They are underpaid and are given no training in how to manage their own feelings in the classroom, much less those of students. Certain behaviors trigger us to act in patterned response. Most teachers interact with 75 to 150 students every day, each one in the flux of growth and intense inner changes. Teachers need to be trained to recognize how certain students trigger their own psychological issues, so that they can make good choices about how to best support the students, instead of shutting the students down. It s the student body as a whole.
Educators tend to look at young people as potential insurrectionists.
Theory X held that employees are lazy and need constant direction. Managers who believe this use punishment, coercion, tight controls and threats. The result is employees who resist with apathy, indifference, low production, antagonism and sabotage. Theory Y proposed that employees have needs and goals that must be rewarded and that employees will be most productive when these needs are addressed. When employers are cognizant and respectful of these needs, they get a more harmonious atmosphere and better results.