In a poll, 75 percent of Monarch High School students say that sarcasm does not affect their learning experience, and 75 percent pay more attention to their teacher if they do use sarcasm. But many students admitted that it hurts their feelings when a teacher is sarcastic towards them. Even teachers are aware of the negative affect sarcasm can have on a student, yet they still use it. “Of course it is better to use sarcasm,”said Jason Dixon , a teacher at Monarch High School , and a college poetry major. “Anything that hurts the student’s self esteem, I’m all for it.” You can sense the sarcasm in his comment, but he also admitted that as a teacher, he has to have respect from the students before even considering using sarcasm with them.

Although many believe that using sarcasm in a classroom can humiliate and discourage students, such as Pink Floyd who said in his song Another Brick in the Wall, “…no dark sarcasm in a classroom,” others believe it is harmless. “Sarcasm is a large component of social interaction and conversation,” said P. Valerie Dauphin of a communication education service. They believe sarcasm is a form of wit and a link to one’s personality.

But is it right to entertain at the expense of humbling another? Many physiologist believe that sarcasm is not a component of social interaction and conversation. People use sarcasm to discriminate the defect of the people. Sarcastic people make fun of the negative, and weakness of the people. Why can’t they make fun of something positive?

We’ll have the occasional offended student, and maybe someone will cry. But sarcastic humor is something shared by most of the student body. It’s something we have to relate to teachers who hold our education in their hands. Sarcasm is funny, most students at Monarch High School enjoy it, and it grasps students’ attention in the classroom.