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[Pembo]

First I agree that parents can be a huge part of the problem and the optimist in me hopes that those who act as if they don't like kids did go into teaching because they wanted to make a difference in the life of a child.

I've heard some nasty stuff said by teachers about students. The low expectations they have really frustrate me.

castleview - I hear you loud and clear and I truly hope that any students I write IEP's for will have appropriate, objective and measurable goals that the student actually needs.

For those who have not encountered teachers who come across as not liking kids, be very greatful and tell me what your school district is, so I can move.

And fwiw, I always take the time to write a note to the teachers who have truly shown they care about not only my kids but their classroom. I am the person who gives credit where credit is due. And I complain, but usually more on an anonymous forum like The Dis.

 

[SpecialK]

In 12 years of teacher's lounges, and 4 different buildings, I've never heard anyone say anything like that! I hope people reading this thread don't think this kind of talk happens all the time. The teachers I've come in contact with may vent once in a while, but underneath they care about the children they work with and I've never heard anyone say they "hate" a student.

Sixteen years of techers' lounges here, and I can say the same. That's not to say I haven't worked with some teachers who were obviously burned out and had no business remaining in a classroom.

Sometimes, I think people assume that if you're not "friends" with the kids, you don't like them. I worked with a woman to whom it was very important that the kids like her. She wanted to be the most popular teacher in the jr. high, and, on a day-to-day basis, she probably was.

You would have thought that the troubled kids would have been drawn to her. Who did the student threatening suicide reach out to? The 7th grader who had been raped by a relative and ended up pregnant? The kid who was being threatened by another student? Me - the teacher who they viewed as an adult who could help them.

Don't confuse maintaining a professional distance with disliking kids.

 

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

Don't confuse maintaining a professional distance with disliking kids.

Your absolutely right. I think I'm more concerned that the teacher respects the kids and has a genuine interest in their well-being. Maybe "like" is the wrong word.

 

[Pigeon]

Is she still alive? If so, I would anywho.com her, and write her a letter about that incident.

I wonder how much luck I'll have anywhoing my nightmare psycho teacher...Sister James Bernard.

 

[Sir Ron]

Plenty of parents have kids who don't like them. No surprise some teachers don't.

 

[Mr. & Mrs. Smith]

I think that it wouldn't do a whole lot decades after the fact to write a nasty letter to a teacher who you didn't like or mistreated students. Well, you could write the letter but don't send it.

 

[billysotherdad]

I honestly don't see why it's so bad that teachers talk about kids in the teacher's lounge. Some kids are a pain in the neck. Isn't it better that a teacher vent his/her frustrations away from the classroom than in the classroom at the kids?

Oh, I'm not saying that we don't talk about the kids. Yes, we need a place to vent and adults to vent to. When your "coworkers" (for the most part) are 100 12-year olds, you have to let off steam. We all do. What I meant was the teachers that come in and complain about their job, and the work, and the kids, and genuinely do not like children. I couldn't imagine having gone to school and gone through all that I went through to become a teacher if I simply did not like children. Would it really be worth it just to get the summer off?