How do I deal with biased teachers?
Confront the teacher.
- Choose an appropriate time to talk with your teacher. Either after class or at the beginning or end of the school day.
- Don’t be aggressive or rude.
- Tell them how you feel.
- Be open minded to the teacher’s point of view.
- If you find yourself getting upset, walk away until you have calmed down.
How do you make a male teacher fall for you?
- Go to class. OK, I know that this one is really obvious, but it’s the biggest and most important step.
- Use proper titles.
- Don’t use text-speak in emails.
- Look to the syllabus for logistical questions.
- At least act like you’re paying attention.
- Speak up in class.
- Engage.
- Go to office hours.
Does the gender of the teacher matter more than the personality?
The teacher’s personality matters more than gender. The big exception would be young male teachers. We gave them so much shit. Poor Smith and Jones [names changed to protect the victimized]. Senior year I would make intense eyes at Jones and toss my hair whenever I saw him just to watch him squirm. We didn’t take young male teachers seriously.
Do male teachers joke around with their students more than female teachers?
This latter point was a constant in the commentary—the observation that the male teachers joked around with their students much more than the female teachers did and created an easy-going atmosphere in the classroom. One student, now a college sophomore, wrote:
Are men better teachers than women?
Men seem to provide that better than women. My family’s views were confirmed by a study done in England, which found that students try harder for male teachers and that they’re seen as more fair.
Why are young female teachers prized in schools?
Young female teachers were prized because they are “easier to talk to and relate to,” some of them “willing to be a friend of sorts, asking about your personal life and sharing school gossip.” I don’t think there’s generally a huge difference as far as gender is concerned.