Teacher doesn't like me...

When I was 14 years old I wasn't good at Maths. The teacher was called horrible to me. He said if I was so thick he wasn't going to bother explaining it to me again. He was very clever at Mathematics but he was poor at explaining it to his students. Consequently I stopped trying at Maths and in my Maths exam at age 16 years old I got grade F. When I was 23 years old I did a one year evening class in Maths and had a helpful tutor. He gave extra help in his home after lessons when necessary. Amazingly I got a grade C in Maths. It was enough to put with my other qualifications to go to university. I am very sorry to hear that your Maths teacher doesn't like you. Good luck.

when i'm in college i have a teacher that hate everybody... he always rude to students and dislike to repeat what he teach, but he give grades objectively so me and my friends always ask my senior or search in the internet if there's a subject that he teach that i think it's too fast for me to understand it. Some people are not meant to be a teacher. If you want you can confront the teacher after class and ask her why she's like that to you but still talk to her with respect so she didn't feel offended and make your grade lower than it should.

Hi,dear Judy, I also have this problem when I was a student,till now I am still a student,I always have the impression that the teachers do not like me ,I do not know why.Your topic remind me of my high school ,I remembered at that time ,my English teacher do not like me as well.When I was seeing her in the corridor,I was thinking of say"Hello"to her,but she always turn her head in another direction intentionally which really make me confused,I do not know if I do anything wrong in the class(I am a quiet girl and always follow the teacher's instructions)I finish the homework on time.I do no know why she always treating me like that.Actually at that time she lost her bike ,by the way we live near each other ,I oftten take her to school with my bike ,she was too heavy for a little girl to carry.Even this ,she do not like me . .Honestly speaking,a teacher plays really an important role in a students' life.What I want to say is that ,if the teacher do not like us ,we can do nothing about this ,even though we do not do anything wrong.the only thing we do is to concentrate on our subjects,we can not change the teacher's attitude but we can change ourselves ,How we react to these ignorance. You are good Judy,just be youself. Hope you everything goes well in your studies . Molly

Hi, Judy890. There is something definitely up with this teacher. Why would she act this way towards you and not to any of the other students that are in her class? She is behaving in an unprofessional way. I think that it is time that you contact the principal at this school. You both can have a conference and you can express your feelings to the teacher so that the principal can see that this is really a major concern for you. I also thought that teachers are supposed to help students and not be mean to them too. I once had a Math teacher in my senior year, during high school, that was very mean to me. I just ignored her and made fun of her to my best friend. We laughed at her because she was just a mean lady that was bitter as crap. That is how we were able to put up with her. She gave me a hard time as well as with the other students in our class too. I don't know why your Math teacher is acting so funny towards you, but I bet you one thing, once you sit her in front of the principal, I am sure that her attitude will change completely then. I just hope that it is a positive change that will change once you put her on the spot. If not, then she may want to reconsider giving up her teaching position. If for any reason, this situation gets worse or does not change at all, you may want to consider switching to another Math class. Hopefully your new teacher will treat you like a student and not like you are some kind of enemy to them. A student can't learn well in a classroom if the teacher is being rude or showing an uneducated attitude that is negative towards his of her students. I hope that everything works out in your favor, because you don't deserve to be treated like dirt, regardless of your past behavior history in school once before.

You'll never know what goes on in your teacher's mind so you really can't judge her that fast. Maybe she's just upset of what happened to her before she got to school and she accidentally vented out on you. Try to understand your teacher a little and maybe you'll have a great relationship together.

I did... My history teacher when I was in high school alway call me during recitations and I don't know why. When she called me and I don't know the answer, she will get angry. There were times when I know the answer and will raise my hand. When I am raising my hand, she will not call me, even if I am the only one raising. She will call me when I am quiet and she knows I don't know what the answer is. I also had a math teacher who we call a terror bak then. She makes fun of those who are not able to answer a question correctly. But you know what, that teacher ended up being the one teacher I love so much. Later on she told us that we are scare of her and we call her names behind her back. Then she said she is getting angry because we are not doing our best. She knows we can do better and it is making her angry when we are not taking the lesson seriously. Then I started loving numbers... I think that we can't please all our teachers. Maybe your math teacher is also like mine. She thinks that you can do better and you should just keep on trying more. It is not for herself why she wants you to try harder and do better. She is doing what she can to help you. It is just not easy to believe when you are still there, but believe me after studying and you look back to this days, you will end up thanking her.

Hiya Judy, More than anything I found my Maths Teacher in the last two years really arrogant and stand offish he just did´nt treat me right he treated all of us who he more or less called us "thick" "dense" whatever. He would treat us like we had some kind of illness like we had to be separated from the rest. For me for a while it was stressful but then you find your way around it and you play your own Cards. He never ever explained anything he was just rude to you and just said if you can coutn up to ten you should be able to learn. I did not find him funny at all. One Teacher I had treated me with dignity and I learned so much with him that it helped me ages after and to deal with this Teacher. You could never have a friendly attitude with a Teacher then it was a they always kept their distance like they were a million miles away from you. How I wish that all Teachers would take the same attitude as the one who taught me in the Second Year of the Seniors he never shouted or pointed his finger at you or called you anything he was very intelligent should I say is and very dignified and everyone including the most rebel Person in the Class respected him. He is a Person who commands respect without saying anything. Also my Form Teacher was great fun although he would always mark you down and say you can do better than that but he is a great Teacher too. I can imagine that the Second Year Maths Teacher that I had could have well gone on to University to be a Teacher there as he had that quality you know and was never arrogant for him we could all learn and we were all capable of doing things. I was very fond of this Teacher and very sad that he went somewhere else but I don´t know where he did go but they surely must have benefited from his dedicated Work God bless him.xxx

The tip that I can do is that you must have a cellphone then record on how she talks with you in a hidden way so that it would be hear on how she treated students. More so if you can do this just record her in video in a manner of spy so that you have a proof on how she treated you. When my professor filed me a case due to her false accusation I used the archives from the yahoo messenger. Meaning I was able to save our conversation that is why I was able to present another evidences against my case. You know what? you can actually report that to any authorities because in the first place they are not authorized to maltreat students. Teachers must act as a mentor not a tormentor nor a terrorist inside the classroom. You are obligated to learn from her because in the first place you were the one who paid the school in order for you to learn. It is supposed to be like she is the employee and you are her client. Aside from that the schools must have the evaluation sheet for each students and you have the right to criticize your professors on how they perform in class. You have the right to complain because again you paid for it. The problem with the teachers is that instead of using it as a tool to help students in order for them to learn they are taking advantage of the situation for being a terror to project that how superior they are and they are far better compare to the young ones. Sometimes you would feel that they are just playing with your innocence or worst case they are just fooling you when they are teaching. Another problem with them is that they are having favoritism towards students which indeed they are treating all students as equals. Another tool that they are using for personal attack is that when they are giving grades where in fact grades must be only used to evaluate student's performance and it shouldn't be used like their weapons. We are not supposed to please our professors in order for us to learn and get a good grades. It is their obligation to share their knowledge in a particular subject matter. I've already experienced that but not to the extent that I should not learn from that professor and gave me low grades just because he/she personally does not like me. At least some of them had been fair to me even if they dislike me. And if I have questions of course they are answering it in proper manner. Well that is the true professionalism even your teacher must do that.

Hi Judy, I think there are some people who will love you more than others and also those who will be rude and bad with you. sometimes there is no reason for it. I think you should not pay much attention to the teacher outside the class, but pay attention to what she teach in the class. Focus on your subject matter and act accordingly. Forget about the past things if anything happened between you and the teacher, treat her like other teachers. Score good marks and i am sure she will start treating you in a good way. Thanks.

Its not good for a teacher who practices favoritism in class, of course teachers must treat their students equal and no favoritism at all.

I agree with vijiboopathy when he said you must evaluate yourself first but avoiding your math teacher attitude seem impossible (you still in his/her class right). Reporting to principal? I don't like it because sometime the result might different from our expectation (In this point I agree with vijiboopathy). Take your parents into your school? Good idea but only if you are kid. If you already in High school or college, taking parents into school sometimes make situation even worst. In my country, when we take our parents into school before graduation only mean one thing: we make some mistakes. I have 2 idea that might change your attitude teacher: 1. talk to your teacher face to face (or heart to heart?). 2. be active in he/her class ( in math lesson context). This might hard at first but this will take he/her attention on you. Try to make good impression when you active, sooner or later he/her gonna change. It's up to you but when I still in school once, I use second strategy ( I'm not have enough guts to talk with my teacher).

That is such a rude and disrespectful teacher. She is supposed to be a role model and I think that you should get the matter to the principal with all your other classmates who the same complaints because she gets any worse. Even if she is the teacher I think she should also need to learn some lesson here by not treating you well and not doing her duty properly.

I think involving the principal doesn't help, would he change your class's math teacher to another one just because of you? No way. Moreover, your teacher have more chance to win the "court", it's unlikely that she'll get punished. But even if she gets punished, is there anything good for you? Nothing, unless she's forced to get out of school! Why should we do something that isn't good for anyone? It's your teacher's fault to be too rude to you. But it is YOUR fault to make her hate you, so take responsibility for the situation. If you really want to improve her behavior towards you, just be a better student, and be kind to her. Certainly she'll be kind to you, certainly. But if you feel ok with the situation, and you don't wanna change, you don't need to do anything, just accept ^^.