She likes insulting teachers
Dear Auntie Betty, A girl in my class likes insulting teachers in my school.
What should I do to make her stop doing that?
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Worried Girl,
Accra.
Dear Worried Girl, Insulting others is bad behaviour and must not be tolerated. Your classmate is not doing herself any good by harbouring such negative attitude and rudeness.
We all come from different homes and for all you know she does not know the negative impact of her behaviour.
I, therefore, suggest you have a chat with her or get your school counsellor, if you have one, to talk to her.
Insulting or using negative words on others can become a habit and no one will like her for it because it is a sign of disrespect and bad manners. If someone does not have a positive outlook towards life and leans towards negativity, then that person will always be unhappy and that is not healthy. It may even affect her academic work.
Ask her how the teachers would feel when they get to hear her insults? Does she know how hurtful her words are? How would she feel if someone was rude to her? She should put herself in the teachers’ shoes.
You have to call her out on her behaviour and tell her to stop it immediately. Tell her that if she does not stop, you will be forced to report her to the teachers and I am sure that may make her stop the practice.
It is important for her to know that insulting others is of no benefit. It rather makes you insecure. You have to use kind words and show empathy to draw others to you.
She has to make a conscious effort to stop this bad behaviour. She can do this by thinking about how hurtful her words are to others. She is the only one who can change this by reorienting her mindset of the impact of insults.
Let your friend know that it pays to be polite and that being rude or disrespectful will only put her in a bad light and she will lose friends.