Teachers dont care do they ?

eirn · 03-09-2011 07:12PM

A couple of older teachers I've worked with told me that they remembered all the people they'd taught early on in their career really clearly, but the later ones kind of blended!
As a teacher, I genuinely want the best for all of my students, but people are people. Some you'll like, some you'll find it nearly impossible to take to. You still have to behave as an impartial professional.
I'm really fond of most of the kids that have been in my classes, and I'll always have time for them. But there has been a very small number of pupils that I wasn't quite so sorry to see the back of.
Maybe it's because I've always worked in relatively small schools, but in my experience, students are reffered to by name, they aren't though off as statistics.

mattjack · 03-09-2011 07:16PM

Donahg wrote: »

When you have finished school, even if you were the smartest person in the school your teachers forget about you very quickly. Its like you were just a number to them, When september 1 comes after the lc you might as well not excist to them.

Is there something else you want to tell us ?

opinion guy · 03-09-2011 07:19PM

I think OP had a crush on teacher and it went unrequited.

Feeky ??????
Is that you ??????

John Doe1 · 03-09-2011 08:10PM

Well i still have teachers who ask my sister about me 5 years on and i wasnt the loudest kid in class or anything. Theres a small percentage who just have the job for the money and some just for the sense of power. But i think i was lucky in my time there.

Lord TSC · 03-09-2011 08:14PM

See, OP is a typical example of what annoys me when people bash teachers; its an attitude of "I had bad teachers ergo all teachers are bad." :P

ToddyDoody · 03-09-2011 09:04PM

I rememberThe secondary school teachers union the ASTI trotting out the line that teaching is a caring profession and so pay based on exam results was not feasible. I'd say some care just when it suits them but i know a few teachers who, god help them and their caring nature, do care.

stripysocks85 · 03-09-2011 09:05PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

I rememberThe secondary school teachers union the ASTI trotting out the line that teaching is a caring profession and so pay based on exam results was not feasible. I'd say some care just when it suits them but i know a few teachers who, god help them and their caring nature, do care.

Yeah and judging by responses on here about teachers asking after past pupils and such verifies this. What is your point?

ejmaztec · 03-09-2011 09:09PM

Those Columbine teachers always remember the kids.

whydoibother? · 03-09-2011 09:10PM

How did this turn into whether teachers are good at their jobs or not?

It's not part of a teachers job to be able to identify a past student they haven't seen for years on the spot. It's nice if they can, but it's nothing to do with how good a teacher they are.

ToddyDoody · 03-09-2011 09:14PM

stripysocks85 wrote: »

Yeah and judging by responses on here about teachers asking after past pupils and such verifies this. What is your point?

Point is that the official line by teachers representatives, teacher do (or should) care about their pupils so the official answer to the thread title is no. Anything else is personal experience.

deisedave · 03-09-2011 09:19PM

I am sure they might have an interest to know how there past students have turned out. But I dont think they would really overly care to much.

You would have to be seriously needy to give a crap if the teacher cares or not.

Wertz · 03-09-2011 09:32PM

I dunno, a few teachers from my school remembered me when they saw me afterwards...20 yrs later there's still one I'll stop and talk with on the street if I see them. Do they care? Don't know, doesn#t matter...but they remeber the face and the name and that's pretty good going when they've maybe seen a few thousand in their careers...
Some care, some don't...I'd have to say that most of the older ones (at least in my experience) had a better memory and manner toward past pupils...
Mate of mine that went to the same school has his son there now and any of the teachers still there remember him when he goes to parent teacher meetings...

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 03-09-2011 09:35PM

You could be a right lil bollox in school or a dimwit,but if you come successful or famous the teach will appear on tv telling you what a great student you where!.

lily09 · 03-09-2011 09:44PM

Would only ever speak for myself but it is one of the biggest perk of the job to see the kids move on. Having taught infants for years it's amazing to see teenagers coming up to you in the street to say hi, all I can see are the snotty noses and bloody knees I wiped!

booboo88 · 04-09-2011 05:27PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Those Columbine teachers always remember the kids.

cold, just cold.

still laughed though:o

chiloutus · 04-09-2011 05:34PM

My father is a secondary teacher and from my experience that's not true at all!! Every year he takes pride in what his students get in terms of exam results and unless the student is a right cnut he will remember there face and often says hello to lads who would be out of his school for 10 years!

byhookorbycrook · 04-09-2011 05:35PM

I paid a medical consultant €120 for an appt 2 weeks ago. Saw her last week and without her notes she would have had no idea who I was. Doesn't bother me,omce when I'm with her she knows who I am.

Teachers dont care do they ?

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