 Shelly B., 18
It depends overall. I have been in both public and private
schools. I found there’s a huge difference. The teachers
seemed to care a lot more in private school. I think this
was because students had to get tested and had to be
above a certain criteria to get in, so the teachers knew
that the students were above a certain level. Public school
also had bigger classes with a higher student-teacher
ratio. I think that teachers should care, but also students
should take the initiative to show they are hard workers. |
 Liz L., 17
Yes. I feel that it is part of the job description of teachers
to encourage students to do well. If a student isn’t doing
well, then they usually contact the student’s tutors or
parents which is okay, but maybe teachers should help
out some more. I feel that teachers, for the most part,
do genuinely care and if not, they should. |
 David D., 17
I think most likely teachers do care about us. The ones
that have a great heart are the ones who are genuine.
Some teachers really want me to achieve my goals, but
sometimes it’s annoying when they nag and nag but in
the end, it’s all worth it. I feel it is also our responsibility
to do better. |
 William D., 15
Most of them do care, but I feel it is very noticeable that
some teachers are only nice and care about the good
students, whereas they really don’t care about the other
ones that don’t seem to do very well in their courses.
I guess that could be a good thing — why should teachers
care if the kids don’t care? |
 Jade S., 14
No, I don’t think my teachers care about me. My teacher
just failed me. They don’t have expectations from me and
they all have favourites. Most of them just come into the
class, write stuff on the board and don’t explain anything
or explain so poorly. I think they should start by
explaining things better. |
 Aaron M., 16
They do care. They always bug students to hand in their
work on time, and if we don’t, we get a zero. Teachers
have always helped and cared about me, so I think it is
our responsibility to care about most of our work too.
A majority of the teachers don’t really care about the
kids who bring destructive behaviour to the classroom
and cause problems. |
 Matt O.D., 16
Some teachers care. But I think a majority of them only
care about the smarter ones that have futures because it
makes the teachers look good. It’s like, “Ya, I taught him.”
I think that teachers should not only teach us well but
care about us while we shoulder the burden and
responsibility of our future and life. |
 Kristy H., 14
I don’t think teachers care at all. Some of my teachers just
hand out the work and that’s it. They never push anyone
to go in for extra help. I think it sucks because some
students just need a bit more encouragement to do better than the others, and you cannot treat everyone the same way. They should care more for ones that need it. |
 Matt L., 17
No, and that’s because they are getting paid garbage.
Some care, but a lot of them don’t care much. I think
they should care though. In lower grades, it is noticeable
how the teachers only pay attention to the smarter kids
(or at least kids who show they are hard workers) —
very biased! In the long run, it’s the other kids who need
encouragement. In the higher grades, I feel it evens out
and the teachers feel the same towards everyone. We are
ultimately responsible while they teach us, and that’s
their responsibility, to teach well. |
