What do you teachers think of students that drop out of high school because they hate you and don't give a

Question

damn about their future?

Answer 1

We feel sorry for you. We encounter almost daily the frustration and pity we feel toward a child ("child" here refers to maturity level, rather than age) who refuses to appreciate the opportunities he/she has to make a decent life and, instead, chooses to wallow in self-pity because he doesn't want to do what it takes now to have an easy life later.

Is the American education system perfect? No, far from it; they won't improve until the teachers' unions and liberal professors and politicians start caring about people other than themselves.

Are all teachers perfect? No way. Despite your prejudices as evidenced by the phrasing of your question, we're just as human as you are; which means that we also get tired, frustrated with b.s. from know-it-alls, and (on occasion) cranky just because we're having a bad day. That will happen in the real world, too. The sooner you learn how to deal with it constructively, the saner you will be.

Here's a fact anyone over the age of 25 already knows and no one under the age of 16 believes: you have fewer people telling you what to do now than you will ever have the rest of your life. Adulthood is NOT about "no one telling me what to do." On the contrary, I have MORE people telling me what to do now than I ever had as a student. Before I started working at age 16, I only had to answer to my parents and teachers. Now, I have these people to answer to: the IRS, my boss, the certification board (taking courses often at my own time and expense), my spouse (just try staying married without "giving in" more than occasionally!), my children ("I've got band practice at 4, Scouts at 6:30, FFA at 7:30, swim practice tomorrow at 5 a.m. and, oh yeah, can you drive to [some store 15 miles from anywhere] 'cause I need a [fill in the blank] for school tomorrow? I forgot to tell you these past 3 weeks!"), my students ("Why don't you have all 80 of our 6-page term papers graded? We handed them in this morning?"), and their parents ("I don't care if 10 other teachers, 100 students, 3 visiting parents and the campus police officer saw my boy--I say he didn't do it, and I'm gonna sue--you!")

Ask yourself this--where will both of us be 10 years from now? Me, I'll still be in the classroom because, despite all the frustrations, I love what I do. I stay sane by finding the humor when I can, and using the sanity wall (and venting on Yahoo Answers) when I can't. You--at this pace, you'll either be on welfare/homeless or in prison because you believe that you're entitled to have life handed to you on a silver platter.

The choice is yours--work hard now to have the good life later, or slack now and have no life later.

Answer 2

I hope they can find something that they a passionate about that will rekindle the desire to learn. I am one of the few teachers who thinks that not all children should be forced to attend school. I think we had it right years ago when young people would become an apprentice in a field they were interested in. They learned a trade or skill that allowed them to earn a living. Some people are extremely gifted with their hands and could have a very meaningful and fruitful life. I think it's a shame that everyone is forced to conform.
For someone to not "give a damn" about their future means they have no hope. I know several students who weren't happy with school, or their teachers, mostly because they didn't believe they could succeed in school. If you drop out, you could still have a great life (not many teachers want you to know that!) But if you decide you don't care, then you have no one to blame but yourself when life turns out crummy. Try talking to a career counselor. There are other options out there. Good luck!

Answer 3

I think most of us would hope that you'd change your mind, and not allow anyone, no matter how much they piss you off, to ruin your chances for a life that could make you happy. Also, I would urge those students who make such a decision to take responsibility for their own decisions instead of giving the kind of power it would take to make someone drop out of high school to a teacher who sees you once a day. Dropping out of high school because you hate a teacher is giving one person who you will never see again after you graduate far too much influence on your entire life. YOU are the captain of your destiny--if you're going to drop out, at least admit that it's because of you--your decision--not because of your teacher.

Answer 4

Students who do self destructive things for whatever reason make most teachers sad. Hating a teacher is foolish because it's not about that - that's like hating a dry cleaner. You're there to receive a service - receive it - you'll need it.

Answer 5

I feel that that student is mking some very unwise decisions. i wouldn't throw my future away because I disliked someone. What a sad life they have to look forward to.

Answer 6

WOW! What alot of hatred in such a short sentence. What do I think of you? Nothing. You have a choice. You made it. You live with it. I made my choices and I'm living with them now in a beautiful home in a great community.

Answer 7

It is painful to see someone throw away their life that way. It is so easy to finish school. If you don't finish school, you may never finish anything. It only gets harder.

Answer 8

Hopefully you die peacefully but quickly and don't get a chance to breed!

Answer 9

I'm sure they are very disappointed and feel as though they have failed you. I encourage you to take a second look.

Answer 10

they shouldn't be angry or anything.
it's what you want to do with your own life!
warning: you will be criticized, and harassed forever.
and, you might take a little dip in your life...
but whatever! that's what you want, and they should respect it!