Stern Teacher/Playing With

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.
  • She’s a Drill Sergeant Nasty, yet she wants to see the best of students.
• 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. -->