Teachers

[SRV]

Would you rather have a nice, cool teacher that you don't learn a whole lot of useful things from, or a strict, teacher who does nothing but give work but you learn a lot.

[trutrojan8]

In HS I'd definitely rather have the first one, but in college I'm sure I'd rather have the 2nd one

[bigdog17k]

I've had some teachers in the past who were about even keel. They were pretty cool, but they also had their moments of being strict and teaching real material.

[fish7718]

Depends on the course if it is some BS course the first, if it's something I want to learn, the second.

[SRV]

I can't stand strict teachers. One thing is treating you like an adult so you are responsible for things, but another is giving you busy work and acting like you are better than everyone else. I don't care if the teacher loves teaching, but you can't be a douche bag or the students will be more concerned with your attitude more than what you are teaching. Thats how I see it. I actually learn more from calm, cool teachers because we joke around and when we are learning it doesn't feel like it. I learned more things about history with a funny teacher who used nicknames and jokes for historical figures and events, than I did with a teacher who is always on schedule reading straight off the book and moving on to a new lesson every day.

[Vitasoy]

Depends on the course if it is some BS course the first, if it's something I want to learn, the second.

 

I agree with this post.

[Riot]

Yeah you're right SRV. Most teachers are bad at their job I think. Teachers that just do the whole class straight from the textbook, so awful. No one really retains any information from those kind of classes. There are good teachers, but they are rare.

[Lkr]

Depends. I've had a mixture before that gives you responsibility and makes you responsible for EVERYTHING. they will not remind you, they'll give a due date and expect it that day. I like that. I also like cool teachers. I've never had an overly strict teacher that gives busywork unless you count a substitute lesson plan.

[MainEv3nt]

im too cool for school, imma be 50 cent.

[JYD]

A good teacher has both. Personality, and a time when they lay down the ground work of how things will operate in the class room.

 

My algebra teacher Junior year was very good at that. He talked sports with us, discussed his personal life, what he did for hobbies, etc. But when it came time to do work, he was all business. Very gracious in offering help, but he wanted kids to learn, not just F around.

[Sun Tzu]

I think the first one makes you enjoy learning whereas strict teachers makes learning seem so unenjoyable. So I'd rather the first one.

[*Swish*]

depends on my mood

[moeroadkill]

from years 7-11 a 'fun' and 'slack' teachers would be heaps better and in year 12 i would much much rather a strict teacher

[AllenIverson#1fan]

from years 7-11 a 'fun' and 'slack' teachers would be heaps better and in year 12 i would much much rather a strict teacher

This^ As you get older you would want a more strict teacher so you learn more.

[NJNJ]

I'd rather have teachers who are wacky funny and cool yet know what they're doing at the same time. Had several of those kinda teachers in my life so far.

[JYD]

I think the first one makes you enjoy learning whereas strict teachers makes learning seem so unenjoyable. So I'd rather the first one.

Yeah but a lot of times you get teachers who seemingly give less effort then students with a D average. Those are the teachers who are "really laid back and cool." I don't really like having those teachers though, because the next year stuff that other kids learned I probably didn't, and I feel behind because of it.

[ChosenOne]

In HS I'd definitely rather have the first one, but in college I'm sure I'd rather have the 2nd one

 

+1

[SRV]

I personally don't learn much from strict teachers who have no emotions other than work, work, work, work. I go into that class thinking, Oh great, here we go again. So basically I go in depressed that I am in that class, and leave thinking I am gonna fail every test given.

 

I have had plenty of strict teachers in terms of work, but at least they had the ability to teach while having fun rather than reading out of a book and never joking around. Its usually guy teachers that joke around though, all my female teachers just stick to the book.

 

My english teacher last year was the best. He is a colleges professor too, but he taught seniors. We watched like 5 movies, and talked about jersey shore all the time and funny things. However, we still did 10 essays and got through 3 books and an entire vocab book. That entire class was fun and effortless, but I still learned a lot about writing essays based on analysis and not writing a summary about something for an essay.

Edited August 14, 2010 by SRV