<p>I really don’t know what I’d classify as, but I’m definitely not a full-blown suckup, unlike my archnemesis who I’m trying so hard not to strangle. </p>
<p>It’s odd, but sometimes I do feel like kissing up, even though I don’t exactly try to. I’m the kind of student that’s respected for effort and the fact that I’m rather verbose. As seen in the case with my English teacher, quite a few teachers talk to me when they seem to have a hard time, being so stressed out and possibly disappointed with the other students. I try to offer consolation, telling them their frustration is “purely understandable”, and it’s then that I feel like a suckup. I can’t even compliment my AP World History teacher on her outfits anymore without people spreading rumors that I “brown nose” to the top of the class. Definitely not a good thing. Consequently, most of my graduating class hates me.</p>
<p>I guess I’m kind of a teacher’s pet, but they like me because I’m one of the few pro-active people in my tiny school. I genuinely enjoy talking to them though, and one of them is an internationally renowned poet who completely inspired me to write poetry again. He took a liking to me because no one else really likes to write. I don’t even take this guy’s class, but a few times a week we get together and discuss poetry. It’s pretty awesome because I now love it…so maybe that makes me a pet. I tend to have more with older people better than I do with people my own age, though…that could be a part of it. I’m not doing it for better grades or anything because all my teachers are pretty fair fair, but I’ve been told I’m a favorite and I get good recs!</p>
<p>I mean, I think there are different ways for different people. You could suck up, or you could just do your thing and have teachers naturally love you.</p>
<p>It seems to me that there is no solid formula for becoming a teacher’s pet because, as I’ve observed, every teacher has a different personality and a different preference for certain students.</p>
<p>For all you know, your looks or personality could remind a teacher of their current best friend or of the girl that refused to go to the dance with them back in high school. I’m not saying that that should have any influence on how they treat you, but unfortunately, it probably does.</p>
<p>All kinds of things factor in to how a teacher feels about you. In sophomore year I had a very pious English teacher who showed partiality toward the openly religious kids and disliked the ones who, for example, were pro-choice (we had a discussion about controversial issues at the beginning of the year). That same year I also had a pervert of a gym teacher who was extremely lenient on the girls who flirted with him during class. You just never know what you’re going to get, and a lot of times it just isn’t fair.</p>
<p>From my experience, some teachers love kids who participate a lot, others are annoyed that they won’t shut up. Young teachers tend to like kids who joke around with them, while older teachers who have kids of their own tend to favor the students who just do what they’re told. Male teachers tend to be nicer to girls. Some teachers love smart kids, and other teachers are hard on them because they sympathize with the “average” kids in the class.</p>
<p>I really think the whole “teacher’s pet” thing is overrated. If anything, because of teachers’ varied preferences, it’s just too hard to accomplish. Anyone who wanted approval from every teacher would have to take on a new personality with each class period. </p>
<p>I think it’s best to be yourself and hope for the best, because while you may not be the teacher’s favorite, you can be sure that they’ll like you better than the one kid who tries to deceive everyone and be a suckup.</p>
<p>for some reason, i’m almost always the teacher’s pet.</p>
<p>i think it has to do with the fact that i’m one of the smartest kids at my school, and i work extremely hard on everything because i’m a crazy perfectionist. i always ask lots of questions because i’m naturally curious.</p>
<p>but there are definitely different things that different teachers like. some teachers just like the relief of having a sensible person in their class instead of the usual goof-offs. others are impressed by intelligence, and others like kids that are friendly and interested in them.</p>
<p>i’ve had a couple male teachers that favor girls. the worst was my economics/government teacher this past semester. any pretty girl got to do whatever she wanted and could argue a different point of view on test questions that they missed and get points back, but a few boys were pretty much screwed from the moment they walked in the door at the beginning of the year. i don’t consider myself particularly pretty, but he liked me for some reason. (i think it had to do with me amusing him with my liberal views. everyone around here is very conservative.)</p>
<p>and my yearbook advisor loves me. she’s told me that it’s because i remind her a lot of herself, plus i work really hard and do an awesome job on yearbook stuff (editor-in-chief this year!). it’s an awesome perk, because she practically runs the school as student activities director and the advisor of all the big deal stuff like yearbook and student government.</p>
<p>i have awesome college recommendations this year because of all this.</p>
<p>however, i have the occasional teacher who i hate with a passion for one reason or another. they generally hate me too because it’s kind of obvious that i don’t like them (you can always see right through me). i feel like a person has to earn respect rather than being respected just because they’re in an authority position, so that’s my issue with most of these. in that case, i just get through the semester. but i always make good grades, no matter how much they hate me.</p>