A lot of times, watching Friday night lights, I’m self reflecting on how well they say the right thing at the right time. Obviously it’s scripted. But they play the right part, the person they need to be, in their role in life.
Like coach taylor. He’s top dog. He does what he feels is right. He makes people very uncomfortable getting close to his boundaries. And he isn’t shy in confronting someone who has crossed them. He isn’t rude, but the other persons feelings aren’t prioritized to be preserved; their logical understanding is targeted and given a complete outline of the transgression.
Then Mrs Taylor knows so well where to draw the line for herself like Mr does for other people. When she sees a student acting unreasonable but in a harmless fashion, she is able to know when pursing that student in the time , though what she wants for them is best best for them, she has the patience and wherewithal to recognize that her efforts are better left preserved for another time. She can see that no matter how much effort she puts into them RIGHT NOW , it will do her no good and the student no good. And she can see that. She very perceptive. But she doesn’t let the realization that she has to preserve her efforts for a later time ruin her. Or ruin the relationship. When the student is revisited at a more rational time, there is no conversation of what “you did in our last interaction was wrong”. The more important thing, the students future, is the priority and not how principle Taylor’s was treated.
I want to be perceptive like that. I want to not get caught up in the details and the concentric considerations of dealing with people.
Ps – these types of characters are my favorite. A similar one is the Dumbledore in the books (I have beef with how he is portrayed in the movies)
Pss – these thoughts come after watching S3E1
