Do Teachers Guide Success?

Behind The Scenes: Teachers And Their Ability Guide Success

Maxwell Olson and Ryan Mowry

“High school isn't the master and servant relationship it used to be, nowadays teachers push students to succeed and build relationships with kids.” This is one opinion captured through the focus question “Do teachers care?”

Upon interviewing a classmate by the name of Christian Beatty we listened to his perspective on teachers here at Loveland High. He says how it depends on the teacher, “some make it a memorable experience while some put no energy into their lessons.

“...While interest in the subject plays a part in the experience, so does the teacher's engagement…” says Beatty. For many students like Beatty this is true, interest and effort will always be an aspect in success, but in a classroom setting it's on the teacher to help you apply yourself.

Ashley Stark made some of the same points. Stark is a member of the 21-22 year honor roll with a 3.4 GPA. Mowry and Olson interviewed her hoping to gain a diverse opinion on our story; she did exactly that.

When presented with our questions Stark was eager to give her opinion, she states “...My favorite teacher is Mrs. Truasper because she's fun and really engaging for the students”.

She goes on to discuss how she's experienced that in class her experience, ”teachers are always there to help and make sure you understand the material but after school they are clocked out too”. Stark overall believes that teachers care a whole lot about her and her peers and make sure they contribute to students' success. But, after school teachers are off the clock and stop working, which is completely understandable.

While interviewing another sophomore here at LHS, Trey Olsen, we gained some insight on his experiences with teachers in the classroom. Olsen's favorite teacher Mr.Lindsey, Lindsey “takes a less serious approach to education by making jokes with kids” Olsen told us Lindsey especially takes time to touch on things that happen outside of school like how math applies to real life.

Olsen continues to mention how some teachers don't do that and just make sure you pass their class, Lindsey taking the time to do that makes him appreciate Lindsey even more.

During our Podcast Easton, Ryan, and I (Max Olson) had Mr. Lynn as a guest speaker. Mr Lynn is a business teacher here at Loveland High school. During the podcast us three captured some thoughts on if teachers push students to succeed past high school.

Mr. Lynn enjoys conversing with students about the music they're listening to, the food joints they're going to, and he went over how teachers' culture nowadays are not so distant from the teenage culture. This is a great point because it shows how different some teachers are from the educational experience they had. “I'd hope most teachers are trying to get in the perspective of how to not only make sure they learn but also make them successful adults.”

Lynn also went over how important it is to build a relationship with his students “Research shows you learn more if you like the person teaching it”

“Does effort equal success in your class?” Lynn had a notable response, "success isn't a one time thing; its a habit." Once you take ownership in your education you're building habits that will change your experience, you need to get good at something and you can apply that to other things.”

As a group we learned throughout our interviews that it depends on the student and teacher relationship. With our experience, we have discovered that teachers try their best to get a relationship with their students to make their learning more engaging.

Most teachers do care about their students, Mr Lynn stated “It's easier to build strong kids than fix broken adults” I think Mr Lynn showed his love for his job through this podcast and everyone we interviewed agreed, Teachers care if you care enough to build a relationship with them and take ownership of your education.