Stern Teacher/Playing With

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Basic Trope: A teacher is very strict on the students, but it’s not For the Evulz. The teacher is just going their job.

  • Straight: Jennifer is a very strict teacher at Trope High, but she liked by the students for handing out reasonable punishments.
  • Exaggerated: Jennifer is pretty much a Jerkass to everyone, but she has her limits.
  • Downplayed: ???
  • Justified: Jennifer has to install discipline in her class, but she doesn’t cross the line.
  • Inverted: Jennifer is a nice teacher, and she’s loose on her punishments.
  • Subverted: : Jennifer seems to have the class in line, and she’s about to use physical punishment on one of her students.
  • Double Subverted: It turns out that student was talking out of turn, and Jennifer wanted to know what the guy’s problem was.
    • Jennifer doesn’t something was wrong and went to see if the student needed to be excuse for any medical issue.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig Zagged: ???
  • Averted: Bunny Ears Lawyer
  • Enforced: Jennifer has to be shown as a no-nonsense type as a teacher, but even teachers have standards.
  • Lampshaded: ???
  • Invoked: ???
  • Exploited: ???
  • Defied: ???
  • Discussed: ???
  • Conversed: ???
  • Intended Audience Reaction: The Audience would think this teacher is a real jerk, but they have to see the other sides of the story in order to draw a conclusion. -->