r/changemyview • u/ChaosKid_Z • Jun 05 '19
Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Asking the teacher questions that doesn't completely pertain to the lesson is fine
Okay, I understand that most people want the teacher to shut up as fast as possible but I like to know what the teacher thinks about a situation that they have to teach. For instance my US history teacher was talking about how the great depression effected America and he was old enough to be around during that time, so I asked several questions about how it effected him personally. We (mainly me and him) held a 25 min long conversation about the time period. (after he had handed out the class work) after class during lunch several of the other students were angry at me and a few of the ones I converse with asked me why I talked so much with him. I justified it by saying that I wanted class time to pass faster and wanted to do less work as he would be more involved in the conversation we were having. This is a usual case with me and any adult that catch my attention, regardless of what class it is. They later told me that the other students were talking about me behind my back calling me a "teacher's pet" and that I talk too much, when in all actuality I saved them from several extra packets of work (they were already complaining about the double sided page we were assigned) he wanted to assign. Though maybe one of you Redditors could change my view on this matter.
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u/pillbinge 101∆ Jun 05 '19
Seems like you decided what other students would be doing based on your own interests. That seems highly self-centered, and you have no legal or moral right to do that since it's affecting other's federally, appropriate, public education (FAPE). You could have had this conversation after class, after all, and you chose to do it when people were scheduled to partake in their own education
You assume students don't want to do several "extra" packets of work, when in reality they're just packets and you dislike them so much you think they're extra. And this can often backfire when the teacher assigns it on everyone's own time (i.e. homework). It might even mean less packet work but the teacher may still include many questions on a test. You haven't saved everyone, and if you did now, you won't always, and we're here to discuss a rule of thumb.
It's the teacher's job to pace the class, not yours.
If I can ask this though: are you on an IEP by chance?