RELATIONSHIP

PAULA:

I was in the same school in prescolar, primary and secondary. Those years, the relationship between teachers and students was incredible. All teachers were really close to the students and we had a good relation.

Our teachers and parents were so close too, because the school made meetings to tell them what we were going to do in this year. And when we made parties like peace day, parents always came to school to watch what we did.

But the best was the relationship between the students, at least in my class. We were like a real family. Of course we had our fights, because we were eight hours together at day, but when we had to work together it was the best. On the other hand, the relation between all students of the school was also good. We always knew each other because of the parties and because each class always had to explain or made a presentation to others, so we knew the older and the younger students.

In high school I was in other school. The relation between teachers and students was different depending on each teacher. Someone was really close but other was so strict.

The class was perfect too. A lot of people of really different places.

But there, the parents weren´t close to teachers. They just go to school once a year, and just to the presentation or the graduation.  

SILVIA:

I remember an atmosphere which was humorously and to be taken serious at the same time. Depending on the teacher the pupils tried to behave differently in class. 

In primary school the teachers were stricter, I guess because you have to rase the children as well. We were always exhorted and sent out of class if we were disturbing the lessons. We had a good relationship to most of the teachers because we only had only around three different teachers in one week. We got used to them and felt comfortable in class. We could talk to them and nothing was awkward I think. The teachers were always in a constantly connection to our parents as well...

In secondary school the teachers became more strict and external. We weren’t talking to them about privat issues anymore. The pupils (we) reached puberty, got cheeky and became repellent. i think this might be the hardest time in school also for the teachers, because the children are almost older then ten, becoming more fearless and disrespectful sometimes. 

Some teachers might be okay with that and some others might have problems with those kind of pupils. We felt the vibes of a motivated or irritated teacher in class. 

I guess some teacher just like their jobs more than some others who get extremely excitable with young pupils. 

Every teacher has a different and personal way to teach and organize the lessons. It might be a different atmosphere in every group of ages, depending on the teacher and his procedures...

ÁGUEDA:

I have a lot of good memories about my experience in primary and secondary school. I spent all these years in the same school and the relationship with the teachers was always so good. My school was very little, so all of us known each other. Teachers were interesting in our life (our feelings and problems) and we, the students, normally known about theirs. But this situation didn’t interrupt the rhythm of the classes or our learning, on the contrary, because of the flow relation with the teachers, we could be “ourselves” in class and talking with the teachers wasn’t ever a special or difficult fact.

In the other hand, we used to do a lot of activities out of the class in which we mix with other groups and courses (like the peace day or Andalucía’s day). These activities helped us to meet with the others students, younger or older than us. Also, in these events parents use to come to the school to see what we do there, so the relationship between them and teachers was good too.

But sometimes this close relationship was able to be a problem, because if some student was “bad” one year, it was so easy to have a “tag” every year, because all teachers known each other and talked about these student. So they had prejudice before meet the student.

Finally I studied “bachillerato” in a public high school. There the relationship with my classmates was marvelous, but I didn’t meet people of other groups, only in the after-school activities or out of school. With the teachers I had a lot of experiences, some of them were very indifferent with us and others were so closed. Talking about the parents, there they didn’t have any contact with teachers, only in the case that they call them for a big problem or something like that.

I have to say that I have to repeat a part of “selectividad” five years later than the first time and I went to my high school to ask for some help and a teacher spent her free hours helping me. So I think that teachers in this public centre were closer if they loved their job, like these one.

CRISTINA:

In general, in my school the relationship between teachers-students, students-students and families-school were very good. My school was religious, an important aspect in this subject, since the most relevant value is the union of the community. Usually the relations with the teachers were very close but it also depended on the teacher, there were some teachers that arrived to the class, explained the lesson and didn’t care about our education. This especially happened in the higher school years. Regarding to the relationship I had with my school mates it was very nice, we had a good class atmosphere. Finally the relationship between families and school, the school always tried to be in contact with the families to have information about their children and to try to participate as much as possible in school activities. In conclusion my experience on my school relationships were very nice and I have good memories about my friends and teachers.

CECILIA:

I remember a wonderful stage full of good memories. The relationship with the teachers was great and they were always worried about us. Some teachers were better than others but in general the relationship with them was great.

The relationship between the school mates were very good. And I made friendships that continued until today, and that will be forever.

In pre-school teachers were always watching us in case we need something but we always had our personal space.

In primary we had more freedom although teachers were watching us too.

In secondary as in primary, we had freedom although teachers were watching us, but they began to give us more freedom because in high school teachers are like this.

In high school I was surprised because teachers were wonderful. They were watching us, worried about us and they tried to be always available if we needed something.

NOAH:

First I have to say, that my school experiences were very good. I have a lot of good memories, found a lot of friends and the relationship to my teachers was quite good.

In primary school I had a very friendly female teacher for four years. In Germany it is normal to have one teacher in every subject and fort he hole time in primary school. I lived in a very small village, so my family knew her privatly. I wrote a lot of good marks in primary school, with the result that there were no possibility to have a conflict with her. Maybe it dealed with the knowledge that I knew the teacher was a friend of my mother.

For us, it was normal to call her by her first name. Our class was small, we were only 8 students. All of them were kind and we had no problems. Maybe we were a little bit scared oft he headmaster. He was an old man and he was not so kind everyday. After getting older it was no problem anymore.

In the highschool my experiences changend a little bit. Now I had one teacher for each subject and the relationship to each of them was not so closed. I had to call them by their surname and I didn’t knew anything of their lifes. I had to get used to it and after a time it got normal. The relationship to my classmates was unique, because of the mass of experiences you’re getting through together. The first parties, the first holidays with friends and so on.

Especially in the end of your schooltime I had the feeling that I found my friends for life. In my opinion it was a special time with a lot of different people. You’re slowly getting adult and everyone was thinking about what they want to do after school. After the final exams I had a lot of conversations with my teachers and it was fascinating how many stories they remembered about me. They saw me everyday, getting through a lot of good times and also through a lot of bad or sad times. You spent a lot of time with them and after it even my math teachers were friendly. 

MARINA:

The relationship between my teacher and the pupils was really good. I had in the first year of preschool education a different teacher than the other two years. She was a bit strict according with the age the pupils had.

On the second year of pre-school she retired and another teacher came, she was much more closed to us and loving. We didn’t have any trouble with her. Regarding to the relationship between the students, I had a very nervous class so sometimes it was difficult to deal with us but we used to get on well and we never had any big issue with each other’s. As I grow up, I started to trust more in teachers and they were always welcome to help me, and I keep with the same mates until I entered in high school.

During this period, I was in the same school but they mixed us so we were able to get to know each other better. I notice also that teachers were more impatient with us and we had some troubles like some fights between specific students but it was not a big deal.

Finally, on the last two years of high school I created my group of friends with who I felt more comfortable, and these two years were very touching as I appreciate all the people who helped me when I needed and almost all the students created a good relationship with our teachers.