Teachers miss both good, bad of students with remote
October 30, 2020
What do teachers miss the most about not seeing students in person every day? Everything.
According to WeAreTeachers.com, teachers miss the daily routines of the classroom, teachable moments, hearing student voices “even if it was a little too often,” students’ silliness and personalities, being in a busy school with kids and colleagues — basically everything. (Well, almost everything: grading was mentioned.)
“I never thought I would say this, but I actually miss telling students to put their phones away, stop chatting, and stay on task. It’s the classroom management stuff that I guess really makes you realize the humanity of our students,” journalism teacher Kent Frankfother said
For other teachers, it’s the social conversations between teachers and students that are missed.
“(I miss the) general interactions with kids, joking around, and just getting to know them — instead of just grades,” science teacher Mr. Jonathan Depke said.
The teachers also miss students’ feedback to questions and opinions.
“I cannot see directly if students are ‘getting it’ or even paying attention,” math teacher Mr. Doug Pearson said.
Teachers miss engaging with their students.
“I miss talking to my students, engaging with them, and getting to know them,” health teacher Mr. Luis Romo said.
They even miss the annoying things.
“I miss repeating instructions over and over, and just when you think everyone has got it, you get the ‘I’m confused. What are we doing?’ from that one student,” journalism teacher Kent Frankfother said.
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ian carranza, Ms. Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:35 pm
BELMARES. This comes to show that we take the littlest things in our everyday life for granted and we find out how much of a difference it makes in our everyday to day life until its gone. School is not the same now compared to how it was when we had to attend it, some students might miss it but when it comes to living that experience again i would gladly take it.
Georgina Hernandez • Nov 5, 2020 at 1:54 pm
(Judge) I really enjoyed this article. when we were in school we always didn’t like being there but now we miss something about going to school. Personally i like remote learning but sometime i do miss going to school and do things there
Georgina Hernandez • Nov 5, 2020 at 1:53 pm
(Judge) I really enjoyed this article. when we were in school we always didn’t like being there but now we miss something about going to school. Personally i like remote learning but i do miss thing we did in school.
Itzel Camargo • Nov 5, 2020 at 1:49 pm
(Judge) I like it. I sometimes miss being in a classroom. I would have never thought that teachers would miss their students. It gave me a different perspective on teachers.
Victoria Palacios • Nov 5, 2020 at 1:37 pm
(Judge) This article was a nice read because its explaining how teachers miss their students and interacting with them. I didn’t expect them to miss the good and the bad to some of students behavior, but i seems like we just miss the normality in a school environment. Very interesting article.
Hector De La O • Nov 5, 2020 at 10:02 am
(Judge) Surprised me that teachers actually miss and care about us that much
Celeste Venegas • Nov 5, 2020 at 8:00 am
(Judge) I think this was very well done. I enjoyed reading this and wouldn’t have expected teachers to miss so many things of a students behavior which in school would not be shown by teachers. I like how the article showed the things that teachers think of us when we are not with them it helps students see a different point of view on how they feel about students and I also think this helps make students appreciate their teachers more and being in class with them the way they teachers seem to appreciate us being in class.
Liliana Bautista • Nov 4, 2020 at 8:12 pm
(Judge) Being a student I personally also miss going to school, going into the building and sitting down at a desk. We would get to know other students, even get to know the teachers a little better. We would have time to get comfortable with the teachers, in order to have a better understanding of the material. I always hear the students missing their teachers, it is nice knowing that the teacher miss their students as well.
Joanna Villegas • Nov 4, 2020 at 2:36 pm
(judge)Good article, I liked that it gave us a different perspective(since I’m a student) of how teachers are feeling about remote learning. I’m surprised that they missed the annoying stuff of students but I find it adorable that they do . I hope they still feel that way when we are back in school.
Freddy Hernandez • Nov 4, 2020 at 2:12 pm
I never thought teachers would actually miss student interactions. I really like the quotes you used. One thing you need to work on is punctuation.
emily velazquez • Nov 4, 2020 at 1:01 pm
I honestly didn’t think teachers would miss students i’ve seen many teachers talk more about how they care about us and i feel the support through the screen, i wish we were back in the building as well.
Marlen Tellez • Nov 4, 2020 at 10:33 am
I think is reasonable that teachers miss their students, especially when they were used to be around them everyday. The little things that teacher hated are the ones that they missed the most.
Sayan Flores • Nov 4, 2020 at 10:18 am
Good quotes provided !
Emily Stokes • Nov 4, 2020 at 10:18 am
(Judge) The topic is great to cover since we only really see one side of this. It makes me want to go back to school since teachers do actually miss their students.
David salas • Nov 4, 2020 at 9:14 am
The topic is very good since we never hear from the teachers povs it’s always “do students miss going to school” but some things you should check is punctuation. Above in the text you left it at “ journalism teacher Kent Frankfother said “ with no ending period.
Liliana Herrera • Nov 4, 2020 at 8:33 am
Its really nice that teachers actually miss us because I thought that they would get super annoyed or frustrated with us. It a nice feeling knowing that they actually miss us even if we do annoy them. I hope we get back to school soon.
Marlene Urbina • Nov 4, 2020 at 8:31 am
(Judge) As a student I can say I miss classes as they were before. You would get to talk and get to know other student. You would get to know your teacher and feel comftroble with them. But with e learning it feels much more different. It feels as if the only thing we do is listen and learn. I go into class learn something and then in 5 minutes we have another class to sit and learn something else. When in school you would go in class learn do class work with your group, finish early and talk. As teachers miss students I can say that as a student we miss classes as they were to.
Denise Ceballos • Nov 2, 2020 at 10:04 am
I wouldn’t have expected that teachers actually miss the student interaction. Personally I like the online learning, although I admit that I miss group projects. This only makes us realize that we have to appreciate what we have until it is gone because now we don’t even know if we will go back to school soon.