In the high school classroom, respect and trust travel a two-way street between teacher and student-and have everything to do with learning. Students say that if a teacher sets a steady example of fairness and respect, they respond positively whether or not they like a teacher personally.

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“Not only does it help with the toughest students,” says Paul, “but also it helps the teachers remember their humanity as they attempt to survive and thrive in the classroom.”

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“Liking a teacher can help with learning. It kind of ruins a subject if you don’t like the teacher. I never liked history at all. But this year I have a really cool teacher, and so even if it’s hard, even if I don’t do well on tests, I’m starting to like it more.”– Cushman

Although teachers play just as a facilitator in students’ path on learning, teachers may be a nice catalyst in the learning chemical reaction. Teachers join the reaction but are the products of the students’ learning.

For example, the student I shadowed in Essex Street Academy told me that she didn’t like the course, analysis of literature, but she liked the teacher. Continue reading Positive Attachment Drives Students’ Motive →

“It kind of ruins a subject if you don’t like the teacher. I never liked history at all. But this year I have a really cool teacher, and so even if it’s hard, even if I don’t do well on tests, I ‘m starting to like it more. BOSUNG” (Cushman, 2003, p20)

It is so true that liking a teacher helps with students’ learning, I think not only with learning a certain subject but also with other aspects such as forming a correct and positive attitude towards learning even towards life. Teachers, undoubtedly, play an extremely important role in a person’s life and can have great influence on that person.
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