Title: 8 Reasons Teaching Is More Difficult Than You Think (Not One Is About the Kids)
Headings: 8 Reasons Teaching Is More Difficult Than You Think (Not One Is About the Kids)
8 Reasons Teaching Is More Difficult Than You Think (Not One Is About the Kids)
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Content: Teachers bend over backwards for their students, they lose sleep over them, and truly care for them as if they were their own. So, it’s a pretty terrible feeling to be treated as if you’re the enemy by the occasional family member of a student you’re working so hard to help. Everyone has the same objectives in these scenarios — what’s best for the student — and is willing to do just about anything to help them get there. Still, teachers are too often treated as if they’re the enemy, instead of like the partner they’re hoping to be; their commitment and expertise are too readily overlooked. It can be discouraging, and it’s definitely unfair. It’s also not in the best interest of the student. “A positive parent-teacher relationship helps your child feel good about school and be successful in school,” Diane Levin, Ph.D., a professor of education at Wheelock College told PBS. “ It demonstrates to your child that he can trust his teacher, because you do. This positive relationship makes a child feel like the important people in his life are working together.”