User Comments

By allowing anonymity to students you are encouraging inacurate comment and
allowing a disaffected student to post highly inaccurate information and
comment. That merely leads to a siyuation where a caustic student can
cause great damage. You are also a party to libel by publishing such
comment.

you need to verify the accuracy of comment to provide a balanced and
useful service.

Otherwise, you are merely a system fo allowing abuse - not much of a
credit.

I love this website so much! I think it is so nice to rate teachers without
the worry of them knowing who put that rating! Thank you RMT! =)

I understand that in these times we are all looking for ways to raise
revenue but unfortunately this whole "unlocked" idea is genuinely
ridiculous. Don't you make enough money with the ads that show on your
site. I think this is a great resource for students to voice their ideas
and for parents and educators alike to be aware of what their children
think. I don't think anyway should have to pay for that kind of input or
exchange.

Want to voice your opinion?? - Want to add your thoughts to this page?

Use the following address:

www.ratemyteachers.co.uk/contact.php

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Ronan

RateMyTeachers

I have been reading a number of comments on this page and have read a few
that say this site is encouraging students to be rude and unfair to their
teachers. all I would have to say to them is that not only are they been
rude enough to suggest that students these days are incapable of making
honest and fair judgements of their teachers, but that they are also being
very ignorant; if a teacher is a good teacher there should be little need
for a pupil to slate them. On the homepage for my school I have read a
number of comments, most of which I would agree with. It is rude and
ignorant to suggest that all teenagers and users of this website cannot
make fair and well thought out comments and ratings of their teachers
because they may have biased feelings towards them.

I am a teacher and have felt quite demoralised and upset by comments made
about me on this site. I invest a lot of time and energy into my job and
always strive to do the best for the students in my care. I frequently
encourage students to give me constructive feedback on my teaching and if
it is helpful will act upon it. In contrast the feedback on your site
seems completely unconstructive. Your site provides students with an
anonymous forum to bitch about their teachers: Is this really an attitude
we should be encouraging in young people?

Do you realise that most teachers go well beyond what they are paid to do
in order to enrich students’ education? Parents and students rarely
acknowledge this fact. This doesn't bother me because I don't do my job
for recognition. However, when I am slagged off behind my back I feel much
less motivated!

Don't you think that teachers are under enough scrutiny? We are already
accountable to students (those of us who are open to hearing their views),
parents, colleagues, members of the senior leadership and OFSTED. We are
judged on the basis of our students’ performance and the basis of our own
performance.

I was never was never asked whether I would like to receive feedback in a
public forum. Don't you realise that potential employers can access this
data and it only takes a few students who have a grudge to make an
excellent teacher seem terrible?

This site is potentially inaccurate and it is completely unnecessary,
unhelpful, unethical and inappropriate!

Where is the Rate my Student Section? Why don't you at least request the
students -OR ANYONE WHO VISITS THE SITE- to provide some personal
information BEFORE voting?
This means that ANYONE can vote ANY number of times, thus making all the
data on your site just about worthless!

I have been watching this website the past year or so, and I have to say,
it's fantastic.

For ages I had been wondering where I could comment over my teachers'
abilities to teach a subject. When I came across complaints about it in
newspapers, I decided to check it out, completely outraged at what I had
"heard". But when I checked it out myself, looked around my school's
page.. I found out it was a great idea.

There are some comments out there that aren't constructive critism ..
that's no excuse to say it's the same for the whole website.. it gives
pupils a chance to voice their opinions anonymously. When you comment and
your name is down, you can feel embarrassed, especially when the teacher
confronts you and asks you why this is.

I have had many encounters of teachers. Teachers whom have commented on my
personal apperance saying I looked like a "hooker" with a necklace on. One
that said my skirt was too short and I was going to turn out to be a
"prostitute". A teacher that constantly taunted people in class- and
another useless maths teacher who never bothered teaching us correctly.

RMT gave me a chance to voice my experiences and relieve my anger. I made
the mistake last year of voicing them on a Piczo site and got into trouble
for it.

RMT gave me hope, that perhaps, someone will see my anonymous complaint
and take action.

I have nothing but praise for this site. Stop dissing it because of
tabloids and a few catty comments. Look at it from a pupil's perspective.

to be honest the only real reason why adults and especially teachers hate
this site because this is one of the only ways to talk about your teacher
and they can't stand the truth coming out without punishing you. teachers
can discuss their pupils but now the tide is turning. its true there are
some amazing teachers out there but you'll be lucky to find one and good
teachers are complimented but most of the time they're undedicated and
only there to pick up the pay cheque abd lever you through the exams. face
up teachers you'll be exposed

This is a great website. But what a pity you don't use it as a positive
vehicle for improvement of schools by praising those working their arse
off to teach YOUR kids.
many teachers make huge personal sacrifice to help those students who have
parents who don't have a clue about education. WHY pick on teachers for
public ridicule..lets grow up a bit shall we.......