Having experienced that, I might add that a few cooks do spoil the broth by being unusually discouraging.
Just recently in an Econs lesson last week, I was in awe when the Econs teacher went "I mark your essays until puke blood! Marked them until 2a.m!" No matter how much dissatisfaction or frustration she feels, that should be the last thing to be said to an already very discouraged class especially when the class has consecutively been claiming the 1st position from the bottom for 2 semesters.
Contrastingly, I have an incredible Lit teacher who is extremely encouraging and motivating. On the individual level, I receive scripts with "Jac, I appreciate the hard work and effort." etc, and on a class level, she constantly reminds us with every assignment that she has marked that she see us making improvements and putting in lots of effort into it. We are reaching there and we have to continue persevering.
In the same school, with all teachers playing the same role of wanting their students to succeed; some live up to the name of being caring teachers, while some unknowingly ruin students' self esteem and pride.
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