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I am a year 11 student and have been having problems getting my teachers to listen to me I want to know some of the best ways and tips on how to do this both during class time and at break times.
One of the main things I have having trouble with is getting the teachers to listen to me why I feel sick or have to leave the room for whatever reason it is getting so hard. Another thing that is bothering me when I miss class and go to talk to the teacher about catching up the work they say "get it from another student" but all the students in my class either say no or don't have it themselves.
If this is a common problem for you, you first need a doctor to figure out why you are getting sick so often. Every time you do that it is a distraction to the entire class and sets the other kids in your class back a bit. If you are having difficulty keeping up with missed work due to some ongoing medical condition that requires you to miss class lot, you need to get your parents to sit down with you and your teachers to work something out.
If you are constantly asking to leave or missing class because you do not feel good, the teacher may be ignoring you on purpose thinking it is just a ploy to get out of class. That is a common tactic employed by many students. You should not be leaving class frequently unless you have a medical condition. If you do have an ongoing serious medical condition, you need to have your doctor and your parents involved and have some meetings with the school and work out a program for you special needs.
First of all, I agree with Coldjensens regarding the feeling sick/missing class problem.
Regarding the missing work, it seems strange to me that your assignments aren't posted online, either on the teacher's website or your personal grade book-whatever it's called. If this isn't an option, explain to your teacher that classmates seem unwilling to help out and he/she may assign someone to be responsible for getting this information to you. Good luck.
Agree with the above on looking at your health issue. But as you deal with the issue, you can help the teachers by setting expectations. Meaning explain to them what's going on and that you may need to step out of the classroom from time to time. And look to work out a plan to make things up.
As Coldjensens says - your teachers probably have no idea you are dealing with health issues. All they see is someone ducking out of class all the time. I would start by setting up a time to talk to them.
I am a year 11 student and have been having problems getting my teachers to listen to me I want to know some of the best ways and tips on how to do this both during class time and at break times.
One of the main things I have having trouble with is getting the teachers to listen to me why I feel sick or have to leave the room for whatever reason it is getting so hard. Another thing that is bothering me when I miss class and go to talk to the teacher about catching up the work they say "get it from another student" but all the students in my class either say no or don't have it themselves.
LOL. Sorry if I am blunt .Sounds like you are a habitual complainer. I find it very hard not one person would help you ,student or teacher? If this is real ,go talk to your counselor.
Thanks for the advice my teachers are all aware of my health problems as I has been going on for 5 years or so I have given the school multiple doctors notes explaining what is going on. But as the doctors themselves can't diagnose me with anything the school is just brushing it off. The medical problem I am dealing with is every now and then I get these "dizzy" spells that have caused me to pass out, but i am useally fine to go back to class and keep working 10-15 intues later. My year adviser has witnessed several of these and is very good about, we have this little hand sign for whe it happens so no one in class is disturbed or knows what is going on. Other teachers just think that it is either a way to get out of class or that it is something very serious making them want to call an ambulence. Doctors at my local hospital have seen me during the spells and have said that there is no need to come in every time it happens, just to record when it happens in a medical journal, and once a month show this to my regular GP. I know the school has to follow the rules about teating medical emergiences.
As for the other students in my class not helping me catch up on work, I have sort of been the victim of bulling from them the school is aware of it and has been very good with controlling the bulling but the students still think badly towards me which I don't care about.
As we are a public school teacher do not have a website were they post what is learnt in class, but I have had an online meeting with my teachers about missing the classwork and a few have said that if I am not in class they will email the work that afternoon.
I’m assuming that you aren’t in the United States. Here, you’d have a plan that would be mandatory for all teachers to follow. Other countries and cultures deal with things like this differently.
I’m assuming that you aren’t in the United States. Here, you’d have a plan that would be mandatory for all teachers to follow. Other countries and cultures deal with things like this differently.
Actually it happens right here in the US. When our daughter was little she had a recurring medical condition that would keep her out of school two or three days ever couple of weeks. She was under the care of a specialist that required us going to a major children's research hospital. (They eventually found the problem and it was corrected but it was a traumatic four years for us). In the middle of all this the school called us in and told us they didn't believe there was a problem at all, that she was just making excuses to get out of class. They actually had the nerve to tell us the school nurse was more qualified to diagnose there was nothing wrong than the doctor at the children's hospital!
Actually it happens right here in the US. When our daughter was little she had a recurring medical condition that would keep her out of school two or three days ever couple of weeks. She was under the care of a specialist that required us going to a major children's research hospital. (They eventually found the problem and it was corrected but it was a traumatic four years for us). In the middle of all this the school called us in and told us they didn't believe there was a problem at all, that she was just making excuses to get out of class. They actually had the nerve to tell us the school nurse was more qualified to diagnose there was nothing wrong than the doctor at the children's hospital!
That's appalling!
I'm wondering about this OP. I thought one had to be 16 (18?) to have an account on CD. This also isn't something an 11 year old would be expected to handle alone, without the parents' input.
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