Do teachers like their students?

They like them, and care about them

and if a teacher fails a student it means that he/ she did not study enough and he just needs to work a little bit more

Are you math? Just wondering based on "Euler". He is my favorite mathematician. I teach high school now, but I was also a TA and taught Quantitative Analysis and Business Calculus. There isn't an easy answer for your question.

I think what you need to look at is this: are you doing them a favor by passing them, when their skills are not yet there? If you pass them, no matter how hard they worked, and they still don't get it, they will enroll in the next class with a false sense of security, and subsequently bomb that class.

Like you said, teachers don't generally fail students out of spite, the students fail themselves. On a side note, I am not a big fan of our current grading system. Does it not seem a little arbitrary and biased to you? If you can figure out a way to grade via rubrics, which qualitatively break down the students abilities, you may be able to show your students where they stand with their skills. The HUGE disadvantage is that it is time consuming, and I am assuming that your classes will be in the 50's...so our traditional grading system is probably the only alternative.

On a reality check, some teachers like their students, which some teachers are only in the profession for the money. Althought a teacher will like a student, a failure will come in the part of the child due to lack of effort being applied to his or her studies. I am quiet sure that the teacher wouldn't want to fail the kid, but possibly so, it would be unfair to pass the student when the student has not marginally matriculated to the standard for the base pass. So I think with liking comes honesty and fairness.

Here is the way I think about it, students EARN their grades. As teachers we merely keep track of the scores. As long as the assignments are appropriate for students and you grade them on effort as well as correctness I see no problem. You can like your students and still give them a bad grade if they didn't do their work.

I think a teacher would have to like students in general to be able to teach for any amount of time. Teachers don't fail students because they don't like them, they do it because they have to, though most probably don't want to. It is their job to pass or fail you based on how well YOU do in their class, personal opinions aside. It sounds like you need to have a better attitude about school if you want to succeed.

Whoever thinks teachers are in it for the money is mad. Maybe if teachers are in it for the wrong reasons it could be a reason of power and control, but money, come on now?

Get real.

I love my kids. I don't love all of them, some of them drive me crazy. However, I give the grade earned whether I like the kid or not. I don't GIVE grades the kids give themselves grades.

some teachers do like their students and they fail a student so that in turn he wont have a negative effect on others.if an extremely dumb student is passed by a teacher because the teacher simply liked him and in the future the student also becomes a teacher then he will reflect badly on the students.so its necessary to pass and fail a student according to their standings.

Yes,teachers love their students.They fail a student because they want their student to develop profeciency in the studies.If the student lack knowledge its the duty of the teacher to see that they shine well in studies.Failing is temporary.

Because they LIKE the student. It helps no one to pass someone who should be failed.

yes teachers like their students if they ask intelligent questions. giving less marks or more does not depend on liking of teacher but its entirely depends on performance of students. though no teacher would like to see failing his students.