2006-12-30 21:25:10 · 18 answers · asked by forcedprogress 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Lol, yes they do, I thought no one noticed this. All the English teachers I had in high school loved me, but all thought I should apply myself more. Which of course, I never did, being so young and impressionable, especially by my friends. But even though they were so nice, they all acted superior as if they know everything there is to know about all writers, the whole entire English language, and even other languages. One teacher that stands out for me is the one that was into musicals like Camelot and west side story. He would be lecturing and start showing off that he could speak in other dead languages! Brings back a lot of memories, lol.
2006-12-30 21:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by catfight1980 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I see this in some teachers of my 7 year old and I also have seen reportable attitudes from teachers to students and back. This is because these 'employees' of these institutions believe they own your children, once behind doors don't teach as they should, but reality remains because my daughter has learned as much in school as she has at home., so I guess I call that even.
2006-12-31 09:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by monchi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had good luck with my old professors, but with that being said, it's more than snotty - it's pompous. Most of the English majors/professors that I have met have that perfect diction and their multi-syllabic words and speak about things that only they could possibly care about. This, IMO makes them pompous.
2007-01-01 20:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by Pappa Poopy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do!!! every single english teacher ive had, except for one, was a total *****! the guy i got now as a english teacher is probably the worst one i ever had! hes ****** messed up n hes cocky. he'll say sumthin stupid n if ur like, "but i thought that wasnt true..." he'll just criticize u n sh*t. he gets off topic too. he'll be talkin about hamlet (who has nothin to do wit the ben franklin story we're reading) n then he'll talk about how his dad met a guy who owned a bar. then he gives us a lot of homework, n the questions are in old english so i cant understand wat the **** the question's asking me. then he'll quiz us on vocabulary that im never gonna use. that stupid muthafucka thinks he so much better than everybody else. i ****** hate him
i guess english teachers know that they suck n that nobody's gonna use wat they teach us. which is nothing.
2006-12-31 05:36:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow! With so many respondants openly hateful towards English teachers, I wouldn't blame them for being grumpy.
2006-12-31 17:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
no its just you i think. i've had some great english teachers that were not at all snotty
2006-12-31 12:51:04 · answer #6 · answered by bluecolouredflames 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. They're underqualified, and make up for it with a lousy, know-it-all attitude.
2. They're qualified, or over-qualified, but hate their idiotic colleagues, the lack of respect they receive for their work, and the constant, tired jokes people attempt to make around them.
If one more person, upon meeting me for the first time, states, "whoooa, gotta watch my grammar now, eh?" I will steal Christmas. I swear.
2006-12-31 12:16:11 · answer #7 · answered by rhetorica 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Most languages teachers do as they believe that languages are a high art and the key to civilisation - unfortunately the jobs market tells us otherwise
2006-12-31 05:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by cool_clearwater 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh my gosh! I tend to think yes, but then there is me...ask my students. What could be cooler then a California beach girl for your teacher?
2006-12-31 05:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by Kiki 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe not all, but mine is. Perhaps they think they know the dictionary from cover to cover and can converse better than anyone else.
Or maybe because they love their subject so much that their language begins to sound proud to us.
2006-12-31 05:33:16 · answer #10 · answered by nandemonai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋