In the two books Who Has Seen the Wind by author W.O. Mitchell and Why Shoot the Teacher by author Max Braithwaite there were several examples of Teacher- Student relationships shown. For example, Brian and Miss MacDonald, and Max Braithwaite and all of his students. The three main topics discussed in this essay are, how teacher's and student's communicate, how teachers and students deal with their problems or actions and lastly, how the relationships end badly.
             An important aspect in school for both the teacher and the student is how they communicate. In the book Who Has Seen the Wind Brian starts off with a very bad relationship with his teacher Miss MacDonald. An example of this is "... then I'll give you permission to see Artie" He stood watching her. "Sit down in your seat!" He continued to stand. Miss MacDonald's thin face reddened slightly. She bite her lip. "Sit down!" Brian stood". This incident shows Brian does not really care what the teacher has to say to him. The author goes as far as saying "She wasn't his mother". This just shows that the teacher, Miss MacDonald hasn't got the children's respect yet. Before there can be a good relationship, both sides, the student and the teacher have to earn the others respect. This is easier to accomplish with some people then it is with others. In the novel Why Shoot the Teacher there is also a poor student-teacher relationship. This is shown near the beginning of the novel on the first day of school. "I did and said the only thing I could. Nothing." This shows that it isn't just scary for the students to come to school, but it is also scary for the teacher on their first day. When Braithwaite states this in his novel, it shows that he will never have a good relationship with a student if he can't speak to the class. This r
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