Question Posted Wednesday November 8 2006, 6:00 pm
There is this teacher, and she teacher earth science at my school, and i cant stand her. SHe hates coming to work, and she can never smile. SHe said she doesnt care about us, she just wants to teach., When we ask a question, she makes you feel like an idiot. She thinks she is so smart, but she is just aroogant. ANd...she yelled at me, because i proved her wrong. Can someone giv me some advice on how to deal with her. Thanks , trust me if you have good advice, i will be so grateful.
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Work & School category? Maybe give some free advice about: School? smarties101 answered Saturday November 11 2006, 2:37 pm: Hi . I know you'll probly feel super embarassed but i think the best thing you can do here is talk to your headteacher as He/She is the only one with power over her . She doesnt sound like the sort of person who will listen if you go and speak to her directly and is obviously not a very good teacher. If your Head doesnt listen go to your parents . They can make a proper,formal complaint to the school . I hope everything works out for you
duckiex324 answered Thursday November 9 2006, 8:31 pm: we must go to the same school!!!
tell your counselour..trust me its awesome
the teacher gest in lotsa trouble=] but not fired
dnt wry.. i did this 2 ma spanish teacher last year=] good times good times, after that she was so nce to me=]
hugs and kisses,
duckie [ duckiex324's advice column | Ask duckiex324 A Question ]
Erronius answered Thursday November 9 2006, 3:46 am: Avoid confrontation. You wont get any additional benefit from punking out your teacher in front of the other students, unless your wanting to become popular via detentions and reputation.
Realize that teaching (particularly High School and below) drives many teachers to the brink of a breakdown. Kids nowadays dont respect them, yet they have to show up and somehow 'teach' a bunch of kids who arent interested in learning. And you come into class, confront her, and 'prove her wrong'. To be honest, I'm not surprised at her reaction. If you were to do this in some colleges with some professors however, you'd be booted out of the class so fast your head would spin.
What do you gain from 'proving' your teacher wrong, besides goading her into losing her temper? She could be the worst person in the world; startting something in class is only going to stir up drama. It's better just to bite your tongue and be satisfied in your own mind - isn't that enough?. That, or confront her one on one after class and tell her what you think. If you wouldn't dream of talking with her about whatever you 'proved her wrong' about, face to face, then imo it probably isnt important enough to bring up in front of your classmates and make her look bad. I'm actually genuinely curious what you 'proved her wrong' about too; its possible it was opinionated material or something that comes down to interpretation. You may not have actually proved her wrong, you might have simply argued against her point of view and challenged her authority. If, now that you've thrown down the gauntlet and challenged her, she fails you (or grades you far more strictly than before), will you still feel it was worth it?
She might think that YOU are arrogant, and that its YOU that thinks you are so smart, since you more or less attacked her in class via arguing against her. If I were teaching a class, and a student were to rise up and disrupt the class with this kind of a confrontation, I might think you were arrogant for doing so (whether you are right, or wrong). I'd probably give some serious thought about having you removed from my class if possible, the last thing I would want is a student who thinks they know more than I do and is willing to cause disruptions. And you could be totally right on whatever it was, it doesnt matter...it was still a disruption.
So how do you deal with her now that this has gone down? First, I'd talk to her, and its your call whether its with parents or alone. I'd go alone personally; if you were gutsy enough to do this in the first place, you should see it through - if you are too scared or reticent to see her alone, then maybe you should have handled this differently in the first place, no? But irregardless of all of that, I'd first apologize for the confrontation in class. Then, see where things go from there. But I'll tell you now that this might not be reconcilable if you arent willing to own up to disruption - do that, and she might take the next step and apologize for yelling at you.
destroytocreate answered Wednesday November 8 2006, 10:18 pm: omg ive had so many teachers like those. what you do is be really polite. make her feel bad for beig mean to you. if you have questions, try t ask kids around you or researchthem yourself before asking her. if you really want to get her mad leave a note on her desk that says "u no it really wouldnt hurstto be nice sometimes."
or you can leave a note that says "this is god speakig: you need to either be a good teacher or quit your job."
if she ever gets you mad use those. and try to stay away from her. i hope i helped. lol [ destroytocreate's advice column | Ask destroytocreate A Question ]
bscotch answered Wednesday November 8 2006, 7:52 pm: well when my teachers are like that i just prove them wrong as much as i could and give it right back to them..the only thing is try to do it on a more "respectful" way so you dont get into so much troublee...like one day you can be like i " i was wondering why you are so arrogent and hate being here.""wouldnt you think that to be a teacher you would have to like your job and be happy?" or pretend your talking to one of your friends and alk lous enough so she can hear you hah something to that matter. [ bscotch's advice column | Ask bscotch A Question ]
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