Should teachers be evaluated and criticized by their students? Nowadays, many students are not satisfied enough with the quality of education on account of their poor grades on some subjects. Thus, they attribute this consequence to the lack of ability of the teachers. Some propose that students should be given the freedom to evaluate and criticize their teachers to improve this situation, while others held another view, saying that it will be difficult for teachers to maintain the classrooms order which may cause the students show no respect on their teachers. In my opinion, I agree to the latter opinion, which is based on the following reason. First of all, it is really hard for students to make a completely objective attitude towards their teachers when they are asked to complete the evaluation task. As we all know, many teachers sometimes may prefer to punish their students in an instructive way to improve students’ study, which may lead to an unfavorable impression on their students, resulting in an adverse evaluation and undeserved negative comments on teachers. In addition, it will cause a popularity competition among teachers due to the evaluations that the students make, which definitely will cause the teachers try hard to gain favors from the students and compete for high rankings instead of being competent and responsible teachers. Secondly, the lazy and backward students may regard their poor
academic perform as their teachers’ faults if given the right to criticize their teachers. This is obviously unfair for teachers and it may be harmful to their academic improvements. Furthermore, if teachers receive too many unfavorable comments, it will be really hard for them to focus on their academic instruction, which may make them loss the confidence and courage to teach well.
Finally, if students have the freedom to assess their teachers, they tend to behave in an intolerable way since they believe that their teachers are afraid of being revenged when it comes to students’ assessments. As a consequence, many teachers definitely will lose the leading right and even self-esteem in the classrooms.
In conclusion, giving students the right to evaluate the teachers is not a reasonable way of school management. This method is harmful for not only teachers on running the classroom but also students on improving their academic knowledge. Personally, I think schools should come up with a better measure to promote the ability of teachers in order to give the students the best excellent education.
