Why are some teachers mean and abusive towards their students? Shouldn't these types be fired?

Answer 1

Many teachers say that they're just there to teach, and they are not paid enough to have to put up with abuse from students; however, many teachers are not taking time to really get to "know" their students, some teachers are not "cut out" for teaching, and many do not advance themselves to learn recent brain research to really understand why some students are the way they "really" are. Many teachers do not understand many reasons such as environmental, prenatal, brain development, etc, so they don't understand different types of students' negative behavior. Because of not understanding these factors, many teachers see the "kids" as "bad," so the teachers become mean. And, most importantly, if there is too much class disruption because of negativism, from both teacher and student, much instructional time is lost. And that's a major reason that teachers become more annoyed or meaner! Also, many students are afraid to tell their parents about the abuse, so nothing gets done, and many bad teachers get away with "being extremely mean." Also, some students come in with personal problems, they don't tell the teacher, and therefore, some teachers go with what they have, and you can figure out the rest for yourself. One of the best books to read about why we have such negative discipline in the schools is Jane Healey's "Endangered Minds." Also, many teachers should be required to attend conferences/workshops on "Conflict Management." There are many pros and cons about this topic, and one of the best solutions is to have the teacher, the student, and the parent/s involved in a peaceful conference to discuss negative issues and how to deal with the student. To put it bluntly, teaching in today's society, with all the factors (which we didn't have many years ago) is a tough job, but somebody has to do it. And, many of us, who are teachers, know the factors, so we stay in the teaching job because we love to teach, plus we love and understand kids. Those who can't understand this, need to get out of education and find another field to work in.

Answer 2

In every profession there are people who made the wrong choice. If you can document the abusiveness, it is possible that the teacher will eventually be dismissed, but it will take at least three years after the administration agrees that there is a problem. Probably the easiest way to document is to keep a diary of incidents. Date, time, incident as neutrally as possible. However, if you are just p.o.'d at a teacher because of something you perceive as mean (didn't do your work and got a detention? you were rude and were told off?), don't bother. Just as you wouldn't want a teacher to persecute you, don't persecute a teacher. Everyone has at least one terrible teacher during their education and we all survived!

Answer 3

That is a relative statement.

But depending on the level of abuse, the teacher should be disciplined or fired. Unfortunatly, due to teacher unions, that be quite difficult.

Answer 4

Because they are not there to hold your hand and mollycoddle you they are they to teach you so you can survive in the real world.

Answer 5

stress from work I guess...