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What do you wish more teachers considered? (See Details)

I’m going into my last year of college, and during which I’ll be student teaching. I’ve taught here and there before, so it won’t be a completely new experience. But one thing I don’t think my classes consider enough is how to be a good teacher - academics aside.
What do you, in your experience, wish more teachers would’ve done (or should do)?
In case my wording is a little off (I’m not sure how to articulate this better), I mean things like do you wish more teachers developed positive relationships with students, do you wish they taught in a way that was more considerate of students (i.e. not giving homework constantly)?
I know a lot of students - myself included - don’t look back on their time in high school too fondly. I’m curious what others would suggest for teachers to do to make high school a pleasant experience (without changing the curriculum, of course).
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Firegod74 · 46-50, M
Going way way back to highschool I wish they were more impartial. My older brothers were so bad teachers hated me before they even knew my name. The class favourites got good marks even when they wrote jibberish.
We had this teacher for a day thing where I got to instruct, assign homework, and grade the essays. Some of our honour role kids were writing nothing but fluff.
Still pisses me off.
KatieKatze · 22-25, F
@Firegod74
Favoritism is something that’s always bothered me. I’ve seen in high school and I’ve seen it in college. It helps no one - those who are favored don’t actually learn anything (as in your scenario, in which they hardly do anything but still get good grades), and those who aren’t just feel like they aren’t good enough.
I know that it’s easy to like certain students more than others - but I also know that you shouldn’t allow that to affect your teaching.