Students Speak Out: Minnesota
Student-Teacher Realationship
Do you think that student will benefits from having a relationship with their teachers? (By communicating, talking, etc... to their teachers) If so, how? What about the teacher? Do they benefits from the relationship?
Tags: realationship, student-teacher
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Permalink Reply by Stacy Becker on
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Hi and welcome!
I'm wondering if you're saying that students mostly do NOT have relationships with their teachers. Is this right? If so, why do you think that is? What would it take to have better relationships with your teachers? Do you wish you did?
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Permalink Reply by Traci Parmenter on
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Do you have teachers that you have a good relationship with, La? If so, how does that happen? Are there things those teachers do that make it easier for you to know them?
I used to be a teacher, and I absolutely benefitted from the relationships I had with my students. It helped me be a better teacher, because I knew my kids and knew how to make what I was teaching interesting to them. I also just like teenagers, so it made me happy to be able to to talk about stuff with my students!
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Permalink Reply by PangNhia Moua on
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Well... I agreed. I personally think and DO SO notice students that struggles in class due to a no-relationship or communcation with teachers.
In order to increase a relationship, either the STUDENT or TEACHER must make the 1st step of comfronting the situation- which is rather hard.. hence because it rarely happens.
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I INDEED strongly agreed that if the teachers knows more about a student and some commucation are made, both will benefits its vaules.
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Permalink Reply by La Yang on
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Well this is interesting. You must have had a great time with your students.
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Sean, Joe Cavanaugh from Youth Frontiers, and I had an interesting conversation today. We were talking about respect between students and teachers. if we reached any consensus, it was that this has broken down. Many of the comments on these pages suggest that students feel they are not listened to, that their concerns don't matter. On the other hand, students seem to recognize that teachres are overburdened. Is it true that teachers don't feel respected by students, and students don't feel respected by teachers? If so, how could this break down be repaired?
I'd love to hear from both teachers and students.
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Permalink Reply by steve fenster on
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Seems somewhat connected to me. Students bored by their teachers lose interest, the teacher gets upset, and a conflict emerges. Could interesting classes help bridge the gap?
I obviously also think the problem goes deeper than that, but maybe it could be a start. Not to sound like an old man, but I feel like some of it has to do with the culture in which America is providing right now for children... placing values on things that don't necessarily lead to respect for one's elders.
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Interesting class could help students to stay focus, not lose their attention. I totally agree with you.
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Permalink Reply by Aaron Grimm on -
Just my two sense... growing up, I never really had a teacher that I looked up to. There was always this barrier to getting to know a teacher. You hid things from them, they hid some details from you. There wasn't a lot trust.
When I was a student teacher in a small town at the end of my undergrad, I really felt like I couldn't be myself. I don't know if I would say it was a fake relationship, but how do you get to know a kid if you have 29 others in your class? I felt like I had to be someone I wasn't, because that was how you get respect. My best connection with a kid was someone who I gave detention to for saying racially insensitive remarks. I remember making a split second decision about whether to remain silent for the 45 minutes... but instead I asked him to come on a walk around school with me. I proceeded to tell him about why what he was saying was offensive to me. He in turn told me about his environment. While the message still got through, it took an actual conversation with this students. I never had a problem with him again, because we had an understanding.
I still think that teachers need to maintain a sense of professionalism, but I do think that kids need to have positive relationships with adults. We can learn a lot from each other. Sadly, with the standardization and intensive testing, I fear relationships are nearly impossible... unless the school is small.
I still have relationships with former students, even ones who didn't graduate. We meet for coffee and chat about what we are up to now. My role as their advisor/teacher isn't authoritative, rather a partner in their education. When they don't achieve their goals, sometimes I am as bummed out as them.
Good topic.
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Permalink Reply by Victoria Ford on
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I never had relationships with teachers in high school. There just wasn't enough time!
But my K-8 school? Everyone knew everyone really well. I spent 3-4 hours a day (even in 7th and 8th grade) with my homeroom teacher, and had the same homeroom teacher for both grades. Her partner was my math teacher. The drama teacher was also the running coach. The science teacher lived on my block. It was very different.
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