You Don’t Have a Special Bond With Your Favorite Teacher, That’s Just Their Job!

That teacher that you share a special connection with, who you can rely on for emotional support, they don’t really care! That’s just their job. I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but that teacher who you cried to about your parents’ divorce, the failing grade in a certain class, or any traumatic experience, only listened and comforted you because they’re on the clock. 

We interviewed one beloved teacher at Collegiate, who told us that they are expected to have a special bond with up to thirty students all at the same time this year. “It feels like I’m cheating on them when I have to make up some excuse to end a conversation with student 4 because I have to comfort student 13. It just feels wrong, but that’s what I’m paid to do!”

One student that we interviewed told us that their favorite teacher once called them by the wrong name, but they didn’t think much of it at the time.

These are not rare occurrences, either. There seems to be a growing epidemic of students thinking that they’re more special than they really are. Research concludes that this problem stems from students’ inability to realize that they’re booorrriiinnngggg. A staggering 73% of Collegiate Upper School faculty have complained that an uninteresting student in their class thinks too much of themselves. One faculty member told The Fly that they “try to subtly knock students down a few notches when they get too self important, because it’s so damn annoying!”

Although some teachers may not subscribe to this philosophy, we still can confirm that they don’t have nor do they want a special bond with you.

Pablo Barrera