A Classroom Treaty on Manners: Bro Shouting Into Each Other’s Face Whilst Discoursing

Bro.

Brah.

Braaaahhh---

Stop shouting– at your classmate, bro. He is standing one half meter away from your face, bro. He can hear you just fine. Bro. That’s 1.6404 feet way, bro. Rest assured, after calming yourself, your classmate will still be able to hear you. In fact –at your current level, we all can hear you, bro.  As you argue over how to convert meters to standard American inches like the nerd sigma you are, bro. Instead of yelling into your bros’ mouth so loud that the sound of his words get stuck behind his teeth and tongue bro, step back.

Step back.

Just step back, bro.

And take the energy down from 11 to 6.7 and stop yelling and listen, bro.

Now that you are not shouting, maybe the person you are discoursing with will lower his voice too, and now you are: parlaying.

That’s right bro.

You are now parlaying. And since you both are being heard, you may actually figure something out, together. That’s called a synthesis –when two parties have differing views and use the best parts of both arguments to come up with something new and constructive; something that adds value, bro. Not just shouting into each other’s faces about which Labubu is the most dope, or swaggy, or sigma.  Have you ever seen Mr. Chang shouting into the face of another teacher about how much he likes the Wisconsin Badgers? Nah, bro. You haven’t. And you never will. 

The Badgers, Bro?