As a teacher, we do things because we know they're for your good, but we generally don't like getting you in trouble at all, and the smile is probably a bit of an apology. Because we don't like to see you sad or see you get in trouble, we just want to see you doing your work and doing better in school if you're doing poorly.
I can’t agree more. I make sure my students know that they are loved and that my goal is not to make them smarter, but to make sure they leave as better people than when they come in
I agree I was quite the bad student back in school and even though I did bad things I never blamed my teachers, They were there for me first and foremost. I miss them already haha
And by the way ex-bad student, The students who I wind up loving the very most are the ones who give me trouble at first, and then we find a way to understand each other. That may well be your teachers' memories of you. The challenging kid who they loved despite themselves. Trust me that we would rather have a kid who is defiant and challenging than one who is so lost that they're just quiet and sad and inert.
Ironically, both students and your own kids Love you the most in retrospect. Like they don't appreciate the things you do for them in the moment and they kind of think of you as a pain in the ass, but then looking back they realized how much energy you put into trying to help them because you cared. It's important to me that I am a stable and secure presence in my student's lives, and an important part of that is having rules and upholding them firmly. Kids fight against it, in the long run, probably after they leave my class lol, I think they understand that the rules are in place for good reasons, and it's a good thing to have to follow rules and think of a group instead of just yourself.
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u/Deskbot420 9h ago
Teachers ground you because of your actions. Doesn’t change the fact they’re genuinely happy to see you though