2007-07-06 06:15:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Yeah, some of you have us stumped....for a while. Usually though, if I talk to that student, parent, or guidance counselor, I can figure out what it is that makes our relationship unproductive. Hopefully we (teacher and student) fix it sooner than later, so that some fun learning can take place.
2007-07-06 06:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by djgardne 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Which students and in what way?
Seriously, I taught high school English for over thirty years and I had roughly 130 to 150 students a day. I really did try to interact in some way with each one of them everyday, but I just couldn't.
I did talk two kids out of committing suicide. I told a girl she shouldn't go to community college and be a medical assistant when she was bright enough to be the doctor, and today she is one. I helped students out of abusive situations at home. But, before I could help with some of those problems, I had to know about them. My stories are not unusual. Teachers do these kinds of things all the time, but before we can understand a student, the student has to send us messages we can understand, and there has to be time in our days to receive and to understand.
2007-07-07 03:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they lose touch with what being a teacher really is.
I think they either grow tired of the jobs they do or lose interest in what they do and unfortunately the students pay for it.
They lose the love they once had for teaching or get into it for the wrong reasons.
Teachers understand students better when they are on the students and level and not above them.
2007-07-06 07:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by MichM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real teachers do. Don't confuse people who simply have a degree with real teachers. After 28 years in the business of teaching students, I realize that teachers are born to do what they do and no amount of "education" will ever enable a non-teacher to provide the support and understanding (along with the transfer of knowledge) that all human beings need to learn and be successful. The truth is .....the student is everything! We must start with that premise if we truly want to attain our goal of helping others.
2007-07-06 06:32:13 · answer #4 · answered by gfulton57 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may think that teachers do not understand student, but the majority of us do understand you. Although you make think this because sometimes, we choose not to understand, but we do as best we can.
2007-07-06 22:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand what you're asking. :P
Honestly, we TRY to understand our students and hope that they do the same for us. Most of the time we're successful. If there's something you really want to convey to your teachers, tell them. Sometimes we KNOW there's something amiss but simply need some guidance in figuring out what it is.
2007-07-06 12:30:08 · answer #6 · answered by elizabeth_ashley44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same could be said for students. I think a lot of the time, we wonder how you managed to walk upright when you (as in kids) act so foolishly. It's a mistake for adults to assume that kids should all be as mature as they are. Which is acutally kind of ironic, because if the adult was more mature, he'd know why you weren't... hm...
2007-07-07 21:48:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plenty of teachers do. I just finished sophomore year and theres a few teachers I will miss.
2007-07-06 06:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but we do. We were once students ourselves. What we don't understand is why many students find no value in an education.
2007-07-06 06:33:34 · answer #9 · answered by Sherry K 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Some students express themselves so incoherently that it is hard to understand them.
2007-07-06 08:57:26 · answer #10 · answered by Big Blue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋