Is it normal that i love my teacher like a mom?

I’ve had this teacher for 2 years now. I stay after school and talk to her everyday, I help her clean up her room, we talk about our days, etc. I go to her room as often as possible, typically everyday during study hall and lunch. We understand eachother and love a lot of the same things. She came to a couple of my football games, she stays after school and helps me with homework. She helps out a lot in her class for me, gives me points for work I hardly did, writes a decent chunk of my essays, etc. She always comes to me to ask how the class was when she wasn’t there, to ask what is up with a kid that I know, all that. She gives me candy, tells me things about the class that she doesn’t tell anyone else, comes up behind me and gives hugs, gives me extensions on homework. The other day I wrote her a letter saying that I see her as a mother and that I love her and thanking her for all the help. She told me that the note made her cry first thing in the morning, that she is very very glad I am in her class and getting the chances I deserve, and that she loves me too and sees me as a kid of her own. I fight to get into her class if Im not in it, she tries to get me in her class. There is so much more, I honestly see her as more of a mother than my actual mom. My weekends are so long, I just wait to see her again.

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  • Lovely_15

    I can relate. THIS IS LONG BUT....I am a freshman and I have this one teacher who is my reading teacher and surprisingly my coach (I dance). Since the beginning of the school year, I have been feeling that love/hate or tough love relationship with her. I always get in trouble or yelled at or a threatening stare from her when I am doing something she isn't pleased with. I used to feel like she does this because she hates me because when I would do something she would punish me or stay on my case about it. But when another student does something similar, she wouldn't do as much. It always made me mad and have an attitude with her. *To speed things up a little* Later on in the year, I joined the dance team not knowing she was the coach. When I found out she was the coach I wanted to say forget it but I also have always wanted to be a dancer. One day I wanted to quit the team because I was so depressed. My mother is not and was never there for me. She doesn't call me and i haven't heard from her ever since i was sent back with my dad. When i text her she never replied but she was always posting pictures of herself 24/7 and the only time she tries to get in contact with me was to get money from my dad. She would always lie to me and to my dad and she never did anything for me. I joined the dance team because it was something I was interested in and I wanted to capture my mom's attention. But when i became depressed, i told Ms. C (my coach/teacher i hated) i quit. When i told her, she refused to let me go and wanted to talk to me after school. When I went to her as she scheduled me to, she asked me why (mind you, other girls also quit but she didn't run after them) so i told her the reason. That day, my feelins completely changed about her. She talked to me about what I could do and the one thing I'll never forget is when she said (to make me feel better) "I know you think nobody can ever replace your mom. I know I can never be your mom but I want to help you and teach you things your mother should have done and keep you where you're supposed to be. I go hard on you because I have faith in you and i want you to do right. I feel like its not fair to the ones that actually CARE about you. You should focus more on the ones that care about you and who are harsh on you and push you other than wasting your time trying to run after the person who is living their life happily not giving a damn about you"....those words woke me up and made me feel totally different about her. From that day on, she is like my personal counselor because i always go to her when i feel any type of way and she always makes me feel better. I still feel like she acts like a total b*tch towards me but I always try to look on the inside and compare her actions with her words. I call it tough love. And from that day on i always go to her and look at her and see that motherly love she has for me. Soon i will tell her about how i feel about her but I'm too nervous

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  • JellyBeanBandit

    That sounds really sweet, I don't see anything wrong with it.

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  • _confused_

    Perfectly normal :) I don't see anything bad with befriending a teacher

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  • Radovan_Wolf

    Sounds really wholesome

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  • SweetTouch

    Teacher is like your second parent in your school so it's normal. But do you love your parents same as you love your teacher? If yes than It's just normal.

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  • AngelLoc

    Aww. Of course, it’s perfectly normal.

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  • Nickvey

    A. you are not being fair to your foster parents B. she hasnt had to put up with the shit and grief you give your parole officer . C. you won't be a student very much longer and she can find a student replacement faster than she can say here's your diploma.

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