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Question

do you like your child's teacher?

Answer 1

Yes. I don't usually get to know them intimately enough to have any reason to say "no". .

My children, however, have had teachers they have not liked. Especially as the year commences and personalities become more evident.

On the few occasions this has occured, we remind them that school is an opportunity to learn many skills you will need to navigate adult life--one of which is the ability to get along cordially and respectfully with all personality types, including difficult ones.

Answer 2

I am not a parent or a teacher, I am a student actually and I am in high school so I have about 7 different teachers. Some I like and some I don't. Mainly my parents don't mind as long as they are a good teacher. Although there are 2 they have an opinion on. 1 is a teacher I hate and one time she got me in trouble for nothing and my parents spoke to her about it and she was really bitchy to them. They don't like her. On the other hand my favourite teacher spoke to them once and she was nice and polite so they came away from that with a very high opinion of her.

Answer 3

I love my daughters 3rd grade teacher this year, best one yet.

And my youngest 1st grade is great but we already knew that because her older sister had her.

Now as for 2nd grade, I did not like her teacher, she was very lazy and did the minimum amount she had to no extras. School so far comes easily to my daughter and she had a lot of free time on her hands, brought home at least 3 drawings per day. She never corrected handwriting I could go on for ever. My daughter was very bored ALL of last year, but is a good kid and never made trouble or anything, but I feel she stagnated at school for the whole year. She also allowed the kids to be mean to one another in class. I did try to get her switched but they would not. I even talked to the teacher and she would never give her more work. She even spent a lot of time helping the other kids, the teacher would say "if you cannot listen when I tell you too bad" so my daughter was helping them, ridiculous if you ask me. It was great she wanted to help but it is the teachers job not the class mates.

Answer 4

I have 4 boys. We have had excellent teachers - and some that aren't so good. My youngest son had a 2nd grade teacher that I didn't like! Her approach was very negative and he was starting to hate school. I went to the school and insisted that he be moved out of her class. He was, and did much better after that! I think you have to be very careful not to assume that if your child tells you "the teacher hates me" or "it is the teachers fault" that you believe them immediately. Do some investigating and make sure your child isn't using that as an excuse to not do his/her work. But, if you find out that the teacher and your child truly do have a personality conflict, it is your responsibilty to step in.

Answer 5

I have three children. I like my first grader's teacher, but not my third grader's teacher. She does not handle him with enough backbone. He is one that if he can get away with something he will. She needs to be stronger and not give him an out.

I like some of my sixth graders teachers and not so much others. Her English teacher is a rather weak teacher, while her science teacher is a little strict for my tastes.

Not all teachers are bad. It really just depends on the person.623489-

Answer 6

My son's teacher is absolutely PERFECT for him! My son has autism (Asperger's to be exact) so as you can well imagine we have lots of teacher problems because most of his teachers have no idea how to deal with him and quite frankly don't care for my suggestions, which are meant to make THEIR lives easier, so he spends time at least once a week in the office and I get a call from the school at least once a week about how my son "misbehaved". Well if they had listened to me in the first place they'd know how to deal with him! But this year, his teacher is very open to new ideas and strategies, and we haven't had one problem yet. My son and his teacher get along great, and we aren't having the usual problems we do towards the beginning of the school year.

Answer 7

Hmm tough one. Both of my kids' teachers seem very nice but my son's teacher didn't even notice when this little thug was picking on my boy for 2 weeks, nor did she notice the change in his behavior on the day that we forgot to give him his medication, so I'm thinking she's not too attentive (my son has an anxiety disorder so this is a particular concern for us.) My daughter's teacher is super nice and goes out of her way to help, but she seems kind of flaky. There always seems to be chaos in her classroom and she tells the kids some stories that I don't think are appropriate (like the fact that her mother died in childbirth...my daughter is a 3rd grader) She seems emotionally unstable. So I guess my answer is I like them as people but not really as teachers.

Answer 8

I do like the teacher my child has right now ,because she is kind & patient w/ her students. Although my oldest had a teacher when she was in kindergarten that i started out liking but then discovered how badly she was treating the kids . i reported her to the principal who did nothing & to another teacher in that school who agreed something had to be done about her ,i then took it to the school board where my concerns were heard & shortly after the teacher was investigated & promptly fired.

Answer 9

I did....my son's teacher likes to compare the children and I do not think that is fair for the children who are struggling like my son is. My son always tells me, " Mommy I did my best", that breaks my heart. Dylan is having a lot of trouble with his math this year and the teacher doesn't seem to really care. I work with Dylan all the time with little to no help from his teacher. But, Dylan does like his teacher.

Answer 10

My children are not in school yet but I have two cousins (ages six and seven) in school and I hate both their teachers. I often pick both boys up from school and hear the complaints from their teachers. My seven year old cousin has the same teacher I had in second grade and I didn't like her back then either. My six year old cousin's teacher complains about his speech but he's been to a specialist and the specialist says there is nothing wrong with his development.