Teachers should be respected, but not feared.

So true... i always respect my teacher however good or bad she or he is or behaves. Even if other people are making fun of them I usually tend to keep quiet at that time.

ya surely teachers should not be a fear factor for the students. certainly teachers should be respected but not feared. my class teacher from 8th to 10th was very friendly to me and we all respected her very much.

Absolutely right. But somehow, it is how the teacher present themselves to the student. They can be respected even when they are strict. They should also know to whom they should apply strictness. Because not all students are stubborn to be nagged.

I absolutely agree with you. Being a student myself, i know how it must feel like to restrict yourself from asking questions because you were afraid it might be a stupid one and god knows what the teacher might say. I had such a lecturer last year who had such a nasty attitude that many of my classmates seem to have lost all respect for him as an authoritative figure. He was rude with the things he would say to our lecture mates and this made us really awkward towards him. Once, there was this guy who was late for class and being a lecturer, i think you could have found many other ways to be strict than passing rude remarks to your students right? Who does he think he is talking to? Army recruits? Thank god, i passed that module. haha. :D

I really think so too. Because there will be no learning if students feared their teachers. Teachers should not be abusive and strict because they will not only make students fear them. They will also make students dont want to go to their subjects at all. I had a teacher when I was in elementary she kicks students. Because they are misbehaving. It should not be like that. Instead of kicking she should talk to her students. She was fired because of that thing she does. Teachers should be lovable and nice but do not go too personal with a student. Limits should be emphasized so that she will be respected but not feared at all. There are also teacher which you think are nice but also bias to their students.

I agree with you that teachers should not create an atmosphere of fear in children. Though the children should have some fear for the teacher, it should not be as if the children always think of fear when haring that teacher's name. Rather he should create a comfortable atmosphere.

For me yes but if the teacher is too much strict then the student is fear to listen and to know about the lesson.

If the teachers provoke the students to be feared of they will be geared at and breed hatred. When the years pass by they will pay heavy price when the students of then and now bold adults will provoke them remembering the past.

Teachers can be respected is not only depend on their knowledge,but also their character. Now many teachers only take care that rich students,and require kinds of charges from students. So they are more and more rich,but their education ablity are worse. Maybe I will fear these teacher forever.

teachers are not supposed to behave that way.they should have a dedication to their profession.why do they teach?to help kids learn, not to terrorize them.in my years as a student, i never encounter such teachers who instill fear to their students.all of my teachers are helpful and understanding.and i respect them for that.

Teachers and students should be friends relationship,the teacher should inspire the wisdom of the students and help them explore their own interests

Well nowadays teachers are becoming more strict. Some teachers even crossed the line of being strict such as hurting their students already. That happens a lot these days. It is sad to hear that teachers became a fear to the students rather than being a model much respected in the school. It will not help the educational growth of the children rather increase the fear of school and eventually stopping from study. I hate super strict teachers, "terror" as we call here in the Philippines. They don't understand the effect of their behavior to the child. A very irresponsible act.