Do Teachers Really Care?

Question

I don't think our teachers really care about us. I used to hate my teacher, then I stopped lhating her. But everytime I don't say "hi" to her, she has an attitude. She told me she cared about me, but it doesn't seem like she does when she ignores me for not speaking to her. Why do yall even teach? Being mean and strict is not showing that you care about your students. If yall really loved and cared about us, you would be nice and tell us on a weekly (or monthly) basis.

Answer 1

I AM a teacher and I care. But my job is to teach, be fair, and maintain a real learning environment... anything else is secondary.

Look to your friends for friends... look to your teacher for knowledge.

Answer 2

Just as some people have a hard time showing their love, some teachers aren't quite sure how to show their students they care. I'm a rather strict teacher, but I do greet my kids (8-10 years old) with a hug in the morning and send them off the same way at the end of the day. However, I know many of my colleagues don't feel comfortable with doing this. I don't know that there's even a right or wrong way to show our concern and care for our students, as with the people we love. Some teachers show their concern in other ways---by acknowledging a haircut, that someone has been absent, asking about family, etc. I know this sounds bad, but many of the teachers I work with get so overwhelmed with the enormity of the task of teaching that they just forget why we're there.
I once co-taught with a woman who couldn't understand why the kids never went to her with issues. I explained that I knew who had a baseball game after school, what the score was, who had a grandmother who was sick, and who wasn't feeling well. She just seemed so busy with all of the other tasks at hand that she somehow lost sight of the children sitting in front of us. It doesn't make her any less caring. In fact, I know she loved her job. I think she just responded differently to the kids than I did.
I love my kids, and they know it. I guarantee if you were to ask any one of my 23 kids about whether or not I care about them (even the trouble makers!) they would tell you that I do. I make an effort to find something terrific about every child in my class and to make him/her realize what makes them special, even if it is just that they come to school every day. I work in an underperforming, failing school in the inner city, but children are the same everywhere. They want to be appreciated, loved, and more importantly respected. When you give them that, even the most challenging days are reminders of why I became a teacher.

I'm not saying I'm perfect, by any stretch of the imagination! But, coming in each day and seeing a smile or two and getting my morning hug (some even kiss me!) makes it all worthwhile. I'm sorry that your teachers haven't shown you the same. I don't believe it's because they don't care----they just show it differently.

Give your teachers a break. They work hard, and teaching has gotten really tough in the past few years. I've often thought about leaving because I really feel that the focus is no longer on my kids, but on their "achievement" or lack thereof. Sometimes all it takes is you breaking the ice by saying something nice. Maybe your teacher doesn't even realize that she ignores you. She wouldn't be there if she didn't care. I guarantee she's not in it for the money! :)

Answer 3

I'm a teacher... & I can honestly tell u that we do care... coz believe me, teaching is not a career of welfare as alot of students may think. It's the most CONSUMING career there can ever be. This is why u might find teachers stiff or nervous (or even angry) at some points, coz they r human being & most f the student just tend to treat them as if they're TVs that can just go on & on talking non-stop.

The only reason that helps the teacher to survive in any school is caring about students & loving them, or even just getting used to see them everyday.

For a teacher, the school is another home, & the pupils r the wonderful spirits that encourage them to keep going. The school is their WHOLE WORLD.

So, just try to take it easy with ur teachers & believe me, u'll find different reactions when u show them first that u DO care.

Answer 4

Teachers teach because we care. We are not in it for the money (we are some of the most underpaid professions but highly educated professionals). Teachers do not teach for the appreciation...American teachers are severly undervalued. Teachers are also not in the classroom to be your friends. There is a fine line between being kind and being friendly with students. Students and children need boundaries, limits, and consistency to thrive in any environment until they are old enough to make these choices on their own. Look to your peers for friends, your parents for love and approval, yourself for responsibility and know that your teachers care.

Answer 5

I like to think the majority of teachers do care about there students. I think so much of teachers authority has been taken away, which leaves them feeling helpless. So many children get absolutely no discipline at home. Which only makes a teachers job harder. Not to mention the students that are raised right with parents that do care.

Answer 6

Ah the wise student who is a keen observer of the human spirit. I am a teacher and truth be told, not all teachers genuinely care about all their kids. There are some of my kids who if a bus ran them over today I would sleep just fine tonight. However a small portion of the teaching profession is acting. A teacher should never lead you on to believe that they do not care about you. Have a heart to heart with your teacher. If there is one thing people (not just teachers) hate are people who expect to have their minds read. IF there's one thing people respect is sincere honest people.

Answer 7

I will say that I had some teachers that I hated, and I was sure that they never cared about a student. There are many who couldn't give a rat's you know what about anything besides cute cheerleaders and thier paycheck, short work hours and summers off unlike other jobs. But there was one who, even though we weren't in her grade anymore, she always checked up on us at our junior high and high schools. My brother and i were both in her class. i just thought that she was nosy and wanted to catch us getting into trouble. But when my brother died two months ago in a car crash, she was the first person to call, to help set up the memorial. When she showed up, she had tons of pictures of us together, that she had taken in class and collected from other teachers. So be greatful to the ones who act like they care, even when it's embarrassing or annoying.

Answer 8

My best teachers have been the strictest, least personable ones. Teachers are not parents. Their job is to instruct you on academic affairs and to facilitate your success in said affairs. The teachers that I have had that were strict and not exactly friendly were also the ones who pushed me to do better than what I thought was my best, and you know what? My skills in those areas improved much more dramatically than in those classes in which the teacher and I were "pals".

Answer 9

I am a teacher and I find that students tend to take advantage of "nice". Nice is not letting the class do whatever they want. If children always did what is best for them, it would be easy to be nice. It becomes very exhausting when I spend all my time trying to convince kids to do what is best for them.

Answer 10

im not a teacher but if a teacher be to nice the class would be disrupted. Teachers are strict because they want us to learn and to get a good education.