I'm a teacher at a High School. This week was the first week of school.
Yesterday I was manning a table advertising the STEM Club. A girl came up to the table and we had a good conversation.
She then went and signed up for the Math Club as well. She seemed nice.
I thought about it and wondered, was it always that easy? If I had just tried talking to more girls in High School would I have eventually found someone just from giving them attention and listening?
I think part of it is that I'm an adult now and dont feel stressed out when talking to them. They're just kids to me. If I was their age they'd be a peer and I'd be afraid to talk to them.

That is how it still is for me. There is a female teacher that just started too. She went to the same college as me but I'd never seen her before. She is cute, nerdy, glasses. I can't talk to her. Still can't.
Makes me feel like a student again. Im still the same as I was.
I should know by now that its ok to talk but there is too much on the line. Can't do it. Can't lose my job or make a bad impression.
Same feeling I had in High School.