Miscommunication Between Teacher And Teachers

Students and teachers... don 't mix. As inane as it may sound, there 's a disparity between the student-teacher relationship we imagine and what actually goes on in the classroom. I 've never had any issues with my teachers, but in my experience, people I know seem to have issues with theirs. They preach to me that a teacher 's method of lecturing is ineffective and that their declining grade point average is entirely the fault of said teacher. Furthermore, after sitting in prep classes and tutoring dozens of students ranging from different ages, a common trend that is manifesting in classrooms that I see, is the miscommunication between educator and student. A paradigm of lack of interest and effort; a course of failure and frustration, and …show more content…
In the new age of technology, online resources such as Khan Academy, offer a curriculum available to students at home, which may render the traditional school obsolete in the near future. People may say the physical classroom is a thing of the past, however, success rates of online courses are abysmal with “10 percent and lower [being] standard,” for the number of students who actually finish the course (Stanford). Furthermore, when I use online resources for subjects like mathematics or science, I feel as though they are still not as effective as the school setting and many of my friends agree with me that a person is still preferred over a screen, even if that person can’t teach well. To overcome such an impasse, major adjustments to both attitude and personality of teachers and students must be made. Students must realize their role is to try and gain skills from the teacher which will help them not only reach success, but also define their own self worth; teachers must realize their role is to try and educate all of their students in order for them to understand the material. This mindset of pedagogy should be adopted earlier on in school to nurture the learning capabilities of …show more content…
Education and learning would be much easier for both parties if they cooperated with one other. Students must stop viewing teachers as the enemy and teachers must learn to respect the student. Although going to school and sitting down to learn may be painful at times, there is a always a worse alternative: online learning with no human connection or no learning at all. With engagement in the classrooms comes merit; students understand basic skills needed to function in society and teachers gain experience in their profession. If done right, schooling can be pleasant and if the student listens and the teacher explains, the teacher will mold a vessel of knowledge that will know as much, if not, more than the teacher him or herself. With better teaching comes better learning, and with better learning comes efficiency, and efficiency creates the straight the line to success rather than the cycle of failure that exists in the classroom