How come teachers can pick out there best student and treat all the other students like D-I-R-T?

Answer 1

I have been teaching 20 years. I have taught math at the junior high and high school level, in alternative behavioral schools, juvenile and adult correctional institutions, and developmental college courses, as well as EBD, ADHD, and other special education disabilities in the groups. My specialty is dealing with and teaching behavior problems.

The very First thing I tell my students is that I am not fair. I am Just. There is a big big difference.

Second, I am a mirror, however I see you act to me and others is how your going to get treated, so if you don't like how I am treating you as a student in my class change your ways. You are no better than others to be treated any more special than you treat everyone else.

Third, there are two teachers in my classroom. I can either be the teacher that helps you learn how to do the math the state you live in requires you to complete in order to graduate high school, or I can be the one who is hired to maintain discipline and enforce school rules, board policy, and complainance with all state and federal statutes. So, you will behave and learn math or you will not behave and pay the price for every violation of all the rules and ordinances I can equate to your behavior.

Fourth, I do not enforce rules because I do not like someone. My motto, Be good or be good at it. So, if you get in trouble it is not because you broke the rule, it is because you were not good enough to get away with it, basically being stupid. It is not me telling you that you were right or wrong, but that you are not preceding in a manner that is working properly.

Do what your suppose to do and you succeed, otherwise you do not. Education is nothing more than trying to instruct someone how to discipline themself. Problem is that some people don't like doing certain things at anytime.

Solution: Reality check ... no one likes doing the things they do not like to do!! DUH but they do so deal with it.

Finally, I tell the truth and call them like I see them and do not sugar coat anything. I am polite the majority of the time, but I am also real. It is a world of many different types of people. The quicker you realize how unimportant you are to so many the easier it will be to fit in and do your part. I teach people to make choices for themselves, how to think independently, and evaluate their successes a little more rationally.

so, whats the message you get?

Answer 2

From what I've seen, the teacher often lacks confidence, or has trouble relating to an entire group of students (maybe from shyness?). Finding one student, therefore, with whom they can identify, is a survival strategy for them. As to why they treat students like dirt? Again, I'll go with poor self-esteem and poor social skills. Or a misguided attempt to set a benchmark, or positive example, for other students. They may not be aware of the harm they are causing.

Far better to ask superior students if it's O.K. to photocopy their work, and share it with the class (with their names removed, of course), or ask them if they'd be willing to assist other students in the class.

Frankly, unless a student is absolutely horrible in every way, I don't have trouble relating to my classes, and even the horrible students receive fair and respectful treatment. That doesn't mean that I'll let them act up and create a bad environment for others, and I sleep perfectly well at night, if I have to kick them out or dock attendance.

Is it possible that you don't understand the expectations set by your instructors, and that it just feels like you're being treated like dirt? I just have a hard time believing that mass quantities of teachers act like this, having observed several dozen in action.

Answer 3

Teachers treat students equally.Good teachers know when good students work well and behave appropiately. The kids who muckaround make life difficult. It is up to students to set appropiate standards such asworking and behaving themselves in class. some students do not make life very easy for teachers.

Answer 4

I have never treated a student like dirt - however, I have known many students that choose to act in ways that harm themselves and can't accept that so they tranfer there issues on their teacher. I am sure that it can go both ways - its sad.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 5

I encountered those sub human sadistic SOB's from 6th grade on. i had to advance myself bodily. They have been of NO help ever. I joined a well-being midsection, and found out to field, and to coach correct. The well-being midsection instructions have been counter effective. while i all started bicycle racing, the well-being midsection instructor surely tried to end me! mentioned i became into "consorting with undesirable human beings"!! i'm unable to wager why, yet they could get replaced by using helpful human beings. Is the approach of well-being midsection instructors a minimum of partly responsible for the epidemic of obese youngsters! i'm going to wager that's.

Answer 6

i think those are more the old school teachers. because I don't play that in my classroom at all. I dont care how smart or cute u are everybody gets treated equal. Then again not everybody can be like me!!!! just remember the word equity

Answer 7

They shouldn't be allowed to do that. Unless the other students are mean and disrespectful.

Answer 8

They're probably sleeping with their best student or they are a brown-noser or maybe just brilliant!

Answer 9

If you made yourself the best student, you wouldn't have to worry about it.

Answer 10

Like "dirt"? A little low on self-esteem?