My math teacher is horrible!! I need help on getting her to actually like me. (She hates all students.)?

Answer 1

Your parents need to assist you with this. Example: my daughter was failing history, I called the instructor on 2 occasions and he NEVER returned my call....so I called the superintendent and he made sure the call was returned.........My point is when the teacher and I discussed the problem he admitted he picked on my daughter and he didn't like her.........
I said then how do you expect her to do well when she is aware of this?
He apologized. Your parents need to speak with the principal and get this straightened out.....BECAUSE you cannot do well in class with that kind of pressure. Please tell your parents or parent what I have just told you and insist on help. You have rights too!
Some people are just not good teachers and they don't like kids. It's a fact of life. It's not pretty but it's true........

Good Luck!
P.S. I'm 68 and still hate my 3rd grade teacher.

Answer 2

Having been a high school and now college teacher for a number of years, I would encourage you to ignore bitter people like "granny grunt". While her overall idea of involving other people in the system who supervise the teacher has merit, you do *not* call the superintendent after simply leaving a phone message. This is like having a problem with PowerPoint and calling Bill Gates to complain and whine and moan.

First of all, *students* - that's right - children, answer the main phone line at most schools. The odds of a tiny handwritten phone message from one of them actually making it to a teacher's mail box are less than winning the lottery. So just because they don't call back, don't assume after a phone call like the "granny grunts" of the world who are still bitter and hating 60 years later that the teacher is ignoring you.

Second, the order at a school goes something like this: school board -> superintendent -> a-ssistant super. -> director -> a-ss't director (all at district office) -> principal -> vice principal -> dept. chairperson -> teacher. So you can see that the only thing the super. thought when he got a call from a such a parent was "here's a demanding jerk who doesn't even take the time to find out the order of the world."

Third, it is extremely *rare* that a teacher "hates everyone." That's like a teacher having every student be a complete moron. It just doesn't happen.

Now it *could* be that because you dislike math or don't do well in math, and this person has to speak to the entire class quite a bit while giving examples, answering homework, etc. and people who dislike math routinely engage in distracting behaviors in class, that there is tension on both sides - teacher and student. You can't control what the teacher does - only what you do.

Ask to come in at lunch - not after school - keep the classroom doors open, and ask "I could be wrong, but I get the impression you do not like me personally. Is that true?" Then *listen* honestly to the answer. My guess is that if you were to change your attitude, walk into class with all your work done every day, be positive, don't talk when the teacher is instructing the class, and *smile* now and then - not about the material but that someone wants to try and teach it to you - that things would change quite a bit. I mean you call yourself "b*tch on broadway" - mmmm gee I wonder if anyone picks up on the b*tch vibe every now and then? See what I mean? Just change your attitude since that's the only thing you can really control.

Now if this person is harassing you or intimidating you, then by all means speak to the dept. chair, the VP, the principal, and up the line. Go for it. But have very hard facts not just an uneasy feeling that your teacher "hates everyone, especially me". Any intelligent administrator knows that 99.9% of the time that means you are failing the class and will ask you for concrete evidence so make sure you have some before making such an accusation since accusations alone can ruin teachers forever.

I would have my parents call the school, talk to a vice principal and say hey my child is having an informal meeting at lunch today with her math teacher about her treatment in class. Then everyone knows it is happening and when you follow up with a call to that same person no one will be taken by surprise. And be sure to tell the teacher the VP knows and that you want a positive outcome for everyone. Because if you feel intimdated and you absolutely hate feeling that way, imagine how your teacher would feel if she thought you were intimidating her.

I hope you re-post and let us all know how it goes!

Answer 3

Some teachers just come across that way. At the last school I had a teaching position, there was a teacher who was so hated that students actually planned how to anger her. I wouldn't suggest THAT (LOL) but I'm just saying some teachers come across that way.

1) Don't do stupid things to irritate her.
2) Do whatever she asks you to do.
3) I agree with first poster who said to talk to her after school. Tell her that she comes across as hating everyone. Many teachers just feel you should never smile, never be nice. My experience is that kindness (with discipline the force of a sledgehammer when NEEDED) works more effectively.
4) Come to accept that fact that she may just be like that. There may not be much you can do. Get through the year and move on to another teacher.

Hope any of those comments help.

Answer 4

I'm 26 years old, and I'm now a physical therapist. It's crazy because since I graduated from high school and seen my teachers outside of the classroom, they are surprisingly some of the coolest people there are. Yes, even the horrible ones, that you think "hate" you. I remember a math teacher I had in high school just like yours, she was the worst. Then she started working out at the gym I worked out at and she was super funny, I couldn't believe it. You just have to remember that this woman is just another person. No matter how mean someone appears it is amazing what a smile can do. Also, even if you hate math, make it seem like you like it, or you are trying really hard to do well. Teachers love that.

Answer 5

no no no. DO NOT MESS WITH THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS or you will face the consequences. she hates everyone, so if you do find out the secret to what makes her like students, then you will be considered the teachers pet, you will be hated by all classmates.

Answer 6

If she hates all students,then I wonder why she became a teacher.
How to Get on Your Teachers' Good Side-http://www.wikihow.com/Get-on-Your-Teachers'-Good-Side

Answer 7

Why do you need her to like you?
Just do your work.
Don't mouth off.
If she hates all students, it's in your best interest to blend into the background.

Answer 8

If she hates all students, and you are a student, it will be difficult for you to get her to stop hating you.
So: don't take it personally.

Answer 9

Well, my school especially such at math overall beacuse whole department sucks...anyway do you have good grades in her class?? If don't go get tutored and get to know her...

Answer 10

Make an appt. to speak with her after school. Explain that you really want to do well in her class and ask her what you need to do.