They tell us what to do, help us, teach us, and deep down somewhere under those annoyed, stern looks is a kind, loving heart. Teachers! They take their time to plan out a curriculum for the entire year for students to be prepared for the next level in their lives.
Still, some students think that teachers don’t do enough or don’t have the best classroom styles.
Alisha Baez, 16, of West Roxbury Academy, feels as though some teachers don’t look like they want to be at school.
“Kids are rude, too, but they are the adult and they signed up to deal with teens, so I don’t really appreciate the attitude that comes with their teaching,” Baez says.
Teenagers’ vision often becomes blurred, only seeing the workload a teacher assigns rather than also noticing the extra time a teacher puts into class, field trips, homework help, and casual individual conversations. Many don’t accept that teachers want to feel appreciated.
“I feel like teachers treat us based on our attitude, but then again, we also treat our teachers based on their attitude,” says Tamari Washington, 17, of New Mission High School.
High school teachers have a lot to deal with, filling multidimensional roles of teacher, friend, disciplinarian, mentor, and shoulder to cry on.
Jeff Georges, 17, of Brighton High School, knows about all the responsibilities that teachers take on.
“Teachers do what they can for us,” Georges says. “I appreciate them because it is not really their fault how students feel about them. They’re just doing their job. If they really wanted to, teachers could just go home after school, but most stay after to help kids.”
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