What on earth would a teacher do with a picture of a student?

[Scoop]

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Ditto

 

[kargo]

"ETA: I have been reading your threads about her and it seems like you are seeking a connection. Maybe that is why you are reading a little more into the picture? "

Yep. That just about sums it up. I have noticed that for some reason

I am much more eager to please this teavher than most of my othr teachers. I am always eager to please and ready to do my schoolwork, however I can say that I take joy in doing the work for her class just because I look forward to getting back the paper with the smilies or not being a pain in the keister to her. But yes, I do have a habit of making friends with teacher. And I can definitely say that I am particularly determined to befriend this one.

 

[kargo]

Well, I finally figured out the answer to my question. When I gave her one of my pictures today, she put it up on her classroom bulletin board for the whole class to see. I was so frightened I tapped the girl next to me and said, "Look what she's doing!" I guess the teacher heard me, because jut afterward, she asked me if I liked it where she had put it. I was like, "Oh, yeah, it's great there..."

 

[sred98]

Awww that's sweet! But, I know where you're coming from.

I never wanted any extra attention like that at school. You handled it better than I probably would have! I would have run to the bathroom and cried! LOL!

But, like I said in another post, my DD's FFA teacher has a bulletin board that he posts kids' pictures on. So, it's not uncommon. It just seems that 20 years ago when I was in school, teachers never did that. But, there was a huge difference then, too.

I hope you aren't too nervous about it. It sounds like a really pretty picture! Congrats!

Shelly

 

[deb1]

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Maybe she understands that you are going through a shy phase and she wants to encourage you. Or maybe people just like you better then you realize.

By the way, you have a very mature way of expressing yourself for one so young.

 

[kargo]

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xP I kind of thought about that.

Thanks.

I'm excited but a little nervous. I could so picture people asking abou that picture and her going, "Oh, that's my English I student at Homecoming. Isn't she adorable?" Or something really embarassing like that...

Maybe she understands that you are going through a shy phase and she wants to encourage you. Or maybe people just like you better then you realize.

By the way, you have a very mature way of expressing yourself for one so young.

Maybe. I've always been shy, though. I'm much more nervous and shy around her than any of the teachers, though. Today I almost forgot how to speak correctly. I was stuttering and everything. I never do that.

Thank you. Adults kind of tell me that a lot, but it's a good thing, right? What makes you say that? Today I got to take a confidential letter for the elementary principal to the office for my other favorite teacher. I was really happy. I ran into Mrs. W in there, too. xP

I have good news-We goudn out today that Mrs. W is going to have a baby boy. My best friend and I were so excited. We were tired of calling him "Baby" or "It."​

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

From a dads point of view, I want to commend you for being cautious. It's sad, some of the things that changed over the years. Personally, I don't think you have anything to worry about. I know a retired teacher, and nothing makes her happier than to get out her scrapbooks of school events and former students and show others. Most teachers are very social people, and upon their retirement it must really be a shocker not being around hundreds of people daily. By having pictures, they can reminisce about times past.


Marty

 

[NoelTate]

As a teacher, I never ask my students for photos. It just seems weird to me. However, many have given them to me over the years, and I have some that I have taken on field trips. I keep them all in a folder and go through them about once a year. They always make me smile. It could be as innocent as that. Like others have said, always pay attention to your gut instincts. However, I would not be concerned over this one thing unless other things happened to add to it and make me uncomfortable. It's really an innocent picture, as well, so that makes me think there is nothing to it.

 

[onthespot]

My sister was a teacher and had hundreds of pictures of her students. the good, the bad and the ugly, lol She remembered them all and loved them all and looked at their pictures and remembered the good ol' days. I helped clean up a house after an old woman died. She was a teacher in the Los Angeles School System in the sixties and most of her students were poor and black but she had drawers and books with hundreds of pictures of her students too. She had really strong memories of being a teacher and all the students she helped. It made her feel really good. I would say let your mom choose the photo for your teacher. Let her have more than one. She will also love getting update pictures of you as you reach life milestones, engagement, marriage, pics of how you are doing as the years go by. You are one of "her" kids, even if it was part time, for only a year. Teachers invest their hearts and souls and minds into their work and it is just a part of them to want to remember you.

 

[kargo]

I think the nerves about that picture have mostly worn off. Now I'm just excited that she likes me enough to want one.