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What to Expect in High School

What to Expect in High School. Teacher types. 1. The Disciplinarian. The Disciplinarian. Pros: Will make you do your work Will always have your letter grade handy. Will call your parents frequently. Cons: No bathroom breaks. No classroom communication.

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What to Expect in High School

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  1. What to Expect in High School

  2. Teacher types

  3. 1. The Disciplinarian

  4. The Disciplinarian Pros: • Will make you do your work • Will always have your letter grade handy. • Will call your parents frequently. Cons: • No bathroom breaks. • No classroom communication. • Will often squirt you with water in the hallways if you’re misbehaving. Strategy: Just try and get along.

  5. 2. The Over-Caffeinated (or Under-medicated)

  6. The Over Caffeinated (or under medicated) Pros: • Thinks outside the box. • Times tests with a live hand grenade, just for fun. • Will make you laugh. Cons: • Unpredictable. • Might yell “Waffles!” in the middle of a lecture. • Might not remember your name. Strategy: Get to know this teacher, and read between the lines.

  7. 3. The Dreamer

  8. The Dreamer Pros: • Will believe strongly in your potential • Is very approachable. • You’ll get to express yourself. Cons: • Might digress on the odd occasion. • Has high expectations of your interest in school. • Might not like you if you’re better at their skill than they are. Strategy: Avoid the question: “So what have you done in your life?”

  9. 4. Mr./Ms. Nice THIS IS MY ANGRY FACE!

  10. Mr./Ms. Nice Pros: • Very forgiving of your personality quirks • Lets you hand things in late, or never • Laughs when most teachers would quit. Cons: • Lets everyone get away with everything. • Expects you to be happy along with everybody else. • Could turn into a hybrid of disciplinarian/over caffeinated. Strategy: Don’t take advantage of kindness.

  11. 5. The Robot

  12. The Robot Pros: • Gets all your marking done within minutes. • Has perfectly planned lessons. • Is consistent in demeanor. Cons: • Speaks in monotone even if the school is on fire. • Does everything “by the book”. • Has no interest in talking to you or getting to know you in class. Strategy: Do your work, go to class, listen, repeat.

  13. 6. The Rookie

  14. The Rookie Pros: • Has lots of energy to plan fun lessons and sponsor your clubs. • Dreams of changing lives through the magic of books. • Highly endearing and cares about students. Cons: • Sets impossible goals. • Has no concept of reality / thinks he/she is above it. • Some students will purposely try to make him/her jaded . Strategy: Defend him/her from the bullies.

  15. 7. The Nearly Retired

  16. The Nearly Retired Pros: • Can have a lot of knowledge about subject area. • Doesn’t take any flack from classroom miscreants. • Teaches you about a different era. • Makes you read things. Cons: • Has funny writing and weird expectations, like spelling. • Marks papers by throwing them down a stairwell. The ones at the top get an ‘a’. • Has an advent calendar counting down days until retirement. • Has odd opinions. Strategy: Respect your elders.

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