The votes are in, and teachers are “kind, cool, smart, silly and rockin’!” At least, that’s what students in kindergarten through second grade tell us.
Some are even considering becoming teachers themselves. Others shared they have different careers in mind.
In the words of one second-grader, “I would not like to be a teacher because I really want to be a princess.”
Great dreams do need great teachers.
Read what else students had to say about teachers, their jobs and how they spend their free time.
What are some adjectives to describe teachers?
“Smart.”
“Cool.”
“He stole mine. I was going to say, ‘Cool.’”
“Awesome.”
“Nice.”
“Funny.”
“Fabulous!”
“Silly.”
“Crazy.”
“Rockin’!”
“Kind.”
“Helpful.”
“Funky.”
“They’re sweet.”
“They’re pretty.”
“They’re really pretty.”
“They’re GORGEOUS!”
How do teachers help you?
“Teachers help you read.”
“They help you when you don’t know where to go. They’re very nice.”
“They help if you don’t know what something is and you’re trying your very best.”
“They help you when you fall.”
“They also – well, sometimes – when you’re really, really, really good, you get a sticker or a treat or something from the treasure box.”
“They help you sound out the words.”
“They help you when you have trouble with your morning work.”
“They help you not get hurt. Like when I fell and skinned my knee and my teacher got ice.”
“Teachers are trying their best to be good for the children and also helping them learn so when they grow up they can be anything they want, like a lawyer or something, and they can use all the stuff they learned from the teacher to be a citizen.”
“They teach you the calendar.”
“They teach us fire drills and tornado drills.”
“If you fall backwards, they will catch you.”
“They always help the mommies and daddies to help kids learn because they don’t know the stuff yet.”
“They help us do everything!”
What is the best part about being a teacher?
“Eating lots of candy.”
“You help the children learn.”
“Reading to students.”
“You get paid.”
“Seeing kids Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.”
“You love your kids.”
“Having awesome students.”
“Have a break when your kids are having lunch.”
“You get to give some people some things from the treasure chest when they are really good.”
“Teaching math.”
“Having fun while teaching.”
“Seeing students smile.”
“Grading good reports cards.”
“If you are here, you get to see your students every single day and never ever leave them.”
What is the most difficult or hardest part about teaching?
“Kids misbehaving.”
“It’s hard to get the kids’ attention to listen.”
“Getting interrupted.”
“Meetings!”
“Grading lots and lots of papers.”
“Trying to figure out math.”
“Getting very, very frustrated and helping kids not to get frustrated.”
“Having to give referrals.”
“When the class is really noisy.”
“When you have to send a student to the principals’ office.”
“When kids call out.”
“When you have to give students homework for a long time.”
“That the kids are being rude, and the teacher trying to make them not be rude anymore.”
“Trying to get the kids to listen.”
“If you teach older kids and they are usually texting on their phones and talking to their friends a lot and they’re being really noisy and they keep texting and being really loud and noisy.”
What do teachers do when they are not at school – at night or on the weekends? What do they do for fun?
“Grade papers.”
“Have meetings.”
“Work on plans for the next day.”
“They basically clean up the room and stuff.”
“When they go home they go crazy!”
“Sleep in.”
“Spend time with their family.”
“Have Starbucks.”
“They go to their bed and put their pillows on their face because they are frustrated.”
“They could watch a sad, sad movie and eat lots of bags of M&Ms.”
“They lay down and relax.”
“Do flips on the couch.”
“Play a football game.”
“Dance and sing.”
“Sometimes they could go home and get their children and go on a roller coaster at an amusement park.”
“They go to Dave and Busters and win big prizes like a banana with a mustache.”
“Ride bikes in the neighborhood.”
“Play on the playground.”
“Go visit their friends.”
“Get candy.”
“Go on vacation.”
Do any of you want to be a teacher? Why or why not?
“I don’t want to be a teacher because it’s too much work to teach kids all day.”
“I would like to be a teacher because then I get to see students every day, and I get to have a lunch break. I also get to see a whole bunch of other people and I get to learn while I’m teaching.”
“I want to be a teacher because I want my class to be the best class in the school.”
“I would not like to be a teacher because I really want to be a princess.”
“I would like to be a teacher because I get weekends off and the summer off.”
“I really want to be a teacher because then I could be the boss of everybody.”
“I want to be a teacher because every year I would get to meet new kids and get to see new teachers.”
“I want to do both. I wouldn’t want to be a teacher because it’s going to be too hard to help other people when they get frustrated. But, I would want to be a teacher because I want to be famous like my teacher.”
“I would like to be a teacher because I would get to spend a lot of time with kids and I really like kids.”
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