Should my teacher really be talking about this stuff? I don't think so..?
All right.. I'm a 10th grader in 9th grade physical science. I don't think you needed to know that. But anyways, ever since I started this class 2nd semester, I've always heard her tell personal things. Like, how she was going down to Florida to adopt/gain guardianship of her nephew because his mother [her sister] died of a stroke. And when she finally got custody of him and brought him up here to Wisconsin, she told us his name and said that we should look him up on myspace and facebook. Then, today, there was this one girl who wasn't in class, and there's a rumor that she ran away. Our teacher told us she knew 5 other kids who ran away -- but she wouldn't tell us the names. Later, she called me over and asked if I knew if she ran away. I said no, but that a lot of freshmen have run away lately. Then, she said one of their names. Thank goodness I already knew she was missing, so she wasn't feeding me any new information. But do you think it's inappropriate for her to be discussing so many personal issues with her students? I do. Nick: She didn't know if this girl had run away. It was told to her by another student in class that she MIGHT have run away. Just so ya know.
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1 :
it could just be that your teacher is trying to conect with what happened in her life to what's happening now
2 :
It's not very professional of her to be taking part in the rumors and gossip, no. Especially disclosing information about another student's personal affairs. It's possible she was instructed to let those that may be close to the student know that she has run away (the administration may have asked her teachers to inform other students to see if anyone knew about it already, or knew where she might have possibly gone to). So...if she was asked to do it by administration for the purpose of helping the child or locating him/her, that's not really a problem. Also, talking about students that have run away at points in their lives isn't necessarily wrong, as she didn't give any of the names of those ones. It's off topic, yes, but not a bad thing. Just idle chatter. Same thing with her nephew. Teachers will typically share their personal lives with students, especially in high school, where the student-teacher relationship has evolved in to something more than just 'educator and learner.' Plus the nephew might have been around your age, and she was just trying to get him used to the area by introducing him indirectly to some of his peers or future classmates. Maybe he doesn't have any friends?
3 :
I think you should tell your teacher that it makes you uncomfortable for her to tell you things like that and ask her to please stop. she is a teacher and should not be discussing personal things with her students and if it doesn't stop i would go to the principle and let him/her know.
4 :
you're right
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