I feel like I only use this blog to complain about things....
So here I go again:
My honors class is absolutely horrible. The Professor is insulting, he doesn't listen to what the students are actually saying, and he literally stops them from speaking. How in the world are we supposed to learn in an environment like that? In a discussion today, one student was trying to assert his point multiple times, but the Professor insisted on cutting him off every time.
"Well, what I'm saying is--"
"No. Stop. You're not answering the question."
"I'm just trying to say--"
"No, you're not saying anything."
"(louder)I'm trying to answer your question but your not giving me a chance to say anything!"
"You're phrasing it wrong. It's just a yes or no question. You keep saying 'well this and that.' You're not answering the question."
Seriously?? Aren't we in college to speak our opinions and elaborate on our ideas? Sure, it's great to challenge someones thinking, but how do you know what you're challenging unless you let them finish a sentence? Throughout our school years we've been taught to speak clearly and definitely, and now you're cutting us off? Just so you can keep pushing your own point of view? We answer your questions. But not with just a yes or no. That makes you incredibly oppressing. You are limiting our thinking and our expressions of that thinking. How can you even talk about the world crisis of oppression while you yourself are oppressing your own students? We are the ones that have to deal with this fucked up world, you sir, are on your way out.
And since this whole issue is about answering questions, why don't you answer ours? One simple question was asked, and instead of directly answering it you make some huge long story out of it and then claim that you did answer it. We asked a yes or no question. Simple as that. What rules say you can meander around a question and avoid answering it while we can't?
I have never felt more tempted to walk out of a class than today. And I wasn't even actually part of the conversation. Just being in the room was irritating. I'm not paying my (parent's) good money to be insulted like that.
Just wait until we get those teacher reviews at the end of the quarter...
So here I go again:
My honors class is absolutely horrible. The Professor is insulting, he doesn't listen to what the students are actually saying, and he literally stops them from speaking. How in the world are we supposed to learn in an environment like that? In a discussion today, one student was trying to assert his point multiple times, but the Professor insisted on cutting him off every time.
"Well, what I'm saying is--"
"No. Stop. You're not answering the question."
"I'm just trying to say--"
"No, you're not saying anything."
"(louder)I'm trying to answer your question but your not giving me a chance to say anything!"
"You're phrasing it wrong. It's just a yes or no question. You keep saying 'well this and that.' You're not answering the question."
Seriously?? Aren't we in college to speak our opinions and elaborate on our ideas? Sure, it's great to challenge someones thinking, but how do you know what you're challenging unless you let them finish a sentence? Throughout our school years we've been taught to speak clearly and definitely, and now you're cutting us off? Just so you can keep pushing your own point of view? We answer your questions. But not with just a yes or no. That makes you incredibly oppressing. You are limiting our thinking and our expressions of that thinking. How can you even talk about the world crisis of oppression while you yourself are oppressing your own students? We are the ones that have to deal with this fucked up world, you sir, are on your way out.
And since this whole issue is about answering questions, why don't you answer ours? One simple question was asked, and instead of directly answering it you make some huge long story out of it and then claim that you did answer it. We asked a yes or no question. Simple as that. What rules say you can meander around a question and avoid answering it while we can't?
I have never felt more tempted to walk out of a class than today. And I wasn't even actually part of the conversation. Just being in the room was irritating. I'm not paying my (parent's) good money to be insulted like that.
Just wait until we get those teacher reviews at the end of the quarter...
he's probably teaching for the wrong reasons which is sad.
don't feel bad about negative blogs. this is the perfect forum to vent.
better to get it out there than to let bad feelings fester inside.