The teacher told me something wow.

[Giovanna]

Hello, probably this post is slighty relevant to the topic, I hope. However I wanted to share this cuz I need it.

I admit I feel a bit confused about my thoughts and feelings rn regarding a revelation made to me by one of my support teachers at school. I’ll get straight to the point; it happened today. I was in the bathroom, and she called me to come back to class because I had been there for quite a while. She told me to go back immediately, and I asked her why. She had been acting like this for a while—seeking me out and promptly bringing me back to class. It almost never happened that she took the trouble to look for me, etc. Noticing this particular pattern, I asked her after the umpteenth time why she was looking for me so frequently. She said she couldn’t tell me, which seemed way too ambiguous at the time. I didn’t give it much thought in that moment, but I did ask her if it was something I should worry about or if it was specifically about me. That’s when she said, "Alright. I’ll tell you now. Let’s step outside the classroom." 

 

I nodded, feeling anxious, thinking it was something terrible. But instead, she revealed that a classmate of mine had made an attempt to "make me feel better," as she put it. She didn’t name the person, and at first, I was still like *wtf*. She went into a lot of detail: she said this idea came to this person when they noticed I was feeling unwell one day. She also told me how this person carefully considered whether to go through with it and thought about the implications. This person was cautious and decided to share their plan with this teacher because they didn’t want to get carried away with emotionalism—at least, that’s what I understood. I assume it must have been a big deal for the teacher to speak about it so elaborately. I’m not sure, but I think it was the silliest, most embarrassing, but truly sweetest idea someone could ever have had for me.

 

She told me that this boy’s idea was simply to ask a random teacher a question during an off-period. His intention was to make it unexpected, so not even the teacher knew (apart from the support teacher), and what did he intend to do or say? Well... he went for a very simple but wow-worthy Greek romanticism, invoking the figure of Aphrodite. 

 

This person apparently wanted to ask the teacher, "Teacher, do you know Aphrodite? Do you know what she represented?" Then, during this exchange, the teacher would contextualize her figure, probably asking for clarifications, and at this point, my classmate would have said: "Yes, basically there’s this theory that if you invoke her name three times, she might send her essence behind you, so you can see and understand the concept of beauty itself. The creature conceived by Aphrodite herself to match her beauty would appear behind you. But I don’t know what happens next, so I wanted to test this theory." Then he would’ve said, "Oh, Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Aphrodite," turned around, and said, "It works," because standing behind him would have been me. 

 

And... yeah. I was so confused listening to all this. I didn’t pick up on some points right away, but as soon as I understood, I was floored. Literally. Just thinking that someone had come up with such a thing really... I don’t know, flattered me? It made me feel euphoric. I asked why he didn’t go through with it, given all the implications, and she replied that he had anxiety and fear. She also mentioned that he had noticed a particular insecurity in me and thought that, given how I wasn’t feeling well at the time, I might not want the pressure of having to respond or deal with the social implications afterward. (We were in a full classroom, and both he and the teacher were worried that our classmates might ruin the moment with yelling, teasing, or pressuring me to reciprocate.) He didn’t want that because the last thing he wanted was to make me feel worse.

 

So, yeah, I’ve paraphrased a bit, and now I don’t know exactly who this classmate is, though I have a guess. I’m also unsure how much to trust the teacher’s words. She’s not the type to praise or lie for students, but maybe she exaggerated. Anyway, that’s the story. It’s just an anecdote I wanted to share to get some outside opinions on how you’d feel if you were in my shoes. Personally, just knowing someone had the idea to do something so unconventional in class feels soooooo romantic. If it’s the same guy who once wrote on a note, "How can you be so beautiful?" then wow. I’ve won.

Thanks again for reading! Sorry for the super long message.

[MsJayne]

So what's the problem or question? Other than that your teacher sounds like a bit of a dickhead I can't see what the issue is here. 

[Sony12]

Yeah I'm not sure what this is even about.

 

[NuevoYorko]

Oh Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Aphrodite ...

Nothing happened.  

I don't think it works.

[ExpatInItaly]

I don't follow. 

Are you asking if your classmate likes youì?