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Have you ever had a teacher who changed your life?
AislingDM
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I'm wondering if anyone would like to share their positive experiences with any teachers (or learning assistants or anyone who works in a school/university/college really!)? 'Positive experiences' can mean anything from you liked their teaching style to they supported you through a difficult time.
[try not to share any identifying details about the teachers though!!] xx
[try not to share any identifying details about the teachers though!!] xx
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In primary school I had a teacher who loved the song he played when he left, he supported my whole class and brought a smile to my face even when I was In the grumps, he was awesome!
Everyone enjoyed him being here on Friday's he brought cookies In If we had behaved the week for a progress report each week! I always Think back to those days
Qué dolor, qué pena y qué tormento
El Kanka - Lo mal que estoy y lo poco que me quejo
Hello lovely,
That sounds so sweet! That Is so great she was kind
She sounds a lovely teacher and Well done to her for supporting younger peers and not leaving anyone out that Is what this world needs !
This thread brightened my day! Thanks for sharing the highlights of your favourite staff. I believe everyone should have at least one favourite staff member in education (or otherwise). A common theme I am noticing is that they are the staff who are supportive and believe in you. This is similar to me with my favourite staff. In my undergraduate studies, I had a favourite lecturer who was always engaging, uplifting and believing in me even when (/especially when) I wanted to give up and kept me pushing through when times got tough. Now I want to use my education degree to have a similar impact!
Glad you also had a favourite member of staff. As posted above, I believe everyone should have at least one favourite staff member in education (or otherwise). You are not a mess though, you are just in a difficult place and that is ok. Times get tough but you are tougher. Just remember to reach out for support if you need it! She would never say you wasted her reference letter. Rather, she would remind you that she wrote that reference letter because she believes in you and knows how far you can (and will) go. Keep pushing through!
Why the thank you's haha?
It seems like I might not get through this master's without dying laura
Qué dolor, qué pena y qué tormento
El Kanka - Lo mal que estoy y lo poco que me quejo
Thanks she's super nice
Qué dolor, qué pena y qué tormento
El Kanka - Lo mal que estoy y lo poco que me quejo
Don't die reach out for support lovely.
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You don't need to suffer you are amazing and you are worth supporting and only way you'll get stronger is by reaching out Yes it's scary but is it worth taking a risk? I think so and @Laura_tigger82 will agree that you are not better off dead!
take good care,
Khia
and Kate, as horrid and undeserved your negative self-feelings are, I understand how strongly these can impact you, especially when you feel as though you have let an important person down/not met their expectations. I am sure the talent she saw in you is there even if you cannot see it yourself right now
I had this teacher at school who was amazing! I struggled with anxiety a lot so would often miss classes and I'd always be welcome to join her class and help out. She was a music teacher so would often distract me by asking me to create posters or displays for her classroom or help out younger students. It was exactly what I needed!
So great to hear some of you have had such lovely experiences with teachers too
I had an English teacher who was also my pupil support teacher. I didn't like her, we didn't get along. She didn't like that I didn't come to her classes and missed a lot of school. She didn't want me to sit my exams and she would call me out in class.
I went to the pupil support classroom most times that I was in school. I spent every lunchtime in there. Tbh I didn't make a shit ton of friends, I was going through shit at that time in my life so I had more to worry about.
Anyway I remember one day that the pupil support teacher told me I had to start collecting my work. This set off a lot of anxiety in me tbh but off I went, up the back staircase that was for teachers only. It led me right to where my English teachers classroom was. Problem was the whole class was in. Was very awkward for me. Anyways I walked in - it was my own class anyways so I didn't bother knocking - and went and asked for my work.
The teacher asked why I couldn't do it in class, I didn't really know what to say so I just kind of blankly stared. At this point the whole class was watching and I told her that she knew why. What she said next will always stick with me - I won't say it on here, she's still at the school and people on here will know who I'm talking about. It wasn't anything racist or sexist. It was nothing like that, it just hurt. I also won't say it because I don't fully remember if she said it or if my memory is tricking me.
Regardless of whether she said what I remember or not, it's stuck with me. I ended up walking out of the classroom visibly upset.
After that moment I really did not like the teacher. She told me I couldn't sit my exams. We fought to have me sit them and eventually they let me.
The last words this teacher said to me we're the most sarcastic shit response I'd ever heard - right before entering the exam hall she pulled me aside and said "whatever happens, we're so proud of you for going in there and trying". She had the absolute cheek. She didn't want me to sit my exams, called me out in front of people of why I wasn't in class and continued to make my life difficult, even when she knew that social work took me away from my home.
Anyways I was incredibly determined entering that exam room. More so than I was before. And me with my roughly 50% attendance got myself a B. Go suck on that.
So yes without those experiences I genuinely wouldn't have given a shit about that exam.
Now I'm studying English at a Russell group uni and she knows. I made sure to make sure she knows.
thank you so much for sharing about your experience @Anch0r33 . You've made such an insightful point about how even the harmful teachers can leave a lasting impact (in many ways these will be negative, but as you say smaller positives like 'proving them wrong' can also arise). Being treated so horridly by the people who were meant to care for you and support you throughout the pain in your life is simply a disgrace and beyond undeserved. I am immensely glad to hear that you are happy in studying English now, and that you were able to let that mean teacher know this too. You really do deserve this success - huge well done