I was not trying to "win" you where clearly misinformed about the claim denial. I do not know the story with the person but My guess is that they attempted to make a claim as a qualified veteran of the Korean War when they in fact are not.There is some reason why the person got denied but not what you where told.

A clear argument also would have gotten the attention of a moderator which this discussion has not.

It depends. I haven't got my qualification yet, so I might be just young and naive, but I haven't felt that way. In fact, the most difficult experience so far was when I had a group that was anything but a herd of cats. They just sat and expected me to teach. While I managed, it didn't suit my style at all. Whereas when I have taught more energetic groups, it has been much more pleasant: in their cases I knew I could channel that energy into having them participate and doing something.


Stealhead has already summed up in a much better fashion everything I would have said on the subject, but I'm going to pick this one up as someone standing on the other side of the classroom.

I'm not even a real teacher yet, but I have already taught four groups. That alone makes it approximately 100 people. Your teachers are professionals who have in their careers most likely taught well over thousands of people. Even remembering the names of such groups of people is challenging, let alone liking or not liking some of them.

Students often have this image of being special little snowflakes. I can appreciate that. Of course the teacher should know his/her students as individuals and treat them as such. This is still not a contradiction with the attitude of not making it personal enough to like or dislike someone. It would be pretty difficult too, seeing how the groups change. A teacher can see one student only once or twice per week and tens or hundreds of students in between those meetings.

Also, teachers teach for living: they know the tricks of the trade. Believe me, I have heard some unbelievable stuff in the classroom too. Stuff that would make me raise my eyebrows really high if I heard it on the street, but when I'm a teacher, I'm not going to behave the same way as if I was just me. I bring my personality to the classes in a different manner.

I don't like or dislike anyone in my classroom. I like my students. Based on the feedback I have received, they like their teacher. We'll see about liking or disliking each other as persons once they graduate and we'll bump into each other in the course of life. I'm somewhat looking forward to that, actually.