SP.2 I mock U

I am a cognitive linguist.
I teach. I teach linguistics. I teach cognitive linguistics.
The name of my class is Olympiad in Linguistics.
My students are middle school students, who are in their awkward stage of growth.

But then, I am not a teacher. Definitely not.
I just lead them in the name of "teacher“, 
and make them think about WHY.

I told jokes in class today.
I asked them, "why do you want to tell jokes?“

I tell jokes, I tell plain jokes, linguistically speaking, I play homophonic, I switch words, I wrote different phrases in the same pattern, I follow the similar sayings but change the meanings, I create stories with similes and metaphors.

Sometimes, it looks simple, I just manipulate contrast and opposite, a kind of "lying“, to turn the meaning over! How interesting! Sometimes it's not fun at all, it's super shallow.

Yes, I'm telling a lame joke. There is not much to read, just the surface.
Where is the essence, it depends, it depends on how deep you can discover.

I talk about jokes, I talk about sex and porn jokes. According to cognitive science, maybe? I play myself a lot. I overturned my self-understanding, directly turn to my original needs and desires, and showed them in languages.

Every time, I will be scared! What's wrong with me? Am I alright? Did I get trauma syndrome, mental disorders, neurosis... I want to present it, so I talked about it all. I want to make it clear that, why I, as a human being, may become like this someday? Under what situations, under how much pressure, under whose control?

I watch jokes, I watch mocks and ridicules. What kind of joke is this? You make me a joke, I feel embarrassed, the audience finds it so funny. I don’t understand this. Most of the time, I am alone. No one really mocks me.

But I know the reverse version, I know it quite well. I find it both funny and embarrassing for the audience. What kind of joke? The same content, I make myself a joke. Okay, is this „self-deprecating"? Actually, I enjoy it. Not clear? Give it a try. And …what’s more? It won’t really hurt. I feel comfortable. Because I finally know that "Hey, this is the feeling that a human ‚may’ think about when seeing me!“

What about me? Do I think so?
What do I think about myself?

The children in class today let me realize an obvious aspect of „why we mock?“ The reason for telling these jokes, is very clear: Compare. Who is prettier than me? Who is taller than me? Who is worse? Who does it better? Who is always better? Who always writes exams faster? Who always answers correctly? Who always chats with the teacher? And, I mock them.

How do I know if my children have accidentally been “comparing“ or “compared"?

Who do I mention most often, my child’s best friend, the first place in the class? What do I talk to them most often, looks, grades, performance? 

When I was in middle school, in my child’s age, what did I care about the most...or…what have I been mocked before? It is, the things that happened to me which I got strong feelings towards, which I can never forget, 

My stories.

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