Coming into my senior year of college I have been through over 112 credits worth of classes. With that many classes, I have also had multiple different teachers. All of these teachers have had different teaching styles, grading styles, and different bonding styles with their students. Naturally, some teachers I get along swimmingly with, while others I avoid taking a class with them at all costs.

I have found that the teachers I enjoy most are the ones who are always encouraging and help their students use their strengths to their advantage. With that being said, those teachers who are the kind, encouraging people usually get much better reviews at the end of the semester. The other group of teachers, the ones who seem to not care, can't connect with their students, and constantly shame them are usually the ones with terrible reviews come the end of the semester. I have noticed a pattern with these kind of teachers; they are the ones who will make their students feel awful and then expect that their students will magically do better in the class.

Here's the thing though, I sure as hell did not pay for my education to be told by someone who is supposed to teach me and help me develop as a well-educated person that I am no good. No student, should be told that. It is not in any way, shape or form motivation.

I am not a bad student, in fact, I do really well in school and I'm just trying to get the most out of my education. As my classmates and I get closer to graduation I have noticed those "bad" teachers dangling our shortcomings in front of our faces in order to motivate us to do better in their classes. But here's the thing, it doesn't motivate any of us. In fact, it makes us not want to go to class, to not do any work for the class, and never see that teacher again. I mean, our teachers see our shortcomings so why should we try to do any better than what our teacher has already limited us to be able to do.

We came to school to get an education and hopefully a job in our field, and yes, we students have to work for it. But there's really no reason that a teacher should stand there in front of the class or on an individual level and tell you that you're not going to find a job if you don't perform exceptionally well in that class.

I'm not saying that it's the end of the world when I, or my classmates, get criticized; I know that in the real world there will be plenty of criticisms to deal with. I also know that, overall in order to be successful and find a job you have to do fairly well in school to receive your degree. But what students shouldn't have to do, is go to a class with a teacher who spends a majority of class time telling his or her students how terrible they are and they'll never find jobs.

Escuse me, but I did not pay a ridiculous amount of money for a class that I HAVE to take to graduate to be told that I am an awful student who will never find a job and will never have success. To those students who suffer from a "bad" teacher, just do your best, you won't be able to please everyone, and you will find success whether or not it is with that teacher. Focus on what you have to do in order to pass the class and move on to the next part of your education.

Thank you to those teachers who have shown students that not all teachers are bad, and we students can become great at what we're there to learn. Against the teachers who have told me I am no good and I will never get a job, you're the ones that have motivated me to finish my education.