u/Prudent_Equal9636

I grade everyone fairly and give everyone the same standards. the difference is that for my higher achieving well behaved students, they never if ever get into any trouble and get really good grades. This has made it easier for me to have more friendly conversations with them. I have one student who always finishes all his work in class fast but he gets all perfect scores, he never misbehaves but doesn't really talk to other classmates. since he had nothing to do in class, I had a conversation with him about video games and things i can relate to him which was highly unprofessional of me since other students could hear our conversation. he could also be teased for being a teachers pet if I keep doing this.

how do i show more empathy towards more challenging students? i admit I get annoyed by my students who have misbehavior issues while also failing in school or barely passing but I understand as a teacher, part of our job is to care for challenging underachieving students.

I remember an incident in the bay where some bum on his bicycle was yelling "ching chong chinaman" while I was walking Berkeley.

I had another incident of a black guy on his bicycle saying to me " whatsup chink, I don't like America" while I was in Oakland.

I remember one day while I was walking at night in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco, a bunch of homeless started bowing to me saying " konichiwa" while another mentally ill homeless most likely on drugs called me "stupid gook" while walking past me.

I cannot recollect a single racist incident while living in Los Angeles, I lived in the most homeless dirty areas of LA and I haven't encountered anyone making any racial slurs to me. The hispanics and blacks just seem nicer to asian people in Los Angeles vs. the Bay.