(bright music)
- Yeah, like how can you gain your respect back
after a kid shoots a condom in your face?
You can't!
(upbeat music)
Hi, my name is Jason Sean.
I was a full-time high school health teacher
and now I work part-time as a substitute teacher.
- Hi, my name is Jasmine.
I'm a fifth grade teacher.
I've been teaching for three years now.
And I've been teaching fifth grade for three years now,
which is objectively the best grade to teach.
(bell ringing)
We are asking the class a question,
which animal is pink?
How about you in the front row.
Cow? No.
Does this just mean I yell no to the child's face?
Oh, oh!
Everyone was happy that they got it wrong.
Okay, in my class if someone makes a mistake,
we celebrate that.
Mistakes are how we learn.
- Okay, I'm gonna check-mark to see if this is a hippo
or a dog.
And I'm pretty sure this is a dog.
Is this a game, like?
Oh, I unlock hall monitor!
- Okay, this kid got it right last time
and he got it right this time.
That's why they put glasses on him,
which is very stereotypical.
Thank you for being the kid that, you know,
answers the teacher's question and puts us all
out of our misery.
I just earned $134.
That's a better rate than I've ever seen for any teacher.
So, sign me up for this imaginary world.
- Oh wow, okay, this is pretty cool.
Okay, I actually kind of like this one.
It's like a little soothing.
- This is one of many things that I think are gonna come up
in this game that I would absolutely,
immediately delegate to a classroom volunteer.
Go, "Hey class, who wants to sharpen the pencils?"
You're gonna get 10 different kids
and one of them is gonna be trustworthy enough
to not turn them all into stubs.
Sharpen this pencil, I just need to hold down a button.
How do I know when to stop?
Just kidding, I'm the student that doesn't know how
to sharpen the pencils.
- As a kid, I used to use like any excuse
to get out of my seat and, like, go sharpen my pencil.
And I got detention, one time, from one of my teachers.
'Cause they're like, "You know the rules, you can't get up."
I'm like, "Okay, first of all, that's a dumb rule."
Okay, so I'm monitoring the halls, okay.
- Aw, she's upset!
I think that she's telling me that she was helpful in class
which is a good thing, but she kicked the football
onto the roof, which is a not so good thing.
And she was sensible with a glue gun,
which is a huge accomplishment
for any kid in elementary school.
I think I have the option to either send her
to the principal, let her go,
or spray her with a fire extinguisher.
I would much rather, you know, ask her how she's feeling,
do a check-in question.
- But you know what? I'm gonna send this to the principal.
Aw, that student's sad.
Oh, there's a bully!
That same kid's bullying someone.
- No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
My options are to stun them,
to spray them again with this fire extinguisher,
or let them go.
I do not want to lose my job.
- Oh, wow.
So, the kid got electrocuted.
- I'm gonna have to let this kid go,
which is unfortunate.
And I was playing it wrong!
Zero students were disciplined correctly.
Well, you know, that's your opinion.
But, I earned $114.
Think of all the Expo markers that'll buy.
- Oh, there's an actual fight!
Oh wow, okay, this is getting a little drama over here,
which everyone likes a little drama.
Should I break it up or should I spray them
with a fire extinguisher?
I think I'm gonna spray them.
Oh my gosh, this is not appropriate.
Oh my gosh, oh no, no, no.
They're foaming up from the fire!
Oh my gosh, no!
Let me hit their legs instead, 'cause.
Okay, this is, no.
This is ridiculous!
No, this is ridiculous!
Okay, that was pretty fun.
Okay, so I'm gonna clean the board right now.
Oh, okay this is actually a little satisfying.
- I don't remember the last time I cleaned a white board
by myself because there is always five or six kids
that desperately would like to clean that whiteboard
for you.
Okay, this is accurate.
'Cause kids do, like, draw just wild stuff.
If you give them, like, crayons and you say have at it,
you're gonna have a fun time.
- You know, it's funny because for when a lot of,
I did for a lot of down time for my students,
I had them draw definitions of words
for like health, or for different diseases.
Even for the high school students,
because students, a lot of students like to draw.
- I want to give this person full props.
They used multiple colors.
They stayed within the lines.
They combined different influences.
And, I appreciate the creativity.
I've never, ever, ever, ever, nor will I ever,
fail a student for art.
I want to give you full marks
and I don't know if the game will let me. Bad marking!
I don't care.
Congrats, friend.
You deserve that A+.
How all my kids look like when I give them their papers,
like, "Yay, ah! I'm gonna throw this in my backpack
and never see it again," more like.
Exam supervising unlocked!
I don't like exam supervising.
- Now, I'm finding the cheater in class.
Oh!
I'm pretty tach-savvy.
I can use a lot of technology.
But, students these days, they're sharing their tests
through iPhone and through AirDrop.
And sometimes, multiple times, I've gotten from students,
like, the answers to the test.
I'm like, are you serious?
But sometimes, to be honest, you can't see everything,
as a teacher.
We pretend like we can see everything.
But, some students are so smooth
where you just can't catch everything.
- Oh, oh, oh!
Hello, hello.
Oh, that was so sad!
Lots to unpack there.
Let's not yell at the children.
I really try not to yell things like get out at the children
even if that's what I'm thinking.
- I used to put students on blast on the time.
Like, oh, I'll make an example.
But, I've learned that that's not, like, the right way
to do that because I'm putting the student on blast just
to make, like, appease authority ego.
And that's not right.
But again, that comes with maturity.
Which, I'm mature now, I promise.
- How are those kids feeling out in the hallway?
They didn't learn anything.
They just learned that their teacher yelled at them.
My kids don't cheat, right?
'Cause, my kids are gonna see this video
and they better not be cheating.
- Oh wow, I get a new outfit.
So now, I have horns and a shield.
When I was teaching a sex ed lesson,
for one of the things we, like, provided, like,
condoms and stuff.
And one of the students opened up the condom
and flinged it in my face in front of everyone.
And the students were recording it and stuff.
Like that's, that was when I wish I had, like, a shield.
Sorry I'm just like venting now.
This game does not portray how hard it is to be a teacher!
- I do think they captured some of the funnest parts
of teaching.
I do really like looking at, like,
the funny drawings the kids make for me.
That gives me life.
That gives me joy.
- I don't really understand the purpose of the game.
Is it for students or for teachers?
It's not really clear.
It seems to advance for some students.
- Oh, the bathroom!
Not a single child asked to go to the bathroom in this game.
Inaccurate.
I need a game where it's just trying
to keep track of where your kids are.
Where is Timmy? Have you seen Timmy?
'Cause I don't know where Timmy is.
- My favorite part was the fire extinguisher part
where I was, like, foaming the students to break up a fight.
I would play that part again.
But other than that, I wouldn't play this game again.
- I would have a parent-teacher conference
with the creator of this app
and I would talk about all the many,
many areas of improvement left to work on with this project.
Thanks for watching.
And remember,
don't forget to support your local teacher's union.
Thank a teacher, show them some love,
because we're all out here just doing it for the kids.
That's what it's all about.
We always appreciate the support!
Shout out to my fifth graders.
I told you I was the cool teacher.
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