Clearly I don't know the answer so why is the teacher calling on me?!

[Jaclyn Calabrese]

If you are or have ever been a student this has most likely happened to you. You are sitting in class and the teacher asks a question. You have no idea what the answer is so you don't raise your hand but you're not worried because everyone around you has their hand up. You know the teacher wouldn't possibly call on you with all the other kids eager to answer, right? WRONG. Of course the teacher just has to call on you when clearly you do not know the answer. They had so many people to chose from but apparently they either really wanted to hear from you or they just wanted to make you look dumb.

This has happened to me before and I, for one, absolutely hate it! If I know the answer, then I raise my hand. If I don't, then I keep my hand down. Simple as that. Why do teachers insist on calling on us when it is obvious that we don't know the answer? It drives me crazy! Now, I'm not even going to ask if this has ever happened to anyone else because I know it has. Whether it was in first grade or in high school, it has happened to all of us at one point or another. My question is, why can't teachers call on the kids who actually know the answer? Is there something so wrong about not embarrassing us? I'm pretty sure "you must embarrass your students" was NOT on the contract they signed when accepting the job.

Questions? Comments? Feel free to post here! Thanks! :)

[Josh James]

Ha this is such a true blog, like down to the fine lines. Like for example, when Anderson does the greek roots, and I don't even have the slightest clue about a possible definition I have the feeling that he is gonna call, and when I have absolutely no Idea he calls on me O_o

[Danny Vasilev]

I don't raise my hand in class. Unless I really feel the need to say something. I hate when teachers call on you because they feel like the whole class has to say something that day. And whenever I do raise my hand I probably won't get called on.

[Kelsey Carlson]

I really don't understand why they do this to us. I agree that if we know it we will raise our hands and if don't then we won't.
I do however understand that if no one if, they just call on random people, but if someone is raising their hands then call on them.

[Alex Hepler]

yeah I wish I could complain about being called on but ik its because im probably zoned out. Imunderstand that teachers are just trying to keep there class all together and on the same page

[Matt Sievert]

I hate it also. But I understand why teachers do it.....to get the kids attention to make them pay attention, but it often doesnt work. I think a student has to want to learn.

[catherine betti]

This makes me so angry when a teacher does this, especially when you have no idea what the answer is at all.

[Anna Badovinac]

I personally hate when you have raised your hand on the three questions before the present one, but for some reason since your hand was up for the others you know this one too...? It just doesn't make sense to me unless they can obviously tell you aren't paying attention.

[Lauren von Schaumburg]

Haha i hate when teachers do this it's so embarassing. It's the worst when you have absolutley no idea what the answer is, and of all the students in the class the teacher picks you. I just hate how they purposely pick the kids who don't have a hand raised.

[Danielle Elaine]

In my Algebra 2 class my teacher calls on everyone that is in the class. If he calls on you and you don't know the answer he explains it for about 10 minutes acting like you are stupid. It's ridiculous. Personally, if I raise my hand, I know the answer, but if I don't, back off.

[Kim Odom]

Yeah I think this has happened to us all and I have no idea why teachers do it. I mean I could see if you never participate, but they shouldn't call on you if your not volunteering to answer! This happens to me all the time in spanish class and thats the worst because its a completely different language; you can't really make up an answer lol.