<p>What differences did you observe between your Middle School teachers and High School teachers?</p>
<p>I found it better that HS teachers do not grade homework as much as they do in MS, because HS is really about the final product.</p>
<p>High school wasn’t all that different from middle school, in my experience. All of my high school homework (and most of my college homework) has been graded. In high school I got points just for doing the homework, but in college the points were based on whether my answers were right. </p>
<p>MS teachers spent more time telling us to be quiet, though that’s probably because middle schoolers are more rowdy. HS teachers encourage us to get extra help from them, but some MS teachers will require it of some students. HS teachers are more open about how the class is graded (how homework and exams are weighted). I found that there are more “bad” HS teachers than MS teachers, but that might be because I wasn’t paying attention in MS. Most HS teachers are less stringent about rules like chewing gum and using phones, although some can spot a hidden phone from a mile away. </p>
<p>High School teachers usually know their subject really well (Some are at the doctorate level), give more work, and are more accessible </p>
<p>I do see fewer old lady teachers that hate every day of their jobs in high school as opposed to middle school.</p>
<p>Honestly, my middle school teachers weren’t much different than my teachers in freshmen classes and non-honors/non-AP classes. The main difference was that middle school teachers would try a little harder to avoid “awkward” phrases like “open your book to page 69” so they didn’t have to deal with all the giggling. </p>
<p>The real difference was between high school teachers of advanced classes and other high school + middle school teachers. It wasn’t until I took advanced classes that teachers stopped giving us class time to read the textbook and type papers and things of that nature. </p>
<p>My middle school teachers were better. They cared about their students as people, not just as random faces who could possibly worsen their day. In middle school, test corrections were stressed as almost a mandatory way to succeed (in my school). In middle school, there was more of a community feel.</p>
<p>My 8th grade teachers were some of the best in the world, and I’ve only had one year of somewhat adequate teachers in 9th grade, so this might be biased. If you loved your MS teachers, you’ll probably be disappointed. If you abhorred them, it’s usually the opposite because in my experience there are so many HS teachers who just don’t care, and that is attractive to many lazy students.</p>
<p>Oooh, one more thing (and this is weird and probably unorthodox from most people’s experiences): there were way more male teachers at my middle school than high school. And there are barely any hot teachers in my HS. So, really, MS teachers are hotter, in my experience. But you probably weren’t looking for that info.</p>
<p>For the most part, my high school teachers hounded us less about our grades than my middle school teachers did. </p>
<p>@baileyj57 hit the nail on the head. Low-level high school teachers are just like middle school ones, but high level high school teachers could easily and sometimes even do teach college level course up to a sophomore level</p>