I haven't noticed it going by gender. But I have noticed that students will tell you what teachers they like, or talk in class about it, but if they like you they won't say anything in front of you!
Also, teachers are popular with students for a variety of reasons. At the last school I worked at, one history teacher sometimes seemed to be popular because he told jokes. But many students would also complain about him because they really weren't learning anything. Plenty of my students would tell me they didn't like me - after they had gotten in trouble or I made them work hard - but later they would let me know they did like my class. Middle schoolers are funny :) As long as the instruction is good, her students are learning, and she has good relationships with them, I see no problem! On Jan 8, 2008 7:30 PM, TLP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend of mine was fuming about the fact that, while she works hard > for her students, ( I won't go into detail but she is a great teacher) > her students rave about another teacher who is male. > > Why are male teachers often more popular with middle school > students... or are they? > -- > Tena > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead." --Clarence Day "While the rhetoric is highly effective, remarkably little good evidence exists that there's any educational substance behind the accountability and testing movement." —Peter Sacks, Standardized Minds "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
