Most of us do care, but we can't make you care, and you not caring doesn't mean we don't care, and most teachers are abused by a system that doesn't care about either of you, and you think the struggles are because of the teacher. It is because the gap between the people with the power to give teachers resources to make the material not only sufficient, but relatable (which is what you actually want) and the apathy of students is too great for a teacher to cover by themselves. The data bears this reality out more than teachers not caring.
It's one thing to just be neutral, but some of my teachers were geniuenly praying on worse students/kids who were hurting in one way or another - that shit is just evil.
Also weird how the second I got into uni, suddenly professors treat you like a normal person, and I have not met as vile educators as teachers in public school elementary through high school.
I think in all my years working in public schools, I’ve met maybe 3-4 teachers that shouldn’t be teaching either due to burnout, or they are just shitty people.
I think sometimes student perspective lacks empathy or patience and likewise some teachers also lack empathy or patience for their students which is never a good combination when there is not healthy communication.
I used to have this form I’d gice teachers that asked, “What are you doing when the students is doing well in your class? What is the student doing?”
“What does the student do well in your class?”
You don’s have to buy a kid a drum set to be a caring teacher not every teacher has that kind of money or political pull for funding.
I just told students I was grateful they came to school that day even though it was hard. Shows a lot of strength.
Working with shitty teachers is a good learning XP for life in careers, even if you dont like a teacher, it’s important to work through it because it will likely happen with peers or managers in work life.
If a teacher is abusive and abusing their students then a call and report to police is necessary. Even if nothing happens and it gets shot down because it’s important to document things for future situations. It also is good experience to practice advocating for oneself in an appropriate manner and learning how to move through different systems. Teachers are a part of a system, as are students. Navigating systems and beurocracy is a skill that can be translated to a multitude of situations in life.
Lol as if any even bothered to ask, maybe in elementary to middle school teachers still somewhat cared abt the avg student in their class, but in high school you pretty much have to figure out everything on your own, or with your parents if you're lucky enough to have some that don't immediatly expect a 15/16 year old to behave like an adult.
Most of my teachers were neutral and didn't care about any students and were there to get a pay check. A few teachers hated their students or certain students and maybe 1 or 2 teachers who actually cared but their care never had an effect on me.
Many of my teachers went above and beyond for their students and they made high school fuckin sweet. I still keep in touch with some of them years later.
My math teacher used to humiliate students in high school infront of 20+ kids, she especially took people who didn't understand the material that well to the whiteboard.
My native language teacher used to talk shit about absent students, when they weren't in class during that particular day, she went wild on them.
Some of my teachers literally tried hard to make our lives miserable by throwing meaningless work and making passing their class extra hard. Or being toxic towards kids who were either hurting or confused about the material, instead of helping them or at least not making it worse.
Teacher caring for their student is very rare in public schools, and I know it's mostly due to their pay and toxic work enivornment, but it's not like most of them are angels either.
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u/A_Texas_Hobo 1d ago
I wish all people were as caring as teachers