not to roll her eyes. Barely.]

They expect me to do all their idiot work. Worksheets. In class reading. Group projects. As if they don't know that I've already done the reading, I know the subjects, I work better alone... Please. It's stupid.

So yeah, I did the group project on my own. Faster and better than the other kids in my supposed group, I might add. I doodled and came up with sports plays during reading. I knew it when he quizzed me anyway. And I didn't do the dumb worksheet, and told him so. I already knew what i was doing. I don't see the point in wasting my time.

[Koizumi closes his eyes a moment, an amused and knowing smile on his face.] Lin... Sometimes it will be necessary to work with others. And sometimes they will be irritating or stupid or incompetent.

Much of the point of a group project is that it is working with your peers, whether or not you like them and whether or not you agree. The cooperation is just as important - if not moreso - than the end product.

Perhaps the destination is important - but how you get there is the worthier part.

Social skills are important to learn, Lin, and though you may favor a - ah, shall we say, brute force method - that option will not always be available to you in life.

[There's a slight pause, and then Koizumi speaks again, voice lighter and considering.] Think of it another way. What did the rest of your group lose, when you didn't work with them? What might they have been able to learn from you?

The school setting is one where a class learns together, and when you behave this way, when you goof off or disregard the teacher, you fail to consider the effect your actions will have on everyone else's education - even if yours is not interrupted.

Edited 2013-06-28 05:34 (UTC)

[She promptly rattles off a list of attributes, ticking them off on her fingers.]

Diligence, goal achievement, efficiency. But they wouldn't like the way I teach it. And that's not my job! If they weren't taught discipline, that's not my concern. They'll learn it fast enough when they have something they want to get done. But they don't want to get this done, and I don't see a reason to put up with their procrastination and poor work. Especially when it's going to affect mine. I carry my own weight.

In-class reading and worksheets are just a way to keep everyone quiet. I'm not loud, I don't pass notes, I don't talk and distract the other students, and I know the material. Is there any reason I should re-read what I've already done just to satisfy their whims? It's pointless. How will re-reading what I've already read - which is usually meant as a punishment for those who haven't done the reading - help anyone?

[She waves a hand sharply, reminiscent of a motion that will show up in interrogation rooms when she's grown. Here it gets its start.]

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