Have any of you had a horrible instructor? I'd love to hear your stories, and I have a few of my own!
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Horrible Instructors?
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AngelAmidala
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I had a teacher for my Topics in Biology class (bio for non-science majors and who needed a science course for core class credit)...and it was her first year teaching at the school.
And literally, she just read out of our text book and put stuff from the text book on the board for lecture. Our quizzes were questions from the book. But our tests were questions she made up and that made no sense!!!
And literally, she just read out of our text book and put stuff from the text book on the board for lecture. Our quizzes were questions from the book. But our tests were questions she made up and that made no sense!!!
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I had a professor for a Sociology class that made us write like 15 papers in one semester. He would always go off tangent and no one was able to follow his thought process. One lecture he talked for an hour and a half about different uses of a chair!!! His grading of our papers were so subjective that people who actually put in the time in their papers actually got worse grades.
On top of that, the class was at 8 in the morning and he took attendance so we had to show up
It was definitely one long semester!!
On top of that, the class was at 8 in the morning and he took attendance so we had to show up
It was definitely one long semester!!
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Originally posted by Janie
I had a professor for a Sociology class that made us write like 15 papers in one semester. He would always go off tangent and no one was able to follow his thought process. One lecture he talked for an hour and a half about different uses of a chair!!! His grading of our papers were so subjective that people who actually put in the time in their papers actually got worse grades.
On top of that, the class was at 8 in the morning and he took attendance so we had to show up
LoooL...Ouch! That must have not been a very good and fun class for you at all....But please tell me you r exagerating when you say 15 papers! That is crazy! I pray I never encounter something like this ever ever...
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Oh last year I had a tutor who was always miserable. He presumed that we were all the same - ie i know you all drink/ smoke so how much would it cost. ughhhh that really annoyed me.
He kept sniffing something through the lecture and talking about his problems with his teenage daughter.
Then he treated us all like we were stupid - everything ended in ill put it in terms you will understand - which usually ended with an example about alcohol.
aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
and all this at 9am on a monday morning!!!!
He kept sniffing something through the lecture and talking about his problems with his teenage daughter.
Then he treated us all like we were stupid - everything ended in ill put it in terms you will understand - which usually ended with an example about alcohol.
aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
and all this at 9am on a monday morning!!!!
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Blackwing
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My first theory teacher was a very old lady and for one hour twice a week we would sit there and lecture us all morning and we are not allowed to speak, not even a sentence. that went on for a whole year(yearly subject)
AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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Wow! I'm not the only one!
I have an instructor this quarter, every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9:40 p.m., so it's a long class anyway. For 3/4 of the almost-four hour class, we sit and listen to what she did over the weekend. Then, at about 9 or so, she gives us our assignments which are usually 3-5 essays that have to be 3-5 pages in length. AUGH! One more week, and I'm free!
I have an instructor this quarter, every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9:40 p.m., so it's a long class anyway. For 3/4 of the almost-four hour class, we sit and listen to what she did over the weekend. Then, at about 9 or so, she gives us our assignments which are usually 3-5 essays that have to be 3-5 pages in length. AUGH! One more week, and I'm free!
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Originally posted by arab4christ
LoooL...Ouch! That must have not been a very good and fun class for you at all....But please tell me you r exagerating when you say 15 papers! That is crazy! I pray I never encounter something like this ever ever...
Nope...not exagerating!! The professor made us write a 3-4 page paper per week for 15 weeks, plus a 10 page research paper at the end of the semester. He offered another Sociology class the following semester...there was no way I was going to take him again!!!
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tamtam92
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I find 3-4 pages isn't much. One per week is more exagerate...
Last year I had a french teacher who began telling the class we were not intrested in her subject and we were 5 year old in our mind. Most of us spent the year doing maths or physics during her classes (I was among the three or four who took notes)
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But there are two lectures she was very happy to see the pupils participate... In fact, they had found a game which consisted in asking questions to the teacher with a special word in it (as "crocodile", "elephant", "Voltaire", "video"...) We laughed a lot this day !!!
Last year I had a french teacher who began telling the class we were not intrested in her subject and we were 5 year old in our mind. Most of us spent the year doing maths or physics during her classes (I was among the three or four who took notes)
.But there are two lectures she was very happy to see the pupils participate... In fact, they had found a game which consisted in asking questions to the teacher with a special word in it (as "crocodile", "elephant", "Voltaire", "video"...) We laughed a lot this day !!!
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RayNay714
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I am a soon to graduate Senior and I have had a few rough teachers. One was my Understanding the Bible teacher. I always teased and said it was my NOT Understanding the Bible class. I was fortunate that I had grown up in church and participated in a four year program when I was in middle/high school and already knew most of the material, but he was a horrible teacher that never made any sense.
My other bad proffessor is really a great guy but I learn nothing in his class... he always goes off on this tangent about Grace and Nature, and then never gets the objectives of the class through to us. It drives me crazy. Oh and he's a lit teacher. Anywho!
Jess
My other bad proffessor is really a great guy but I learn nothing in his class... he always goes off on this tangent about Grace and Nature, and then never gets the objectives of the class through to us. It drives me crazy. Oh and he's a lit teacher. Anywho!
Jess
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I had a trumpet teacher once who I thought was a really bad teacher (he was a great guy, and I actually hung out with him outside of school a couple times), but after he left my college, I thought about it and realized that I learned a LOT of stuff from him. His method of teaching was so laid back that you didn't feel like you were learning anything, though.
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Hector Medina
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I had a American History Part 2 teacher for Fall Flex II
,last semester,which just ended.
He Sucked!
In a 1 1/2 month semester,we met x2 a week and the classes should of been 3 hrs long,6pm-9pm,but he always ended his lectures at about 7:30 on avarage,1/2 the time!!!
He made us do:
4 In-Classs Essays,w/ each essay assigning 2 LONG essays
5 Quizes which coulden't be made up if absent(for attend.but worth part of the grade and no extra)
1 Power Point Presentation that required ate least 3 sources that had to be from specific books and such(no General Encylopedias or text books)
4 Tests which all were Multiple Choice and 3 small essays each(except the final which was 100 m.c.)
He never took the time to go over half of what we were assigned to do.
Plus,that much work isn't necessary to learn about history!
I should of made a complaint about him,but the semesters over now and the school dosent re-open 'till Jan.6 th.
I made a D,I was lucky to even pass!!!!!
In Christ,
Hector
,last semester,which just ended.
He Sucked!
In a 1 1/2 month semester,we met x2 a week and the classes should of been 3 hrs long,6pm-9pm,but he always ended his lectures at about 7:30 on avarage,1/2 the time!!!
He made us do:
4 In-Classs Essays,w/ each essay assigning 2 LONG essays
5 Quizes which coulden't be made up if absent(for attend.but worth part of the grade and no extra)
1 Power Point Presentation that required ate least 3 sources that had to be from specific books and such(no General Encylopedias or text books)
4 Tests which all were Multiple Choice and 3 small essays each(except the final which was 100 m.c.)
He never took the time to go over half of what we were assigned to do.
Plus,that much work isn't necessary to learn about history!
I should of made a complaint about him,but the semesters over now and the school dosent re-open 'till Jan.6 th.
I made a D,I was lucky to even pass!!!!!
In Christ,
Hector
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Even know I did gain experiance off that instructor.
Turn those negatives into positives!
In Jesus' name,
Hector
Turn those negatives into positives!
In Jesus' name,
Hector
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LOL... Once I had a Geography teacher (back in school) who would talk all lesson about his overseas trips. Mind you nothing to do with geography. Of course it was more iteresting than geography so we didn't complain. Only thing, we never knew what our assignments was until about a week before it was due in.
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Oh, well, if we're going back to high school...My senior Lit teacher...first day of class...looks at me and says "I've seen your work; I don't like it; you're going to fail my class." Nice huh? The school would NOT take me out of the class....
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Clay
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my english lecture teacher was such a drag. monday and wednesday mornings at 8am with her every week really put the 200 of us in there on the edge after that class. she was wicked annoying and for some reason, her only joy in life was english. thank goodness i dont have to take those lectures again.
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I haven't had any really bad lecturers, but the worst one i've had is one who had to use a microphone to be heard at the back of a small lecture hall. was very annoying. also a lecturer lost one of my papers and i had to redo it... NOT happy!!!
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RayNay714
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Originally posted by humblejoe
LOL!!! Don't criticize him. Trust me, he's loving every minute of it.
Oh, and don't I know it! I have him for Shakespeare this semester and I am loving the class. The people in there are so off and he gets so mad. We are discussing A Midsummer Night's Dream right now and the concept of love at first sight. Talk about interesting debate!
BTW I was not criticizing, just venting.
A God Chaser,
Jess
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