Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
TEEN ETIQUETTE
Think of
Teachers
As People

teachers?"
That's a question you'll hear
on all sides. during the first
weeks of school.
Some students answer: ooh.
they're the usual type - not
bad, not too good!" But to size
them all up, indifferent-lik
as "the usual type" is not
exactly fair, you know! Be-
cause they happen to be in the
same profession doesn't change
the fact that they vary as much
as any other member of the
human race.
It's too easy to tag teachers
with sweeping phrases like
"Old Maid School Teacher" or
"Big Brain" Like the shabby
Considerations found in
comic strips and jokes.
City Slicker
These claSsifications are as
unsound as to catalog any
person by his occupation or
address or age, such as Kick
Farmer" city Slicker." or
Delinquent Teen-ager!"
To get along with teachers.
think of them as people! They
are individuals who have easy
days and hard days; personal
problems and school problems.
They are former students who
have gone through long years
of expensive training to qualify
for teaching school, for which
the salaries are low. For most
teachers, their effort is worth
while if, occasionally. some
students tell them This class
is interesting--the time went
too fast!" and their grades
show it.
To help students and teach
ers understand each others
problems better, we have col
lected some facts. First. we
sent a QUESTIONABLE to hun
dreds of teachers. asking:
What type of student is most
trying to a teacher?
Teachers Answer
This question was answered
by teachers who were attend
ing summer school sessions at
the University of California at
Los Angeles, University OF In
diana. Ohio State University.
and Teachers College, Column
bia University.
Seven trying characteristics
were listed on the question
naire. Teachers were asked to
select three in order Of an
noyance. The score added up
this way:
The "smarty-type" student
was listed as the worst.
The lazy student" second.
The "giggler" was the third
most trying.
The low score of difficult
student characteristics was a
tie between "slow students"
and sloppy students" This
shows teachers have patience!
Another study was made :
among $50 high school teach
ers by the Board of Education
of New York City. relative to
student attitudes and abilities.
Their findings included these
figures:
Nearly two-thirds of teach
ers questioned said students
had little feeling for RESPONSE
bility.
Fifty per cent said students
had little respect for school
authority.
About rs per cent agreed
that students had inadequate
reading ability.
Studies Made
Both these studies show
shortcomings that stand in the
way of getting along with
teachers, and interfere with
your progress as a student.
What students like about
teachers is also worth noting.
Here is a report on a six-year
survey by the Board of Educa-
ton in Rochester, N. Y.
Teachers who know how to
teach" This qualification was
listed tops by 81 per cent Of
pupils quizzed.
"Friendliness" ranked Sec
ond, with IS per cent.
"Strictness" was third, at
% per cent.
A new school year is at hand.
To remember that nothing
pleases teachers more than
students who study hard will
take you far. Sincere effort.
courtesy and friendliness Is
the sire formula for getting