Attitude+Toward+Students

Think about a teacher you had in middle or high school that you feel was an effective teacher. What was this teacher's attutude toward the students he/she taught? How did this teacher's actions/demeanor show his/her attitude toward students? Be brief in your comments and include your name with your post.

Mrs. Zimmerman was my English Teacher in HIgh school. She was an effective teacher because it wasnt about raw scores and tests, but about learning and enjoying the improvement and progress we made thoughout the school year. We had long term projects and book reports that we would work on. she would check up on us regularly to make sure we were doing well. She motivated us and did not allow us to procrastinate. She allowed us to express ourselves through poetry and reflect on journal. I remember learning a lot about writing and myself that year because of her positive and motivative approach to learning and teaching. -Jacqueline Kim

My high school AP Psychology teacher comes to my mind. She was effective because her reaction to each student's needs and wants was different, but appropriate, depending on the student's mental and cognitive levels. However, she managed to stay consistent with being open and accepting of the differences each student brought to the class. --Sarah Yang--

The class that came to mind was my Algebra 2 class. My math teacher was effective in the sense that she was very approachable. She had this connection with ever student of hers that was unmatched among her colleagues. She encouraged every student to participate in the class assignments, regardless of how well they were doing in class. She encouraged students to be brave when offering their solutions to certain problems, even if students were not sure if they were sharing the right answer. When a student gave the wrong answer, she would ALWAYS provide positive feedback (she would begin by announcing what the student did correctly). She didn't make students feel dumb when they made mistakes. -Xavier Diaz

My high school choir teacher was the best teacher I have ever had. He treated us with respect and we all showed that same respect. He always had a joke or a story to tell that would somehow pertain to the music we would be singing to. He made us all feel important and like we can get ahead in life. Some times when we would have to practice in our small groups he would grab us one by one and have a little chat of how we are and how we are doing. When we rehearsed, he would tell us the truth of how we sounded or what we looked like, but he wouldn't say it like he was putting us down; he gave us that initiative to make us better because we were doing this as a team, and we all needed to work together. He was truly a great teacher! -- Kim Tiongco

Happily I can write that I had a number of excellent teachers. At Rosary high school in Fullerton, California, my favorite teacher was Mrs. Hall. She was my teacher for US government. Her style was to ask a lot of questions. She always allowed the students to think through answers to her questions on their own. When the students gave their answers, she considered them without agreeing or disagreeing with them. Each answer was given attention, never dismissed. Even if a student was incorrect she would ask the class to explore the answer in a deeper way or ask whether or not they agreed or could offer another solution. We all loved Mrs. Hall. -- Dana Detterich

Well, as for one of my teachers that has stood out w/their attitude would by my U.S. History teacher, Mr. Henderson, from Fullerton HS. He treated the students not so much from an authoritative teacher standpoint but more so from a student to student standpoint. This made the classroom environment very enjoyable to learn as well as easy to pay attention to. He would often make jokes on himself as well as the other students, to often lighten the mood. If another student got a joke made about them by Mr H., the student even had a right to make a wise crack back on him to make it a fair game. Many students did really well in his classes and there was a reason for that! -- Harold Sloat

Mrs. Glassen, my High School U.S. History Teacher, is the reason I want to teach. First and foremost, she made every class fun and exciting. Even when we did note taking she would pause and make references to current events that made everything relevent and interesting. She was always so contagiously enthusiastic. My class was combined with students who were LEP, while there were some slight adaptations for those students she had high standards for everyone. She often had everyone participate in one way or another. She always changed the seating chart often the first day of seating chart change she would make us do group assignment and exercises so we would break the ice with our new desk neighbors. By the end of the year the whole class was really comfortable with eachother, which is quite a feat for high school students. She was always consistently encouraging. She would write constructive feedback on our homehome and happy faces. All of those comments on my work made me really proud and continue to strive higher. If we turned in something that needed improvments she would have us meet with her and she would re-explain the assignment and give you a second chance to re-do it. I always felt like she really cared about my success as a student. She helped me build a lot of confidence as a student and gave me self worth. I also know that my other classmates benefited as well. She use to post grades every month on the wall and staple the newest grades on top. We saw how as a class we have grown academically. One kid was a consistent F and D LEP student and after being in her class he climbed his way to being an A student. She transformed her students. She was quite a gifted and effective teacher that I can only hope to be one day. -Phoithien Duong

My high school history teachers were very hit or miss. The bad were a bit too prevalent, but the good more than made up for them. In particular my upper level social studies teacher Mrs. Thompson and upper level English teacher Ms. Paul. I'll focus on Ms. Paul for this one, undoubtably I'll talk about Mrs. Thompson on one of the others. Ms. Paul treated her students with respect and a fair amount of sarcasm and wit. She did not abide by lazy comebacks, unintelligent remarks, or useless outburst; she did, however, love to foster critical thinking, wit, and sarcasm. It was in this atmosphere which I developed a true love of literature and criticism, as well as snarky comments and debate. It was this allowance for intelligence, the "being okay" with her students coming into their own, which fostered an absolutely enjoyable classroom. - Ryan Boughter

My Freshman History teacher and also my Psychology teacher, Mrs. McCaan, was a teacher who let you know that she cared about your life. Within a couple days of the new semester Mrs. McCaan knew every students' name. She would make the class fun and interesting, but it wasn't always just about the lessons. She was remarkably good at being able to tell when a student was having a bad day or that something was bothering them, whenever she noticed that something was off she would quietly pull the student aside and talk to them. She was a surrogate mother to her students that cared about their lives as well as them understanding the topic. ---Kristina Goltz

My favorite teacher of all time was Mr. Pangle, my fifth grade teacher. One of the things I most loved about him, was the relationship he developed with all of us. He had the perfect balance of being our friend, while still maintaining an environment of respect and appropriateness. He was one of those sort of goofy teachers who went out of his way to really find something that would draw our attention. In everything he did, I felt he really cared about us, and sincerely wanted us to learn. He often took interest in what we did outside of school if the opportunity arose to discuss it. With him, the opportunities were common. To this day, I still remember a conversation I had about him concerning the video game "commander keen" and the local BBS. (Bulletin Board System, for you post invention of the internet generation). - Alejandro Torres

Mr. McCoun, was both my AP US History as well as my Theory of Knowledge (philosophy) teacher. I liked his classes because he treated us with respect. He did not shy away from discussing some of the more troubling topics in both history and philosophy. Some of what we discussed was really in depth and went beyond what is sometimes taught in introductory college courses. I liked how he trusted us to have respectful discussions about these issues. By exposing us to these concepts we really became interested in the subjects because we felt we were actually using our minds. We knew he wanted us to learn the concepts as opposed to just memorize things and do busy work. - Danny Chiang

I had one high school English teacher, Ms. Manak, for two years, as a sophomore and for my senior year of AP Literature. The thing that really stands out is that she seemed to notice everything! She noticed our individual strengths and addressed individually what we could do to improve. Although I was not among the quiet, shy set, I noticed that she was especially good at acknowledging these students and highlighting their abilities in ways that built confidence and encouraged engagement. She was a hard grader, but gave a lot of feedback on an individual level so that we could make adjustments and improvements.- Lisa Gaetje

Not the best teacher I have ever had but perhaps paramount in her ability to treat students as equals and unbiased was my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Bertschin. I can recall always feeling at ease and engaged in her classroom. There were a couple of "lows" in her class but she inevitably without fail had the same expectations for them as she would for everyone else. I fondly remember her always be positive to all students. (Christopher Duncan)

The teacher I would like to reflect on is my AVID teacher Mr. Dejean. His attitude towards his students was extremely positive and energetic. His demeanor and actions totally reflected his attitude towards his students because you could see his dedication to our success. He always knew every student very well and created a family enviornment within the calssroom so that we as a whole were close. He also communicated on a regular basis with all of our teachers. ***Stephanie Zamora

The attitude for students that I remember most is my Junior year English teacher Mr. La Vigne. He was kind of an odd choice for an english teacher as he was the head football coach and none of his students thought he was qualified to teach English. I enjoyed his class because he had such a positive attitude with his students, always finding time to discuss the class readings with them and going far out of his way to make his class more enjoyable by telling stories, elaborating on readings and bring snacks into class for students who excelled in his work. He was also extremely generous with his TAs, he would often buy them breakfast and have conversations about the latest news or sporting events. He always managed to stay on task though. Although his class was not the most academicaly rigorous class I ever took, it was very enjoyable because of the positive attitude that he always continued to exhibit during a school day. -Eric Ortega

I remember my high school Bible teacher Mr. Davis being an effective teacher. He had high expectations of his students and their work. He taught with great enthusiasm for his subject and always welcomed questions and class discussion. You were able to tell that he liked his students because of his patience and because he had high expectations. -Kelly Norris

My high school geometry/trig teacher had high expectations for all his students. Although many of us were younger sophomores, I never recall any student ever confronting him or acting-out in boredom or anger. I had him for two years in a row. I feel the respect he gave to each of us circumvented these types of problems. He was a burly man with a booming voice, but he never used his physical dominance to intimidate us. On the contrary, he was rather gentle most of the time. The only occasions that made him angry were when students did not live up to their end of the bargain (or underperformed because of laziness). As an adult who has tutored many secondary school math students, I had no idea how difficult geometry actually is (so different from all other math concepts taught previous to this course). Mr. Davis at Nogales High School was such a polished professional who treated us as professional students, that he made the course look easy. - Melodee deLeon Type a tag name. Press comma or enter to add another. ||||  || I had a great English teacher for both my sophomore and senior years of high school. His name was Mr. Platt, and it seemed like we went out of his way to make the material we covered interesting, as well as making our learning process exciting. Our class was largely based on in-class discussion, and our projects were always creative and stimulating. Looking back, I've realized that the works we read were highly controversial to be included in a high school curriculum (for example, we read the novel //The Color Purple// as a class), but I feel like we as a class were able to discuss the issues presented in these works objectively and intelligently, probably because of the guidance of our teacher. -Danielle Hughes
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