How teachers remember students!

lol...it's not me! I was a good student with good grades and a teacher at a school where I studied a year forgot me! That's what got me thinking. I was a good student and participated in all activities at school. The other 2 schools where I studied (5 years each) - all the teachers remember me. Fortunately, my son gets good grades and is also quite friendly with EVERYONE at school. So, I'm sure no one will forget him.

Hi, my name is Sandhya and I don't think I am very popular on myLot...lol Yes, children who were in hostels would be remembered more (maybe because there would be only a few from each class and the teachers are personally responsible for them like their own kids.....unless it is a fully residential school). Thank you for your response and have a nice day!

quite quick dear can i have ur name pls well i was in school and lived in hostel still teacher remember me as i was not taking high grades, though i was always in top 10 but i think number of student in class, frequency of classes, and involvement of teacher also matters i was in Public school and they total have 560 students from class 7 to 12. Teachers were also living at school residences, differnt teachers were incharge of differnt hostels (7 hostel as total) various teachers were incharge of differnt clubs, societies so interaction was more and nice to know that u were popular icon back in ur school as u r now at myLOT take care

lol..you just proved what I posted! And you are right about the part where you should be doing for yourself and not for the teacher...try telling that to a young child who doesn't know how to handle their emotions. Then I guess it's the parent's responsibility to give them the confidence that they need. Thanks for your response...I enjoyed it:)

lol...you sound like you were a normal kid. I'm sure my son's just like that...and where there is freedom, it's usually the most intelligent child who is the most annoying:P They've got too many thoughts running around in their head and not enough time to ask...question and explore..lol As a teacher, personally, I think that's good. I would worry if my child wasn't like that.

Yeah I thought you were pretty on target with your post, from what I've seen. All my teachers remembered me, and I never did well, but I was both extremely intelligent and extremely annoying and never on task. :P I hadn't thought about how kids think and feel, because I was never a normal kid I guess. You have a point, though. I suppose that is where parents should come in.

lol...yes, I am associated with the teaching profession. But fortunately I have a good memory and remember all of my kids. But I handle a younger age-group and what I have noticed is that most of the children who act up are actually crying for attention and that's why they behave that way. So, once you get the root cause, everything else falls in place and all my kid are lovely kids (I believe that not all kids are born bad or naughty..it's their experience and circumstances which make them that way). Good for you that you are happy with the person that you are:) But there are students who are well-behaved and try hard to please the teacher. Of course, a dedicated teacher would see that and encourage such a child when they are in the teacher's care. But they tend to forget the average student once they are out of their class (mainly because -like you said - they are the majority). Thanks for the response!

Sorry for my ignorance...but what is a Goth? See...proves my point....he hasn't returned to school or been to any class reunion and they still remember him just because he was a Goth (you'll have to enlighten me on what that is though).

Now that I've checked out the site, I know what a Goth is (or rather did)...I just didn't know they were called Goths. I remember being scared of them in the 80's (no offence...I was a child then)

Goths are a subculture who are into vampires, horror themes and cemeteries. They kind of came out of the late 70/early 80s era of punk, but separated themselves from their roots pretty quickly (most Goths now can't stand any form of punk). Here's what good ol' Wikipedia has to say about them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture Anyway, my brother makes your point quite well. Most straight A students who stood out in all crowds aren't remembered like he has been. ;~D

There you go! The good kids need to be remembered too, don't you think?

I agree!

You are right about that. I remember a particular teacher who influenced me so much but I'm sure I was just another one of her students. She will probably vaguely remember me but not much about meor how she influenced me. Thanks for the response!

Of course, it would be nice if a teacher remembered me. Yes, the teachers remember the VERY good and the VERY bad...not the average good ones. Well...a teacher didn't remember me (it didn't help that I was there only for a year) even though I had good grades and then I thought about which group do teachers remember years later. There were other teachers in the school who didn't even teach me and they remember me...but the teacher who taught me didn't (I assumed it was because I never got into trouble).

Don't get me wrong. I don't think the teacher can remember ALL of them. I just pointed out that the ones that stay in a teacher's memory are the ones that were notorious or got very good grades. The teachers don't really remember the ones who tried to please them by working hard or who didn't really give them much trouble. It's just something for teachers to think about. I had a principal at one of the schools that I studies and she knew EVERYONE by name. I was quite impressed when I went to invite her for my wedding (which was around 11 years after I last saw her) and she remember me as soon as she saw me.

Well... you must not forget that... Depending in what sort of school the teacher is... He/She could have over 500 students a year Multiply that by 40 years... That is 20.000 students... How can the teacher remember them all?

No problem...sometimes I tend to go off track too. I once argued back and forth with a myLotter completely off the topic and stopped responding only when I realized we were way off the topic. Thanks for the response!

The notorious ones are remembered (I didn't say in a good way). My concept of education is quiet different from the conventional concept followed in India. I agree that all students are capable of getting good grades and it's upto the teachers to guide them and bring out the best in them. And that's exactly where we have the problem. In conventional schools, the teachers focus more on the students who are doing exceptionally well (which is not much effort on the teacher's part) or the one's who are weak (because the school's or the teacher's reputation is at stake). The so-called average group can get good grades if they probably got a little attention from the teachers. Your attitude is the right attitude that a teacher should have...but unfortunately that's not the case in most of our conventional schools in India. My son had a teacher (and he's only 7 and in second grade) who felt she had to put him in place because he was smart and participating in every activity at school. I would love it if my students enjoyed school as much as my son did. My son is getting good grades..but his present teacher (I moved him into a different section) thinks that even if he is getting good grades, he has potential to do better. That's what I like. Push the child to do the best they can...and not really bother about who's doing better than who. Oh...I can go on and on about education .....but I've moved away from the actual discussion topic:P Thanks for the response.

You absolutely did the right thing in moving your scon. I am so sorry, too, that happened to your family, and in truth, we see quite a bit of it here, too. The reason I misunderstood is that there is so much emphasis now on people conforming in classes and it is true that the quiet ones can get ignored. There is more emphasis on excelling in sports, for example, than in excelling in math or history. Thanks for clarifying.

So, do you remember the names of those that are notorious or really good students academically? Or are all of them faces that you remember?

A good teacher I must say:)

Well I usually remember the good ones. Specially those who excel in the subject and those that don't excel but always willing to learn. Students who asks many questions so they will understand the lesson I am giving.The rest I can only remember their faces.

That is so sweet of your mother to cook for her students. There are very few committed teachers who think of the student's all-round development. Well, you can ask your mother on what basis she remembers the few students and see if my theory is true:P

But do you remember all of them after they have moved on from your class or only a certain few who made an impression?

The point here is why he remembers you? Does he remember all his students? Or is it because you were academically brilliant? Or because you were very naughty?

Frankly, no. Naughty..I can handle...but not a bad student. This is just an off-hand theory in my head..lol I'm sure there are teachers who remember all their students (but they are a minority). I was a little surprised that the teacher didn't remember me...because we did interact a lot though I was there only a year (it's been 17 years since and I'm not really blaming her for not remembering me...it's just that I was surprised...thought too much of myself..lol)