What is Belonging?

If we as students see teachers stand up for students more often, this will create a sense of acceptance, and the feeling that we have someone looking out for us, ready to defend us in the event that we become targets for ridicule. This creates a sense of trust between teachers and students, creating a closer relationship between the two groups, and making students feel more inclined to listen to and respect teachers, which in turn reduces the amount of students acting out in class, as well as improves grades. This will also cause students who regularly ridicule others to no longer have a platform to do such, which may lead to them picking on students less in general, not just in the classroom. This lowers the stress of teach