Teachers - how do you deal with students that you just don't like?

Don't let on and treat them all equally, as best as you can.

If anything, pretend that you're their mother and allow yourself to think how it would feel to them if their own mother pulled preference. I know that's not helpful, but you really do have to be the bigger person. Not liking a child DOES show. Moreover, in showing them that, you're destroying their self-esteem. Put your feelings aside and make an effort to praise them when they deserve it, just as you would do for any student you do truly like.

Keep in mind that it's those children you don't like who are the ones who need your help and assistance the most. There’s a reason you're noticing negative vibes from them and don't like them. Maybe they *are* nasty little snots. Some children can be a handful! Then again, maybe there's a reason they're the way they are. Crappy home life, abusive parents; who knows? Unfortunately as a teacher, you're not allowed to reveal your true emotions to a particular child. It's up to you to play detective and decide what's at the root of you're not liking him or her. Is it the child or is it you?

As much as I tried, I knew my 2nd grade teacher didn't like me and went so far as to call me "rotten potato" and "rotten apple" in front of my classmates. I didn't do well in her class at all! I wonder why? : /

BTW, that took place in HI, not even two decades after Pearl Harbor. The children who lived through that were my father's age, as was my teacher. They were old enough to remember what was brought on them by America's presence in their homeland.

My son's second grade teacher pushed him into metal library shelves and abused two other children in her class. My MIL then informed me that she knew her and that the instructor had a problem with alcohol!

When I attempted to have him pulled out of her class, my husband flirted with the very attractive female principal. I then threatened him that if anything like that happened again to one of our children I would handle it on my own!

My stepmother taught. She and I never get along and I know that she had several students who didn't care for her militant style of teaching. It just wasn’t flexible enough to allow for a fair exchange of ideas between her and her students.

There are two sides to every situation and again, it's up to you, as their mentor, to make the best effort and find out how to make it better for the child. If necessary, you can get the parents and your supervisor involved. Just make the effort!

Never EVER let onto a child how you feel! You are there to do a job! That, and like it or not, you’re there FOR the child. Let him remember the teacher who gave him her all. :)

In our school, students are tagged with * stars on their records by their former teachers. Up to 3 stars are given to the worst behaved students. Teachers use this at the beginning of the school year when creating the seating arrangement to separate the bad kids. When teachers see a lot of stars on their class list, they say to themselves "oh no!"

I always give every student the benefit of the doubt. I use the stars only for seating arrangement and put the cards away. At the start of the year, deal with every child equally. Be firm, direct and clear in your directions. Eventually you will learn about each student yourself.

At the end of the year, I'd look back at the cards I had put away from the start of the year. I would be surprised at how well-liked the starred students were in my class. I'd never have given them a star, yet from their previous teacher, they got 3!

Never EVER hate a student, no matter what. It is your job to teach the child better ways so he may become a better person. Perhaps reason why these former 3 star students became some of my best students is because I never saw them as troublemakers. I had equal expectations for all students. In the end, they all rose to that level of expectation. The "Oh my God" students are the ones with the most potential, you just need to direct them in the right path.

Once you take out that perception that the students are "bad", they will rise to the occasion.

Just respect them for who they are. They might not like you also because they feel that you don't like them there will be tension in class. Unfortunately you're a teacher and you should stand neutral to the whole class. Students feel when you like them or don't like them. It will get harder for you if you show dislike to a certain students. You don't want to create a hostile environment. You can get a bad reputation for that as a teacher and as a person not behind the teaching desk. Especially that your a teacher you should set great example to your students and show them that you can work with people you don't like. Some day it will all be worth it. Trust me on that one. By the way, if you are looking for another part time job as a teacher you could tell them on an interview question from personal experience about this situation and the interviewee will most likely hire you! Good luck in your endeavorer!

Hmmm. this could be a confusing one. you do not want to intervene, yet then you apart from might do not want to do to little too previous due. could the student be doing an project on melancholy? perhaps he or she is in psychology and has to learn suicide in youngsters? or maybe this is a few extraordinary fascination with loss of existence? Or a cry for interest (if so, he or she probable desires it), or maybe the student is definitely depressed and is attempting to recover from it. How are their grades? Do they seem depressed? have they have been given many stable friends? it can be a competent thought to have a communicate together with her or him, just to declare which you're their in the event that they want help. aproach it gently although. i does not tell the mum and dad except you have truly stable reason to have faith that he or she is definitely having issues, yet perhaps enable the college comprehend.

If they are actually DOING something to make them unlikeable, like speaking sarcastically to me or harassing other students, then I address that issue directly. Otherwise, I make a point of trying to be extra nice to them to avoid punishing them for being who they are. We all prefer certain personalities to others, but that doesn't give us the right to treat them differently. I've had too many teachers and professors over the years who played favorites, and I always vowed not to be one of those. Of course, once in a while it backfires and the student, thinking I am supportive, starts to hang around me more than ever! But there is a potential payoff. Occasionally, in my efforts at fairness, I actually get to know them better and end up - gasp! - liking them (or at least understanding why they are the way they are).

Mad as it seems we know as Teachers we must be Professional..so I put all my students in a fruit bowl!!

This means that the fruit I like, I name the students who I don't like one of these names, and fruits I don't like, I give to the students I do like!!

Another method is to add Humour and whatever the Student's initial of their name is who you don't like..use to make a name you will remember

e.g. Horrible Harry, Vicious Victoria, Nasty Nick...but be careful you never actually call them this!!

It's to keep your own sanity and to do your teaching without worrying about not liking them.

Design your own student names,can use colours to give all a blank existance,or affectionate terms to help you, if you really hate them if it interferes too much with your judgements!!

Good Luck and Happy Teaching!!

I had a teacher who was always really sarcastic. Basically, he'd pretty much ignore them but if they started winding him up he'd get all sarcastic with them and sort of overly sickly sweet and if they kept going then he'd pretty much tell them to bugger off. Unfortunately I don't think that can be done anymore!!

You deal with them professionally.

Praise when deserved. Punish in line with rules when deserved. Teach them and give them constructive criticism where needed to help them improve.

If they're doing any actually wrong, address that issue.

I just treat them like everyone else - it's not like we have a choice in the matter, especially if we want to keep our careers.

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