High School teacher here. I generally try not to take offense when I am talking to a student and they don't make much eye contact. Some of my coworkers take gre

High School teacher here. I generally try not to take offense when I am talking to a student and they don't make much eye contact. Some of my coworkers take great offense when students don't make eye contact but I think it's just something that teenagers don't do (with adults/uthoroty figures). Also, some of my students are giving you the most attention when they are NOT looking at you. Doesn't help that student desks are too damn short so talking to a sitting student forces you to loom over them like some cartoonesque evil authority figure. No one likes making eye contact in that kind of situation.