Class Behavior

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>How do you behave in class, and more specifically, towards your teachers? I'm just kind of curious to know. Would you consider yourself a teacher's pet, or are you the kind of student that the teacher wishes would just drop the class, or are you in between?</p>

<p>(Just a bit of background as to why I'm asking: My French teacher this year was a new teacher, and he probably had the worst year of his career. He didn't want to come off as a jerk, so he was pretty easygoing for the first few weeks. My classmates latched onto his weakness, and began talking back to him, openly cutting class, etc. People would leave to go to the bathroom and come back with a slice of pizza, or not come back at all. When he tried to crack down on the bad behavior, my peers called told him he was too controlling, and would tell each other (while he could hear) that it didn't matter what he said, and to do what they wanted. I was surprised to see how rude people were, especially because I've known some of these people for years, and because some of them seemed so nice in the beginning of the year.)</p>

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<p>I'm like...a teacher's pet but not to the extreme. I raise my hand to answer questions and stuff ( haha and i talk to one of my teachers every friday after school for like 3 mins) but when they're not looking i'll help people pass notes and joke around making fun of the teacher.</p>

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<p>Yeah. I'm pretty much the same as SinsNotTragedies in class. I love having conversations with my teachers. Although, my computers teacher threatened to give me a dentention because I'm too "argumentative." haha go figure.</p>

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<p>I'm a teacher's pet. Like Jonathan K., I enjoy conversations with my teachers, excluding my algebra teacher. I detest algebra.</p>

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<p>I hate kids who suck up to teachers because they know that's the only way they'll get good grades.</p>

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<p>It depends on the teacher..if I don't like him/her...you will only see me in their class when I need to be. If I am with a teacher I like, I talk to him/her a lot.</p>

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<p>Totally depends on the teacher.</p>

<p>Classes like my Euro, Calc, or French class, I spend most of my time totally paying attention and giving the teachers the respect they deserve. I'm definitely not a teacher's pet, although most teachers end up liking me just 'cause I'm not rude and I actually like to learn. I raise my hand to answer questions only when it comes to a point where no one else is going to answer, precisely because I heavily dislike teacher's pets. :)</p>

<p>BUT when it comes to Chem, English, and Religion, I absolutely abhor the teachers, am as rude as I can be without totally crossing the line (and I don't think they get it, either), make fun of them out of class, question most of the things they do, and just don't care about the homework. If you're not a good teacher, you don't get my respect.</p>

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<p>I only have a few teachers that like me, but I didn't do much to try to do that. The rest I don't really talk to. I mean, aside from teaching stuff, which they hardly do, I really don't think they mean anything to me.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty quiet in class as far as hand-raising, but I almost always get my work done. If I pass notes or talk, it's not a personal affront to the teacher or anything. There's a few teachers I'll chat with when I get the chance, but mostly I'm polite to them but not like we're friends. Because, y'know, they are my teachers. Plus my grades are enough to **** people off, I don't want to seem like a suckup in addition. Generally my teachers like me, or at least don't dislike me.</p>

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<p>It goes from class to class. All of my teachers pretty much respect me, and I give them respect, but I am social in my classes.</p>

<p>In English I talk nonstop, but I always make it innocent and talk to my teacher. She's really cool, I make a lot of jokes to her. In chemistry we just walk all over the teacher. If he likes you, you'll pass, if not, then no. I've had him for 2 years, so he likes me. In Global, i'm always flirting with the girls around me, and talking, but my global teacher loves me and never says anything.</p>

<p>I'm not really a teachers pet, but I can be, depending on the teacher. I remain in close contact with certain teachers, and we talk outside of class, but I was no saint in their classes either.</p>

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<p>I'm definitely in between. I participate in class a lot, but I also crack a lot of jokes. Dunno, going to an all-guys school is a lot different.</p>

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<p>I'm always jking around with the teacher,- more like the class clown. the teachers enjoy it and let me get away with stuff because I get a really good grades in the class. whenever some dumbass tries to kid around, they ususally get in trouble.</p>

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<p>I don't talk to the majority of teachers unless I have to. Except for a few cool teachers, most aren't people anyone wants to talk to.</p>

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<p>Yes, those are the kind of people sign language works best with.</p>

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<p>im straightforward and funny...so some teachers like me and others try to act superior to me...in the end i just end up being the class smart-ass but im really not trying to be...so i guess im a "oh damn i hope this kid drops my class" kid lol</p>

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<p>its kinda funny when teachers try to think of a comeback- but eventually they give up and just go along with it</p>

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<p>It really depends on the class and the teacher. This year in first period, we had the laziest history teacher ever, and when he expected us to do all this work, we openly split up 100 question assignments between groups of ten people to work on them when we weren't supposed to. And I worked kind of hard at the beginning of the year to do good on tests and test corrections (we had APUSH so the corrections helped make up the killer scores), but soon enough we all realized that he didn't look at anything, so we BS'ed everything. And my test scores started going down the tubes and he asked why, and I said I was tired from a bunch of other stuff (which I was), but I really didn't care because it was easy to still pull of an A.</p>

<p>And so when the AP test rolled around, he lost hope in the entire class, so I hoped he is surprised when I get a 4 or 5 (hopefully a 5 since I used every dang page in that essay book), after studying my butt of to do so. I guess I only care when I need to. Oh, and he never counted tardies, so I regularly showed up 10-15 minutes late to class every day, sometimes 30 minutes. And I always brought in Chick-Fil-A every day to eat (and so did the rest of the class). I guess I'm going to be screwed next year when I actually have to show up to school on time.</p>

<p>As for other classes, in Chemistry I sat next to the wall, and set my bookbag up in a way that she couldn't see me, and I slept through most of the class. Somehow I pulled off a 98 in the end, even though I never listened to anything she ever said. In AP Lit, I actually tried as hard as I could, because she inspired us all to read our books, write our essays well, and try hard. She graded hard, so it really pushed us good, and at least 90% of our class will pass the AP test.</p>

<p>I guess in the end, I try to get all my teachers to like me to some degree. With one exception however, my band teacher. I just hate band altogether, and though I worked hard my freshman and sophomore years, this year I went against him and gave a consistent I-don't-care attitude. I always made sure to be late, miss band practice for anything that came up (I would wait to make up tests until we had an after school practice), and break a lot of other rules. And I instilled this attitude in my section as I was section leader for the past two years. That's not to say I didn't try though. We were still one of the best sections musically and in performance, we just got it done when it absolutely had to be done, but at no other time.</p>

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<p>i dont really try to be a teacher's pet, though in elementary i inconspiciously ended up being one for most of the grades. it depends if i like and respect the teacher or not. if i like them, i will be open and talkative with them, but if i disapprove of them, i will be respectful, but i refuse to laugh at their jokes or play along, if they try to talk to me i will be topic-squashing etc. not very wise, i suppose, but then i cant suck up to ppl i dislike. though i think, if i want a good high school rec for college i'll have to drip sugar around, lol.</p>

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<p>if i dont like them- I purposely make fun of them in front of the class (not letting on that Im serious of course)- so they dont know what to do</p>

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<p>I do very little hand-raising, because I like my answers to be not only correct but articulate. I'm guessing some teachers assume I'm stupid or undermotivated until we start turning in written work. I can't stand being ignored, though-- sometimes I'll ask a question deliberately designed to make me look insightful, creative, bold, even if I already know the answer to said question. I'm weird.</p>

<p>I usually get on pretty well with English teachers. I give them random writings to critique and chat about books with them. Math teachers probably think I'm hardworking but untalented because I'm exceptionally quiet and get mid-A's, and I always appear to be paying attention in class, taking copious notes (or pretending to do so). Unless they catch on that I've memorized some 100 digits of pi. And then they think I'm just weird.</p>