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I am finding that high schools have been very slow to adopt, and some teachers are even resistant to any type of differentiated instruction.
Differentiated instruction is more important in lower grades for a few of big reasons:
1. Huge range of ability in each classroom. In high school, however, that is partly taken care of by having different classes for different needs.
2. Fewer students in elementary. When you teach 30 students for a full day, you know them better than you would if you taught 150 students for 50-minutes/day.
3. Elementary school kids are children. The responsibility lies with the adults. By high school, students should be responsible for much more of their own learning. (When I was in school, the term used for elementary school kids was "pupil." They didn't even call us students until junior high.)
In answer to the original question, I liked all of my teachers through elementary school, though in retrospect I know that not all were good teachers. In junior high and high school, I liked the teachers that I respected, and I respected the teachers who had something to teach, cared about their students, and had high standards. I also liked a couple others who weren't very good teachers but still cared about the students.
Same here ,magically I did well with the good, average with the average and bad with the bad.
Me, too. However, I had many bad teachers. So, I ended up not liking school until I returned as an adult part-timer. Even there, in a community college, there were instructors that should not have been there.
I was pretty fortunate with the teachers that I had throughout school.
The majority of them wanted to be there and were creative in keeping the classes interesting.
I have very broad interests so maybe that made it easier for them to keep my attention in a variety of subjects
I think that I lucked out because I started kindergarten in 1975 and graduated high school in 1988.
The majority of parents still took responsibility and didn't expect the teachers to parent their kids. I have friends who are teachers and hear stories of how the kids show extremely disrespectful behavior in the classroom and when the parents are told about it, they shrug it off or blame the teacher. When I acted up in class the few times I did, I was in trouble at school but in bigger trouble once I got home.
I was pretty fortunate with the teachers that I had throughout school.
The majority of them wanted to be there and were creative in keeping the classes interesting.
I have very broad interests so maybe that made it easier for them to keep my attention in a variety of subjects
I think that I lucked out because I started kindergarten in 1975 and graduated high school in 1988.
The majority of parents still took responsibility and didn't expect the teachers to parent their kids. I have friends who are teachers and hear stories of how the kids show extremely disrespectful behavior in the classroom and when the parents are told about it, they shrug it off or blame the teacher. When I acted up in class the few times I did, I was in trouble at school but in bigger trouble once I got home.
Every generation thinks that their generation was more respectful than prior generations. Go check out the movies/books, Blackboard Jungle, To Sir With Love, Up the Down Staircase.
I had a math teacher junior year that would throw erasers at students and scream "HERESY!" when they made a mistake. I mostly thought it was funny even though I regarded him as crazy. He was competent at teaching math but I avoided him as much as possible.
While some were arguably better and more qualified in their subject than others, I don't remember a single teacher I loathed. Except for my gym coach. I was a runt and she made me suffer for it.
Me, too. However, I had many bad teachers. So, I ended up not liking school until I returned as an adult part-timer. Even there, in a community college, there were instructors that should not have been there.
That is everywhere,for me it was college.Some of the people they called professors were just ....bad.
I went to private school and almost every teacher was excellent.
Well then you were lucky.Many bad teachers go to privet schools becuase they can't teach.[b]NOT saying all teachers in privet school are bad.Just that there is more supervision IMO in public schools ,some privet schools rely on intimidation to educate rather than teaching.
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