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I know it's unfashionable to say things like this BUT
Kids tend to underestimate how much their teachers care about them. A lot of people grow up and never realise that their teachers didn't actually hate them. Schools are just extremely unsuitable environments for all parties.
Kids tend to underestimate how much their teachers care about them. A lot of people grow up and never realise that their teachers didn't actually hate them. Schools are just extremely unsuitable environments for all parties.
I talk with teachers every day, and bar a few rare exceptions, they genuinely care with their whole hearts. Maybe I'm just lucky to be surrounded by good ones, but still...
Students don't get to see this side of their teachers very often, for complex reasons, and that is a terrible thing.
Students often tell me that a certain teacher hates them, and I know it's not true because I've heard how that teacher talks about them behind their back
I wouldn't have brought any of this up but I see a lot of people here talking about trauma and describing how destructive school is
but when I'm working with teachers what I hear is Love for their students
and this doesn't often translate to a classroom situation
but when I'm working with teachers what I hear is Love for their students
and this doesn't often translate to a classroom situation
the classrooms that I see are full of tension, anger, frustration, annoyance, irritation, repressed violence
but I know these teachers truly care about the students in that room. They want the best for them.
It just doesn't always work out.
but I know these teachers truly care about the students in that room. They want the best for them.
It just doesn't always work out.
"can we go outside?" is a constant refrain
it's INCREDIBLY frustrating for teachers, because they, too, want to go outside
but they are aware of limitations that the kids aren't aware of; can't possibly hope to understand
it's INCREDIBLY frustrating for teachers, because they, too, want to go outside
but they are aware of limitations that the kids aren't aware of; can't possibly hope to understand
finding ways to keep 30 teenagers safe in a confined space without using fear as a tool is an extremely difficult puzzle
Imagine being 13 years old, you're being vaccinated for a disease you can't pronounce
The weather is HOT and a thunderstorm is brewing
You've just come inside from a break, and it was really windy. You got punched at some point.
Now you're in a 10x10m room with 29 others
The weather is HOT and a thunderstorm is brewing
You've just come inside from a break, and it was really windy. You got punched at some point.
Now you're in a 10x10m room with 29 others
and the teacher is telling you to sit down
and so you blow up and get a detention
and you go and tell a friend that the teacher HATES you, and you genuinely believe that, and you hang onto that for the rest of your life because that's how things tend to work
Most people never revisit these memories with adult eyes.
and you go and tell a friend that the teacher HATES you, and you genuinely believe that, and you hang onto that for the rest of your life because that's how things tend to work
Most people never revisit these memories with adult eyes.
anyway, the point is that the teachers I've met really do care about their students, even the ones they growl at
often ESPECIALLY the ones they growl at. It's surprisingly common for a teacher's favourite student to be the one that causes the most trouble.
often ESPECIALLY the ones they growl at. It's surprisingly common for a teacher's favourite student to be the one that causes the most trouble.
