School Teachers
Why is a good teacher-pupil relationship important?
It's really important to feel that you've got a good relationship with your teacher because you spend an awful lot of time together. You are at school for seven hours a day and if you're not getting on with your teacher then that's really going to impact how you feel when you get home and when you are going to school each day. You are going to be much more reluctant to go to school at the start of a long day with a teacher that you don't really get on with. It's really important to try to have a good relationship with your teacher and iron out any difficulties that you might have as soon as you can.
What makes a good teacher?
What makes a good teacher covers a whole range of things. A good teacher is obviously someone who will help you learn in the best possible way for you, and will help to give you knowledge about things you might not know about. That's one of the most important things about being a teacher. In order for you to learn effectively, you need to feel comfortable, happy and safe, and to not be thinking about anything else that's going on. You need to be able to focus on what a teacher is trying to teach you. A good teacher is also someone that will talk to you about any of the other difficulties you've got in your life, who will talk to you about how you're feeling about anything that might be getting in the way of you working. All of those things are as important as them trying to teach you the subject that you're going to see them about. A good teacher is someone who is kind, supportive, friendly and approachable.
How does a teacher grade my work?
A teacher should grade your work by looking at what they've asked you and seeing how many points you've scored in your answer. They'll have some guidance about how to give you scores and how to mark you in your work in books that they're given as teachers about how to give you the grades that they've given you. One of the most important things to make a note of is that the mark you receive for your work shouldn't be anything to do with your personality or the relationship you've got with the teacher and if you feel that's becoming an issue you need to talk to someone about it and make sure it's fair.
How much homework should a teacher give out?
Different teachers will give out different amounts of homework. The important thing for you to do is to make sure that you're not taking too much on. If you feel that you're getting too much homework for you to cope with, and that it's taking over your life, you need to communicate that back to your teachers, because what they might not be clear about is how much homework other teachers are giving you as well. You need to make sure that you've got a good balance of home life and school life. Different teachers will give out different amounts of homework and you need to make sure that it's right for you.
