Teachers behavior

Teachers’ Behavior: A Question of Normalcy Is it typical for a teacher to yell directly at middle school students? Based on my experience before I changed schools, I had a teacher who enforced a strict “no elbows on the desk/table” rule, which I thought was just a matter of common […]

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What should I do?

What should I do? I want to share my experience with a teacher at my school, whom I’ll refer to as Mrs. Pinkman for privacy reasons. Since the start of the school year, she has openly confessed that she has never studied chemistry, despite teaching it. She insists that she’s […]

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Math is hard

Math can be really challenging. I’m a freshman in an American high school and overall, my grades are looking pretty good—I have mostly A’s and B’s. I feel like I have a decent grasp of my subjects, but Algebra 1 is proving to be a struggle. It’s the only class […]

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How strict are your teachers about electronics during state testing?

How strict are your teachers when it comes to electronics during state testing? I have English testing this week and next, and my English teacher is quite firm about electronics—phones, headphones, and watches are all off-limits. Early in the school year, she instructed us to place our phones in the […]

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