Teacher:Class Relation

[Oblivion]

How much does the teacher teaching the class affect the overall experience and like of the class and subject?

Personally, If the teacher is good, I will like the class&subject.
If they are bad, I'll still like the subject, but not the class.

[Atonement]

I think that if the teacher is good at teaching, they can teach anything. If they are good, they can strike an interest in their students and motivate. If they suck, then they will turn people off to learning. Same goes for likeability.

[Mzor203]

For me, the teacher makes a world of difference. Seriously, I LOVED math in 8th grade, but then once I got to 9th grade, I hated it because of the teacher. Never explained anything, made it so I pretty much just had to go look up stuff and teach myself... killed the subject for me.

I love a subject if the teacher is good. It makes everything worth it if I can learn in an environment I enjoy. Unfortunately, that environment can be affected by other things, but I won't get into that now. :P

[Oblivion]

Ah see, I try not to let that happen.
For instance, I love science. This year however, I have this crazy teacher that hates me.
So I'm living through it and making the best, and waiting until I can go into something more interesting.

[Mzor203]

It's one of the reasons I started homeschooling, actually. It makes it so teachers, who could be bad or good, don't have the potential to ruin something I love. Just saying that, but it really sucks when a teacher makes it so you just have to kind of buckle down and weather out something you normally like to do. It's really kind of depriving, in a way. If it's going to hinder your enjoyability of the subject, then it's less likely that you're going to get a good experience and learn the material to your full potential, which is what school is all about.

It's good if you can make the most of it, but yeah, that's my view on it.

[Oblivion]

Sometimes I wish I was home schooled.
My parents and I thought about doing this program where they pick me up for one period and do home school science, but we decided against it.
And yeah, sometimes she does fun stuff, but she's like crazy, so it's not even fun.
I mean like literally crazy. The school has tried to fire her, but it's hard... She's been there since it opened.

[theOperaGhost]

Teachers affect the class and the subject for me.

For instance, I hated math until I had an amazing teacher in 8th grade. Her teaching was just superb and I started to love math and it was my favorite class.

Now on the other hand, I like history, however I hated the class. I liked the teacher, but he was a football coach who taught history. He was not a good teacher. History became a horrible class with him (even though I did like him).

[Θάνατος]

I have had bad teachers but liked the subject matter. It is harder to get into the subject if the teacher sucks though.

[Antares]

If the subject is good, I generally like the teacher. If the teacher is amazing I generally like the subject.

[Zephyr]

The teacher affects my like/dislike of the class/subject.

If they arn't passionate about what they are teaching,
It's like a lost cause to me.

Two examples from this year:

My sociology instructor would just lecture on slides and have us copy them down. He acted like he was just there because he couldn't find any other job and didn't really hold much discussion for a better understanding. He didn't even take the time to learn everybody's names in a class of 25 >_> I thought that I was going to love the class, but I ended up hating it with a passion.

My physics instructor, on the other hand, is more involved and tries to give everybody individual help. He successfully mixes his personality with what he's teaching, makes it more fun and an easy and comfortable environment to learn in. He's very into what he's teaching and he seems to love doing it. And he's also very reassuring when we mess up that 'It's the people who mess up who learn the most because then they learn how NOT to do it. That tells me that I know you're learning.'. And he doesn't put all of the emphasis on tests, he's a big believer in hands on things to show you understand. He's just awesome! I thought I was going to hate this class, but it's turned out to be my favorite ^_^

[Gumleaf]

the teachers ability to teacher and the relationship i have with them makes all the difference with me not only liking a class but also performing in a class. if i get along with the teacher and can talk to them and stuff, i will most likely do well, even if its not my strongest subject because i know i've got the teachers support and i want to do well for them and myself. but the opposite applies if its a teacher i don't like or don't get along with. it can turn a subject i would normally do good in into a poor subject. the teacher makes all the difference with me.

[INFERNO]

I remember in highschool I loved biology and chemistry, even though the teacher was fairly bad and useless. Her classes were mostly of her making powerpoints where she copies all of the figures and text word-for-word from the textbook. Occasionally, she showed us some online videos, however, if we had any questions, usually she couldn't answer it and just recited what the video narrator said =/. In university, that's all changed. Still love it (don't like chemistry as much but love biology and psychology as well as math, pharmacology, etc..) and the professors and TAs are amazing.

I do think that in many cases, a bad teacher turns students off, unless the students are very interested in the subject. In grade 8, the teacher for math was, well pretty bad. They rushed to finish the lesson, gave us math questions in and out of class, and tests were from other books, usually worded very odd and a lot harder. That year I didn't like it much, however, from grade 9-12, the math teacher was amazing, as he himself was very funny, loved to joke around a lot yet still ensure discipline when he needed to, was brilliant and tended to give some practical examples and show various alternative methods for each problem. Our university calculus professor was also very much the same, and so I enjoyed it.

On the other hand, english tended to have fairly good teachers but I always wanted to just leave the class or do anything else as even though the teachers are smart and sometimes funny, the content is just so dry and boring. 1st year university was even worse, however, the professor gave a pissy easy exam so I ended up with a decent mark (about 80% or so), so in that sense, I liked it for the easy mark.

[Halibut]

it affects the dislike/like of that class!

[MisterAndrews]

it affects the dislike/like of that class!

I think it can put you off the subject aswell. If you dont like the teacher you tend not to learn. If you dont learn then youre natural thirst for knowledge isnt fulfilled and you fail your exams. Teaching is one of the most inspirational jobs there are and people shouldnt do it unless they actually want to do it.

[pizzamon]

Teachers have an effect on the like/dislike of both the subject and class for me. I'm lucky I've had good teachers so far.

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

For the most part, the teacher will only affect my attitude towards that particular class. If I'm good in a subject/enjoy it, one bad experience with a teacher won't discourage me from taking more classes in that same subject later on. Similarly, if I tend to do poorly in a subject, or really dislike it, I'm likely to not be too excited about going to class.

I picked that the teacher affects both for me, though, because sometimes the right teacher can turn a boring or unenjoyable subject into something I can get into. Last semester, for example, my US history class was so boring! The textbook read like an encyclopedia and was hard for me to read very thoroughly. The teacher was a lot of fun though, and even though the material wasn't always the easiest to get through, the in-class lectures always held my attention and made going to class worthwhile.

[AutumnDae]

For my personal self, I find the teacher has an affect on whether or not I like the class.

For example, 7th and 8th grade Social Studies. 7th grade had an awesome teacher, he didn't teach very much at all, he preferred to talk about hunting and fishing, but when he did teach, we all learned the material. He related it to us. 8th grade, had another awesome teacher. He taught more than 7th grade, and he made it cool. We learned about the Great Depression, so we held a stock market game. We had to try and figure out the trends, and what was going to drop.

Now, 9th grade Social Studies, my teacher is nice. He doesn't do ANYTHING. We take notes, he talks while we all do other stuff, and then once in a while we take a test. Open notes, sometimes open textbook. The final is open notes. Yeah.

Hmm, I've got two more examples, then I swear I'm done.

Last year in Bio, I loved the subject, and my teacher. She was awesome, and she actually helped you if you needed it. I got awesome grades in that class, and I can actually remember what I learned now. I help people when they ask for it now. She gave us little tricks to remember things. Which helped, a lot.

Now, this year. I've got an ass for a teacher. Earth Science. I didn't particularly like or dislike the subject before, but now I despise it. I don't like my teacher, he doesn't teach well. And I can't pay attention to his monotone voice.

[IAMWILL]

I believe, as stated multiple times above, that if the teacher is bad, people lose interest in the subject or class. It just becomes a hassle. At the same time though, a great teacher i believe enhances everything, and you want to push harder or pursue greater concepts.

Well... that's my experience.