is it possible for a teenager to act totally different at home then almost the complete opposite at school? if i acted bad at home occasionally, would it be possible for me to just about always act good at school? i say yes but my dad says no. whos right?
2007-01-25 12:49:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Well you always act differently around different people. At home you have to act a certain way because it is expected. With your friends, another behavior is also expected. Around strangers, yet another behavior is expected. This is completely normal becuase you level of comfort is different with different people.
Your dad's point is well taken: Because you are expected to act good at home, you should tend to act better, and while you are at school, you don't have your parents around to govern your every move; however, you may feel more comfortable at being your true self at home, and act with even better behavior at school, so to answer your question, yes it is possible.
2007-01-25 13:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by FORNIDO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's very possible to behave in two completely different ways. You may actually be happier in one place over the other and this is bound to affect your outlook on almost everything. Plus you may not be able to vent your school frustrations inside the actual school building very easily, and you store it up and let it all out at home, where maybe you feel it doesn't matter so much what folks think of you...... I know I've done that!
2007-01-25 13:04:12 · answer #2 · answered by Bart S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you are right. Children who are often abused or mistreated at home go to school and no one knows that anything is wrong. However, you need to talk to an adult about the problems you are having at home it is not healthy to keep such emotions bottled up. Some adults never like to admit that there is a problem.
2007-01-26 05:48:03 · answer #3 · answered by tigerlily23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! It is completely possible that you are two different people - one at home and one at school. I have had four teenagers (and was one once myself), and we're all nastier at home than we are in public. In fact, most adults are as well. I think it's because we're comfortable at home and know everybody so well and know that they will still love us even if we behave like a**ses so we get away with it. If we behaved around other people and/or treated other people like we treat our family, we would soon find that we would have no friends!
Hope this helps - it's so very true. :)
2007-01-25 13:01:07 · answer #4 · answered by aquiellez 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a true story. I had a student once who was quiet and rarely spoke. I had her in my class for two years and I thought I knew her well. One evening I called her home to speak to her mother. At one point, her mother asked me if I could hear the student in the background. I said that I could hear someone, but it wasn't the student. The mother assured me it was! This soft-spoken, gentle child was a sarcastic, verbally abusive brat to her siblings and parents. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't heard it myself. Not once did I hear that type of language come out of her at school.
2007-01-25 13:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by stonecutter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are right...
there is this case of dual personality among people where they act in a certain way in a certain scenario and another way in the next...
2007-01-25 12:57:52 · answer #6 · answered by il padrino 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i act way different with my parents than i do with my friends, or people i feel comfortable with
2007-01-25 12:55:32 · answer #7 · answered by dangoinvestor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sounds like ur bipolar or u just ahve two very different atmospheres
maybe thats what i do....
woah.... i need to go reevaluate my life....
2007-01-25 12:57:30 · answer #8 · answered by aitlin_cay10@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋