Why do some teachers talk condiscending to their students?
440316
This is a very good question. Every time I walk through my child's school, there are a couple teachers that I just want to slap. As for the comment made by, DID I GET ADOPTED, Teachers are suppose to set an example. I have know doubt that there are days and kids that can try their nerves, but this is a part of life, and teaching your classroom how to act and behave badly is just plain wrong! No matter what job you have I have always believed that if the heat is too hot in the kitchen, get out!!!
701566
They don't all behave that way... but having known many throughout my life, it is truly amazing how many do!\n\nI think it is because the moronic ones think they know everything and have superiority complexes.  They think they are better than all the students and parents as well as all the teachers.\n\nThis comment is coming from an adult, not a kid.
170123
A teacher who cannot communicate well is seldom hired.  Students must be able to discern what the teacher asks them to do in order to succeed.  Teachers who do not communicate well with the public often create confusion that is referred up the ladder to the principal, who does NOT enjoy having to clean up the mess.  Thus, such a teacher would not be retained since they create more work than they do.
914366
As a teacher, I always tell my students to stand up if they think I'm wrong. However, there is a right way to do it and a wrong way. If you are old enough to be asking this on line, it is best not to approach the teacher in a confrontive, competitive way. And that goes not just for situations with teachers, but conflicts with others in general.\n\nWhen dealing with someone in authority, tell the person you'd like to meet and ask when a convenient time would be for that person. If asked why, just say something like - "I need to ask you something and I don't think it would be appropriate in front of others." When the teacher finds out what it is, she or he will appreciate your not challenging them in public.\n\nThen when you meet, nicely explain your point of view. If you are friendly and approach it as a misunderstanding, your teacher will very likely be receptive to your point and be willing to work with you on a solution. By the way - it's always good to go in with clear idea about how you want to change the situation. But if you don't know exactly what you want, you can always ask the teacher what she or he thinks might be a fair way to solve your disagreement.\n\nThe teacher may or may not budge (it depends on the situation), but it shows you are willing to work with the teacher, without causing unnecessary conflict.\n\nTo your P.S.\nIt sounds as if the teacher thinks you are not listening to her when she is making a point. Something can happen in book - but what happens may not be what is happening - in other words, people can take actions, such as leaving to deal with something. But are they leaving to run away from something - or to go toward something else?\n\nDon't get in a competition with her. Be willing to show her you are willing to learn, even if you don't agree. And if she is mean - OK, she is. Some people are nicer than others - we have to deal with all kinds in life. It's just a fact. But you'll win nothing by getting in a power struggle in your situation.\n\nA good teacher will respect you if you approach her in the way mentioned above.
628403
Because there is a mixture of maturities at your age. Some of your classmates are very childish while others are very mature. The teacher tends to compare all of the students to the more mature ones. This makes the teacher dislike the less mature students. You may not be the worst one but your not as disciplined as the best ones.
619924
Not enough information to give a good response.  If you described the situation we might be able to better understand where the problem is - is it with the teacher, or is it with you?
1123855
No there is not, tell them to stop or else, what they are doing is called harassment and they could get in some serious trouble for it, they can even get into juvy, if it doesn't stop tell a teacher
598215
I am still in school! What is that shit! Anyway, there are nice teachers who do their job well and try not to show favoritism, just as there are teachers who do not. High school teachers are generally not as open as Middle school teachers.
321877
If an educator is not seeking continued professional growth then that must be a personal decision they have made.  In my opinion if they are not seeking continued professional growth, then they are in the wrong field.  Alot of times it is just not the teachers fault that they have low studednt achievement!!  This could be an either/or situation.  It could be either the teacher is really not putting their all into teaching or the student refuses to learn.  So I feel that both the students and teachers are at fault.  Who can really say.  Do you understand??  I hope this helps you.
574265
People make assumptions about girls and boys.  In my classes the girls naturally gravitate toward sitting together and so do the boys.  It's an odd situation when student behave like that, because they group and girls chat, they get pushed to the side.  Boys take the chance to participate more often.  They get more attention.  So, I try to pay close attention to spending quality tiome with the girls if the boys lead a discussion.
1050170
maybe because they feel that pda is distracting to students and the teachers and principals feel that they mush "enrich the learning experience" by having a school which is only focused on education and not promoting distractions\n\nbut otherwise.. we should all ask the schools..
137679
Yes.  As a matter of fact, I am inclined to believe that the problem at hand is due to a lack of connectivity between college teachers and students.  Many college teachers are haughty and completely forget about how it feels to be in a classroom full of their arrogance.
365162
I'm a teacher.  I never have unrealistic rules in my classroom and I try to lead by example.  If I am polite to children and never shout, then I accept the same from them.  I don't usually have disciplinary problems although there is the odd exception.
29673
Even if the students don't read regularly or daily, It is compulsary for the teachers to read daily! They can't stand in front of the student without preparing for their class! students are smarter now-a-days! My sis is a teacher! She sits with her subject book and papers every evening regularly to update her knowlege!\n   But if the teacher has been teaching the same subject for a pretty long time period, She/ he would have mastered the book and so need not spend much time reading!\n   They will read the books of the subject which they are handling! They read encyclopedias! Ofcourse reading again and again make them master the book and subject and so they become professionally talented!
174875
As a teacher I can tell you it is when the teacher plans activities that are tailored to the students. For instance, this would not include lectures and teacher-centered teaching because the teacher is controlling the conversation and learning in the classroom. Student centered activities would be group work, presentations, discussions,inquiry activities. The thought is that students are in control of their own learning and are teaching themselves the information instead of the former.
160449
The differeences between teachers are not because they are young or old, but are related mostly to attitude and perspective.  I have known excellent teachers who had just graduated from college and excellent teachers who were ready to retire.  I have also known newly graduated teachers who were very bitter and sour and angry in their perspecitve and older teachers who were the same.  \n\nJudging or characterizing anyone, teacher or other, by their age is the same as judging someone by their color,  It is a form of prejudice.
1009920
Usually the teacher is teaching the students given the last "opportunity" to get there act together (behavior), before further steps are taken against the student (expulsion).  If you are teaching opportunity the class is small and you are dealing with a rough crowd.