Does education need strict teachers or friendly teachers?

[MKR&*42]

Prefer friendly teachers - ones that you can socialise with easier and you're not afraid to ask for help with and stuff. Strict teachers seem a bit demeaning to some people

Saying that, I had a German teacher in yr 8 strict as hell but I've never done so well in German with any other teacher.

[Chippiewill]

As with all things its entirely situational. Do I think that a students who are behaved and hard working need a strict teacher? Nope. They'll work plenty hard on their own and need someone who will encourage them on and satisfy their curiosity.

At the other end you have students who mess about and refuse to learn. Do I think they need a strict teacher? I think you'll be surprised to hear not necessarily. Before throwing them towards miss trunchbull it would make far more sense to find both a topic and a teacher who can engage them and pique their curiosity also. Perhaps they don't need to learn complex algebra and they may be happier with stuff like apprenticeships. What they certainly need are stricter parents.

On a side note the poll answers are loaded, since soft inherently comes with negative connotations.

[Yawn]

a teacher needs a bit of both and needs to know when is appropriate for each.

friendly so they are approachable if u need help and strict so that u get the work done. having said that strict doesnt necessarily mean unfriendly so u can be friendly and strict

[dbgtz]

I think to simply say strict or friendly is putting it too black and white. A strict teacher needs strength and a friendly teacher needs respect and without those, there would be chaos in their classrooms.

To have a strict teacher, in my opinion, they would also need to be feared. One of the best teachers was my english teacher who, 90% of the time, would just act so demanding, ****** and scary that we would work (though when she was soft, she really was soft like this one time where we watched Family Guy all lesson). Personally, I think these are a necessity for at least years 7-9 (I'm going to ignore any years before that as I do not remember it well). I think after those years, it's a more subjective matter and the teacher should then act depending on how the class are. For example, I had the same maths teacher in years 7, 8, 10 and 11 and he was noticably stricter in years 7 and 8 but by the time year 10 came there was a general element of respect for him and therefore the need for a strict teacher was no needed, so he was far more friendly.

I partially blame the increasing rise of weak, friendly teachers for the poor education most people receive nowadays. Actually reading that over again, that's not strictly fair as they're there to teach more than discipline, but the head of departments etc. need a backbone which they generally do not have. But if we had fiercer teachers then I believe more people would benefit from their education.

[Shockwave.2CC]

I think in the middle as they need to be strict (but not to much) but also friendly

So yeah, in the middle as I think people will learn more if teachers are friendly

[Calum0812]

Ok. I will chip in here. I think that teachers who are relaxed and calm have the ability to make students like them. When students like them, they get respect. By shouting and screaming and being 'strict' they only make the students annoyed and then the students end up having no respect for that teacher. I personally learn better when being able to discuss the work with my classmates and to do that, you need a teacher who doesn't mind a little bit of chatter.

I like teachers who can take a joke too. The teachers in my school have a really good sense of humour which makes the lessons more fun because they are constantly making us laugh while also teaching us. I think this makes it stick in my head better. Teachers who also treat students as equal get a lot of respect too. Teachers who think of students as another life form tend to be disliked in my school.

Some of you may think I am completely off. Oh well

[Mr-Trainor]

Ok. I will chip in here. I think that teachers who are relaxed and calm have the ability to make students like them. When students like them, they get respect. By shouting and screaming and being 'strict' they only make the students annoyed and then the students end up having no respect for that teacher. I personally learn better when being able to discuss the work with my classmates and to do that, you need a teacher who doesn't mind a little bit of chatter.

I like teachers who can take a joke too. The teachers in my school have a really good sense of humour which makes the lessons more fun because they are constantly making us laugh while also teaching us. I think this makes it stick in my head better. Teachers who also treat students as equal get a lot of respect too. Teachers who think of students as another life form tend to be disliked in my school.

Some of you may think I am completely off. Oh well

Yeah particularly one of my economics teachers is like that, she's able to have a conversation with the class and make us laugh, but then we still get the work done. And she must be doing something right, as I got an A in January whereas last year I was on B-C .

[Calum0812]

Yeah particularly one of my economics teachers is like that, she's able to have a conversation with the class and make us laugh, but then we still get the work done. And she must be doing something right, as I got an A in January whereas last year I was on B-C .

My point exactly

[Mr-Trainor]

My point exactly

Yep . And she still has control of the class as well, like last week when we were all talking a bit too much and she just told us to be quiet, and we did .

[Calum0812]

Yep . And she still has control of the class as well, like last week when we were all talking a bit too much and she just told us to be quiet, and we did .

We have so much respect for good teachers like that