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YOUR TEACHER AND YOU Words Robert van Overveld
In the first years in primary school, teachers had a hard time telling if I was a good student or not. I could occasionally be very bright in some areas, but sometimes I would fail at the same subject. That changed when I went to grade 7, the year that I had teachers that I absolutely adored. My grades went up significantly in every area. You, my readers, can probably tell similar stories about times where a teacher made all the difference for you.
Today, I would like to talk with you about student-teacher relations since we often don't formally express the negative impacts that some teachers have on our lives and performance at school. I guess that many students avoid confrontation after a course because "what's the point, some people are just !@#$%&".
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There are a few things that I want to address: the situation at the architecture faculty in the bachelors from a student's perspective, the hierarchical positions and the experiences and thoughts you guys have. The bachelor's design courses at the architecture faculty have often left me with a feeling of stress and uncertainty, and I'm probably not the only one. The battle with perfection and time can make the bachelor intense and chaotic from time to time. God bless; we have a teacher that guides us during these times... Or not... There she/he is, the teacher that just isn't your match. Relatively quickly, you realise that you aren't going to be best friends, but you try to make the best out of it. For now, everything is fine. Unfortunately, everything you do is pushed off the table during the sessions. You realise that you have a few options; you defend yourself and try to communicate in the best way possible, or you keep silent and try to obey. Both are bad options… If the teacher is not feeling you, then you are most certainly fighting a losing battle here. The only chance you really have at this point is making sure that you meet the required. At least it won't be possible to fail you, probably... There they are; the deadlines. Unless you schedule your course well, towards the deadlines, things get even more exciting. Your capricious relation with your teacher leaves you clueless about how good you're doing and if you're going to make it. To make it even worse, during one of the last sessions, the teacher disagrees on aspects you had from the start or are directly connected to the concept.
