I& #39;ve read many messages saying things like "My teachers hated me. I never would have gotten X, Y, Z if they had predicted my grades". I can see where that comes from but you have to understand the following:

1. Sometimes, when you& #39;re a teenagers, everybody "hates" you, even when they don& #39;t. It& #39;s a strange time. I look back on my teenage years and can& #39;t make any sense of it now that I interact with the world of teenagers again on a daily basis.

2. Most of the time (ok, not *all* of the time) that teacher who is hard on you, REALLY wants you to do well. I& #39;ve never met a teacher that hated a child they taught. Maybe that& #39;s particular to the school I work in because it is exemplary in this regard https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷" title="Person shrugging" aria-label="Emoji: Person shrugging">

3. I& #39;m not going to lie... Sometimes a student will frustrate me: so full of ability but not applying it. Maybe I can be harsh with that student - I& #39;m not perfect - but teachers always push for students to do well.

4. Sometimes you leave the classroom and we... Shall we say... Haven& #39;t had a good interaction. Later that day, I will not be gloating about how I "showed him/her". I& #39;ll be lying in bed wondering how to get you on track. Far from being the gum stuck to my shoe, you& #39;ll be the...

... Very top of my priority list. I& #39;ll be looking up websites and conferring with colleagues about how best to proceed FOR YOU. Again, I& #39;m not some sort of abnormality here. ALL of my @PresHeadford colleagues are like this. I& #39;ve learned this from them!

Overall, teachers will do best by their students where that is at all possible. That& #39;s why we teach. Believe me, it ain& #39;t the pay cheque. The teachers of Ireland will do as well as they can for everyone in LC, as they do in the myriad scenarios they deal with every week.