[ellenroo]

If it helps any, mine are doing that too. I have an easy time connecting with students 99% of the time and being a fun teacher ( I mean, it's hard to not be a fun art teacher) But I have 9-12th graders telling me all day how much they hate me. Because I hold them accountable or expect them to work in my class. It is disheartening. And I have to remind myself that they are still children and I'm not their friend and I don't need their approval. It doesn't make it stop hurting necessarily. But it makes it hurt less.