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?
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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?
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!
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.
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?
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.
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.