Why Do Teachers Act Like They Are Your Parents? Please Answer ASAP!?

Question

All of my teachers always boss me around and tell me things that I already know and overall treat me like babies. Please first tell me whether this is happening to you or not, if you agree with me or not, and then state why you think this is occuring. I am a Junior, 11th grade. If you hope to get ten points for a best answer you must have a very good response and not be mean or anything like that.

Answer 1

Most high school teachers don't have an education degree they just have a degree in their field which means they don't know how to manage a classroom or adolescents for that matter.

These individuals are placed in a room full of teens and told to do their job: TEACH and make the students LEARN. In turn, the so called teachers stoop to bossy tactics and unprofessional tactics (not to be confused with strategies). This may be purely out of insecurity, desperation or intimidation.

Most high school teachers that don't have an education degree don't have the knack (caring, sympathy, patience, understanding) to deal with minors either.

If this is affecting your education, you should talk with your teacher, sincerely without arguing. If nothing comes about it, stick with your priority...to learn and hopefully go to college.

Think of it this way, they aren't like your parents because in a few months, you will never see them again. Your parents are around for a lifetime.


Note "my opinion"...they have CERTIFICATES not a degree in education.

Answer 2

Dear leged56,

Life is not about points. I am thankful to share. Sometimes it is the teachers that prevent you from getting points in your adult life that may hinder your growth.

There are many types of teachers. There are some that by their very nature, love to teach. That enthusiasm for teaching is multiplied when the students are presented to the world.

Your parents, they are teachers as well. Your parents, teachers and society have a very important job in ensuring that you’re effectively proficient in life. Why, because no one comes with instructions. But, there are those that want to share and provide what they learned along the way of life.

This is where teachers who love what they do come into play.

Youth is wasted on the young.
- George Bernard Shaw

I did not understand that quote nor the other words that my parents, teachers, mentors would say to me as a child and as a young adult.

I do not have enough facts so let me ask; when you say that “All of my teachers always boss me around and tell me things that I already know…” the assumption is that they are doing what teachers do. You, a young adult receive the message from the teachers as most young adults may. I was at one time that young adult who quenched the thirst to become “our” own person in this big world.

I just knew that it was I the holder of all that they knew and more because of the technological era.

What is occurring now is normal. What is measured is the way that you use your listening skills to measure your growth.

In the end when they (the voices of your teachers) are no longer there to tell you what you believe to know, it will become a continuation that could be evaluated during your lifetime.

Even in the womb your introduction to your environment is through your ears.

So, in conclusion, yes this has happened to me and many, many other high school age young adults.

The quote, “Youth is wasted on the young.” I understand it now. So did the teachers that continue to tell you what you say you know. You can not get that without listening.

Do not be afraid to measure your growth, it is a measurement of life.

Again,

Thank you for the opportunity to share.

Answer 3

Well, from a High School teacher's perspective, Sometimes it's necessary. Teenagers are at a strange point in life, not a kid, but generally speaking, not ready to accept the responsibilties of being an adult.
As far as being bossy, we are the boss of our classrooms. We have a job to do, the same as you. Ours is to teach you, not just facts and figures, but how to be responsible and how to function in the real world. Yours is to come to class, pay attention, do your work, learn something, and become a productive member of society, not a parasitic drain. It's just like in the real world, you will have a boss telling you what to do. If you don't do it, then you have problems. Since teachers can't "fire" you, so to speak, you get some form of disciplinary action or at least some constructive criticism and correction. If you act like an adult and treat adults and authority figures with respect, you will be treated the same way. However, if you act like a child, you will be treated as such.
As far as teaching what you already know, talk to your councilors to see if you can move up a grade or get put into honors classes where you will feel more challenged. If you are in a class lower than your ability, we may not know it based on your performance (if your slacking, but I'm not saying that you are). Work harder to show that you can perform at a higher level and have the intellegence to be elsewhere, or Just get the easy A's. You might even be able to graduate early.

Hope this helps you understand us better. We really do care or we wouldn't be teaching or correcting or pushing you to be the best you can be. We have so much more to do than just be bossy to teenagers.

Note to sugar - High school teachers do have to have a certificate in education in order to teach in the USA.

Answer 4

Whether you like it or not you'll always have authority figures in your life. When you are born you call them parents as you mature leaving home temporarily the are called Teachers and when you reach maturity they are called Managers, Supervisors and bosses. If you act like a child they will perceive you as one. So as a Junior in High School carry yourself with a little more maturity and you'll gain the respect you've been seeking. i.e.. Take the initiative in your work do more than what is required answer the question with more than they ask. If you must write an essay for at least 250 words don't count go well past 300 to show your confidence. Read past the required chaptes etc..

Answer 5

I am an educator that has worked with children from 3 years to high school age. If you talked to my kids..and yes..they are MY kids they would tell you I mother them. I do so because I care. If I didn't care, I'd let them wallow. So I do what it takes..if its nagging I nag, if its cheering, I cheer...if its helping, I help..if its listening, I listen...and if its yelling and scolding and telling them something that they've known since 5th grade..I'll tell them again, and again. I treat them as adult as they act. I will go to the mat for them, and I will call them to the carpet.... they too have an air of defensiveness that I detect in you. If "all of your teachers" are telling you things that you already know, than I'm suspecting you are not producing what you KNOW you should be. In my room, I am the queen of my kingdom. When you have life experience behind you, go to college for seven years, maybe have kids of your own (at least a job and life altering responsibilities),then you earn the privilege of making some of your own rules. Until you reach that point, its my job to make sure that you have the work ethic and skills to eventually get there. So, will I parent you? If you show me thats what you need, you can bet your house I will!

Answer 6

Because they are an authority figure. They are in essence your babysitter. Wether you like them or not, you are expected to respect and obey their rules in the absence of your parents as they are doing your parents a service of trying to teach you something. So you don't grow to be an ignorrant, disrespectful, thug. As you are nearly an adult you have the choice wether you wish to complete your education or not. You can drop out and not deal with them and have your parents in your face or you can hang in there and finish school. I had crappy teachers and I was a heller child. It wasn't until I dang near graduated that a realized there must be a reason they ride me all the time. Either they know I'm heading down the wrong path and they care. Or I am disruptive to the other kids who are actually in here busting their butts to learn and I need a reality check. Hope it helps . good luck. Hang in there. A diploma is a one size fits all kinda thing.

Answer 7

maybe you are within the ten percent of lucky people who are gifted and talented. that's why you get reactions from your teachers. tell me do you prefer to hang around with students or friends your own age or older than you?

If you do really know alot of what your teachers are trying to teach you must be real board in class. do you just already know it or is it that you only need to be told once?

I have just finished my university degree three years fifteen exams and loades of marked assingments (I never took any notes in lectures). my tutors were amazed and i was told so many times i would fail exams but i did not i just learn odd. once i was told new information i just sank in and i have a real good memory.

Answer 8

That is basically their role in the education system today. Your parents and everyone Else's have basically given most of the responsibility of raising you to schools. You get parked there for 6-8 hours a day. That is way more waking hours than you spend with your parents during the week.

Answer 9

Hey dude you could not have asked a better person. Yes it is happening to me iam doing my M.B.A .I agree with you that it happens a lot withour kind of people because some teachers do not like us to be to free with our ideas and it could distroy their image.

Answer 10

because as long as kids dont get hurt the teachers keep there jobs but if kids get hurt at school the teaches could get in trouble for what happened and they dont wanna get fired