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Back to school tips for teachers

IN high school, you are frequently judged by those around you. Your teachers, your friends, your enemies, and even yourself; but most people do not realize teachers are judged just the same as anybody else.

IN high school, you are frequently judged by those around you.

Your teachers, your friends, your enemies, and even yourself; but most people do not realize teachers are judged just the same as anybody else. The truth is many students dislike their teachers because of judgments made by other students before them. Most students will only dislike a teacher because he/she is known as "un-cool", "not fair", "snobby" or even "old."

If you like a certain teacher, who everybody else seems to dislike, you're automatically put into the "don't talk to this person cause she/ he is a teacher's pet!" list. It is quite sad for any person to be ignored and/or hated by their peers because she/he simply likes their English teacher.

So many teachers are judged on their behaviour, their style of teaching, the way they mark tests/assignments, their type of clothing, and even the food they eat! How do students really feel about their teachers? Are they really as "un-cool" as people think?

A teacher with a positive attitude is liked better; it is just the way it is. If the teacher is kind, understanding and fun, students will do better in school compared to a teacher who is mean, depressing, and boring. If a student trusts their teacher, that says a lot about that teacher's personality; they are probably appreciative, compassionate and frankly, a good listener.

If a student is rude, unfriendly to their teacher; it probably means that the teacher doesn't have the right work habits to match the student, and that is why the student doesn't like them.

It is neither the teacher's or student's fault, it is simply negative energy bouncing between them, like two positive magnets repelling; but this does not mean that you shouldn't try your best and fail the class.

A teacher should never knowingly mark a student's test negatively in front of them. This sends negative thoughts to a student's mind.

"Am I not good enough?" "Why does this teacher hate me?" It sends the student and teacher's relationship down a whole level and more negative comments to others circulate about that teacher. If a test is marked in front of a student, you must use kind, encouraging words and tell them that it was a nice try and to work a little harder next time; not say "That was a fail of epic proportion." Fashion is everything to a lot of students, if they do not dress right; they are seen as a social outcast. For a teacher, fashion isn't always the No. 1 thing on their mind. That is why you see some teachers with mullets, old worn-out skirts and baggy vests. This is used many times in-between students as the key to practical jokes and bullying, which is simply not right but is done anyway.

Teachers with a sense of humour seem to communicate better as it helps to ease the tension brought about by the dryness of the subject being taught; especially subjects like math and socials. This way it keeps the students more interested and more responsive to those unwanted questions asked during the class.

Food seems to always be a huge deal in class; whenever you eat it you are seen as rude and unproductive but at the same time, teachers eating big globs of yogurt and spilling some on your neat and printed out homework shouldn't fly either.

Why does the teacher always say "If you are going to eat in my class, make sure you have enough to pass around." What is the deal with that, it's

not like we have jobs! What do you think? That we have enough for the whole school?

Of course we should always respect the importance of a teacher, but sometimes, we children and teenagers just need to be reassured that we are not like other students and are unique in our own special way.

So back to school we go, except this time, we might just make a difference in our school's faculty.