2006-10-30 05:12:09 · 22 answers · asked by fatladyvan 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Continue teaching. The teacher is there to teach, not force kids to come to school, that's the parent's job. Or at least it's the parent's job where I live (NYC). When I cut school basically all of junior year, I found out that my parent's were the ones who would be penalized, not me so I got my act together.
People seem to fail to realize that it doesn't affect the teacher's salary if kids cut school. Sure, the teacher will be looked at if all his/her students cut but it won't be their fault unless they truly do teach terribly and/or abuse them.
I've been to classes where half or more of the students cut but the teacher was STILL employed, even now she still is. I don't know where those kids are, probably at McDonald's or living in a dumpster.
2006-10-30 05:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is such a broad question but I'm going to take it verbatim by saying if you literally mean that ALL of the students that teacher ever taught dropped out or didn't do well, then it is quite evident that they are in the wrong profession. As a mother of a pre-k and an 8th grader, I have come across maaaaany people who have chosen the wrong profession in teaching. Just because you have the knowledge, doesn't mean you have the ability to teach it to someone else. Many people need to work in that field of their knowledge and just help someone else make money and not mess up these kids lives being anti-productive because they don't have to necessary tools to share their knowledge!
2006-10-30 13:17:13 · answer #2 · answered by elmb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
re-evaluate his/her teaching style and see if there are not ways to improve communication with these students so they will be willing to learn and not drop out. Just remember, teachers only have a 40-60 minute window daily to influence students. Then the students go back to live in the environment that got them to where they are in the first place. Teachers try their best, but many times the student's life outside of school is so horrendous that they seek to survive, and school is no longer their priority.
Chow!!
2006-10-30 13:32:34 · answer #3 · answered by No one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find a new way to teach if you wish to remain a teacher. Perhaps a new job where you are teaching something different, or a different grade? Find something that works for both you and the students.
2006-10-30 13:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
QUIT-Maybe your not cut out to teach. It's not for everyone. Most teachers think it's going to be easy cause the get the entire summer off. NOT!
2006-10-30 13:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by arenaimage 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Show them pictures of poverty and explain that without an education that is the permanent life style they have chosen.
2006-10-30 13:14:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd love it. It'd make their homework and quizzes a cinch to correct! Then I could go home right away after school! WHOOOHOOOO!!!
2006-10-30 16:15:54 · answer #7 · answered by MotorCityMadman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find a better way to teach. Yes, some creativity will be neccessary.
2006-10-30 13:14:41 · answer #8 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Find that one student who studies diligently, and thank his/her parents for a job well done.
2006-10-30 13:14:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Quit teaching.
2006-10-30 13:13:35 · answer #10 · answered by thisismycoolusername 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋