Piorunek Magdalena, Werner Iwona, Wychowawca wsparciem dla ucznia? Relacje uczen - wychowawca w percepcji gimnazjalistow (Is the Class Teacher the Student's Support? Student-Teacher Relations in the Perception of the Lower Secondary School Students). Studia Edukacyjne nr 32, 2014, Poznan 2014, pp. 99-122. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISBN 978-83-232-2837-0. ISSN 1233- 6688 It is generally accepted that the school plays a number of functions. The function of school aid in- volves supporting, advising, assistance, mentoring, training, coaching and therapy and the class teacher should play a special role in the educational system of assistance. The main objective of the study was to investigate how students perceive the class teacher, especially in the context of estab- lishing relationships and coping with students' behavioral difficulties and personal problems. The paper presents selected results of a research conducted in lower secondary schools with a diagnostic survey method (N = 393 students). The results indicate that teachers are of little support for students and the roles they perform are primarily educational and formal.