High school students, imagine that tomorrow instead of sitting in classes, you had to teach them. It’s now on you to prepare a lesson plan and stand up all day in front of classrooms full of teenagers who aren’t necessarily there by choice.
Wouldn’t it be stressful? Imagine if that were your job every day.
Teaching is a noble, difficult, and often thankless profession. Some students make teachers' jobs more enjoyable, but some just go out of their way to make the gig more difficult. Be the first kind of student. Appreciate that even if a teacher or a subject isn’t your favorite, it takes guts to stand up in front of teenagers all day trying to reach and teach them.
I’m a little biased in this regard because my mom was a high school English teacher for 30 years. But if you’re mature enough to appreciate that your teachers are doing a difficult job, you’ll likely be the kind of student who teachers enjoy having in class—and the kind that colleges want to admit.
If you want some advice about how to be that kind of student, past posts are here, here and here.