APAD: teacher's pet

Definition: a student who is favored by the teacher

 

Examples

   1) Don't be such a teacher's pet. You're not going to get any extra credit

      for it.

   2) I'm not surprised that he got an A. He's the teacher's pet.

 

Etymology

   The term is believed to have originated in the United States in the late 19th

   or early 20th century.

 

Synonyms: Brown-noser, suck-up

 

- englishdaily626.com [edited]

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I guess you can call some of us teacher's pets back in the 80s.

 

By Chinese tradition, teachers were likened to fathers. Regarded as pillars

of the society, they were held in such esteem that it was hard for pupils not to

try to imitate and appeal to them. In a sense, we students were all sucking up,

some better at it than others. Teachers had favorite students, usually those

working hard and doing well in their studies, but showing favoritism was not cool.

 

It was a different world where the English phrase's negative sense hardly apply.

I can honestly say that mine were mostly fair but most non-PE teachers liked me,

i.e., I was a teacher's pet.

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Ha, same here,語文課代表in初中, 化學課代表in高中, but hated by PE teacher -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:28:20

(failed most PE tests except high-jump & gymnastics :-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:32:39

I was a zero in PE. It was my own fault, I don't hate them. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:42:05

Now U can teach PE teacher BJJ!!! (thx 4 noticing my typo:-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:43:58

Most of them would be in their 70s by now. Just read an 85 -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:55:42

yr-old just ran a sub-4 marathon in NY. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (82 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:57:25

Wow!! I couldn't do that even in HS, what a difference!! ~~ -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:00:41

感覺很多在美國的華裔大叔大媽們早年曾經是老師的PETS,學習好一點的比較聽話的應該比較受寵 -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:39:19

Really? Do U mean 美籍華人? -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 08:42:41

NOD NOD。華裔大叔大媽 -永遠老李- 給 永遠老李 發送悄悄話 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:10:49

guilty as charged. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:21:18

We study-scums're implicitly hostile towards teacher's pets. -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (175 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:05:58

哈哈哈哈(girlClassmates were myBuddies justB4 exams butNotAfter) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:16:45

The pets hated each other more than they hated the non-pets. -7grizzly- 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:22:01

Not me, pets or non-pets, I was happy 2 have friends, as -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (117 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:27:23

I can tell u r a teacher‘s pet as ur major in collge was -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:41:00

ECE!:) -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 09:41:13

I can't tell, but I can tell U belong 2 what my parents used -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 18:07:33

to spur me ' other family's child' -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 18:09:46

沒有,我們班有學霸,市裏高考第二名那種,但不是我,我那麽愛玩兒:)這兩天猜謎語太好玩了。你什麽時候再錄歌啊? -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 19:30:29

等周末有時間吧,缺乏點動力 -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 19:59:22

好,周末錄,下周二發哈:) -妖妖靈- 給 妖妖靈 發送悄悄話 妖妖靈 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 11/03/2025 postreply 20:01:53

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