Try to understand
your teacher
Have you ever accused your teacher of
being partial or hating you or not paying attention on you? If yes, then you
are like so many other students who often misunderstood their teachers. Most
students who at one time or another, feel singled out for criticism or
punishment by a teacher.
Maybe you feel like your teachers
giving you lower grades than you deserve. Or it might feel like your teacher
just likes to pick on you. Like so many people, teachers and students sometimes
have personality clashes. Teachers aren’t perfect, and can sometimes fall into
a pattern of picking on certain kids who, for one reason or another, rub them
the wrong way. Not all teachers have the same patience level and if you are too
mischievous and ignore your study, reaction from different teachers will be
different.
If you’re having difficulties in
class and it seems like your teachers being unfair to you, take some time to
think hard about what’s happening. Try to figure out if your teacher really
does dislike you, or if something else is going on. Here are some questions to
ask yourself :
1- Is your teacher’s anger aimed at your
personally, or at something specific you’ve been doing? If your teacher scolds
you when you do not pay attention in class, it must not be taken personally.
Maybe your teacher hates it when people whisper in class, or maybe it’s late
homework assignments that really get your teacher steamed. If you try hard not
to do these things, then situation might get better.
2- Are you working up to your ability?
Maybe you got a C in your last test,
and your teacher told you could do better. But the kid sitting beside you got C too, and the teacher didn’t say
anything to her! Isn’t this totally unfair? Well, it could be that your teacher
knows that you could get a better grade if you put more effort into it.
Teachers often grade students by different standards, especially if they feel
that someone isn’t doing the work they’re capable of doing. It’s their way of
motivating a student to try a little harder.
3- Are you more sensitive than most
students? Some kids are just extra sensitive to criticism, and got upset when
the teacher corrects their work. There’s nothing wrong with being sensitive,
but if you react to criticism differently than most kids, this could be a
factor in why you think your teacher doesn’t like you.
4- Does your teacher seem to act
unfairly all of the time, or just once in awhile? If your teacher has acted
unfairly only a few times, then there’s probably something else going on.