secondaery teachers-do you think you really know your students?

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brimfull · 19/01/2009 20:02

ie. what type of family they come from?

standard of living?
aspirations?
religion ?

just interested as it came up on another thread.

I would be surprised if dd's teachers really knew her well.

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twinsetandpearls · 19/01/2009 20:49

It must be lovely to teach that few students.

scienceteacher · 19/01/2009 20:48

Yep, I know all my students really well. I know where they live, whether their parents are together, their parents' jobs, their siblings, their religion etc. I work full time and teach/pastor about 80 pupils, about 60 of whom I also taught last year.

twinsetandpearls · 19/01/2009 20:45

I teach between 400 and 500 students a week , some I only know onl basic information. Others I know a great deal about as students tend to reveal quite personal things about themselves as I teach RE. I tend to know most of their religious beliefs though.

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brimfull · 19/01/2009 20:41

really I am surprised.

I didn't think teachers would know my dd that well.

Assumed they would only know her friends/subject interests not family religion etc

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brimfull · 19/01/2009 20:41

really I am surprised.

I didn't think teachers would know my dd that well.

Assumed they would only know her friends/subject interests not family religion etc

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undervalued · 19/01/2009 20:27

I teach about 150 students a week and I think I know the majority well enough. I always start the year off with an activity on themselves - family and aspirations etc. Their family influences and social standing becomes pretty obvious tbh- in their views, outlooks and answers throughout topics.
It makes relationship building easier and that is important for me in a tough inner city school. Hope that helps

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