17 x statements from teachers that we no longer want to hear
High school might just be the best time of our lives. Yet, we also had to deal with a lot of teenage problems that our teachers never seemed to understand. For example, they didn't understand that we really didn't feel like being at school. Or they understood it, but pretended they didn't, that could also be the case. In any case, they regularly came up with nonsensical statements that we really couldn't do anything with. Here, I share 17 statements from teachers that we would rather not hear anymore.
1. ‘I'm here for you, not for myself’
I always found this such a strange and manipulative comment. What nonsense, a teacher's salary is not a fortune, but they don't have to act like they are doing volunteer work. Besides, we thought exactly the same back then, because we were also not there for ourselves, but for the teacher and our parents.
2. ‘If you don't pay attention now, I'll give an unexpected quiz’
Another manipulative tactic. And is this even allowed? Fortunately, it often remained a threat, because it worked quite well.
3. ‘You better participate well, because you can't make these kinds of mistakes at university’
Sorry, but we are going to make countless mistakes for the rest of our lives. After all, we make mistakes to learn from them, and I hope we are never done learning.
4. ‘Your profile choice determines the rest of your life’
That is, of course, the biggest nonsense ever. As if you know exactly which life path you want to follow at fourteen. Anyway, I absolutely do not support the Dutch education system, but I'll leave that argument for now.
5. ‘With this attitude, you will never pass the exam’
Okay, sometimes teachers did have a point here, but it is also a case of fear-mongering. Those teachers also don't know that you prefer to study the night before, while enjoying six cans of Red Bull. Performing under pressure is also a way.
6. ‘If you study well, the test is easy to do’
This was just a standard lie. When a teacher said this, the test was absolutely NOT doable. Really very evil.
7. ‘Make sure to remember this, it could be important for the test’
I admit: it was a handy trick to grab attention, but when a teacher said this too often, it no longer worked. Besides, that little teenage brain couldn't remember everything from the lesson.
8. ‘There are no stupid questions’
Somewhere this is sweet, but I don't really agree. Some students just asked really stupid questions, those questions just for the sake of asking, you know?
9. ‘This will come in handy later’
The biggest lie ever, especially when it comes from your math teacher. Have you ever applied the Pythagorean theorem in daily life? That's what I mean.
10. ‘I decide when the lesson is over’
But why is there then a bell? That's really the sign to leave, right? Teachers who said this, I had little patience for.
11. ‘You're wasting your own time’
With this, the teacher meant that not paying attention is a waste of your own time. We thought differently. Being in class was indeed a waste of time, but seeing your friends at school was a big party.
12. ‘You have the whole weekend to do it’
When your teacher assigned homework on Friday for Monday, you were of course furious. As if we didn't have better things to do on our weekend.
13. ‘English, please!’
Three guesses as to which subject this is about. The English teachers were quite fanatical. If you dared to ask something in Dutch, you were simply ignored. ‘Can't hear you!’ Well, then not.
14. ‘There are people here who do want to learn’
You got this thrown at you when you were too loud and distracted other students. You couldn't imagine that this was the case.
15. ‘May I know what's so funny? Then I can laugh along.’
That was of course absolutely not the intention, because nine times out of ten, the teacher was the whole joke. Often you quickly made up something else.
16. ‘It's important to write down how you calculated something’
Again that math teacher who constantly emphasized that it was very important to show how you arrived at the answer. Because you didn't always have your calculator with you, right? Well, that turned out not to be entirely true, thank god for the smartphone.
17. ‘My wife/husband and I have...’
Huh? Did teachers have a life outside of school? You really couldn't imagine that. You felt like all teachers just slept at school. But of course, they had a private life, but as a student, you weren't really interested in that.
