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Old 10-15-2003, 02:29 PM
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I think Kelli has pretty much hit the issue straight on.

For some background. I once taught physics 101 at the junior college level. The Dean of Instruction (I think that was his title) told me that if I ever seriously got into it with a student one of the following would apply:

If I was GROSSLY wrong I'd be fired.

If I was partially at fault the student would suffer first, then any tenure for me would be postponed to see if there would be repeat complaints.

If the student was judged wrong, well suspension or ??? depending.

Given what you have said so far, I think you fall into the second category. And if your prof already has tenure, then you're just SOL. Change classes, or work it out like Kelli said.

Let's be realistic here, the school has more invested in the prof than any one freshman - it will take much more than one complaint to do anything. An example: The worst teacher I ever had, anywhere, anytime, was when I was a senior in college. Statistics class. Guy was a total jerk. I wrote to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Keep in mind I was the pres of the national physics honor society - and we had just received a national physics chapter recognition award - and I was on a faculty-paid merit scholarship (grades based) that he had awarded me (picture with him in the school paper and all). Got a very nice "thanks for your concern" letter, and NOTHING else happened - unless it was behind closed doors.

Sorry, don't think it's right, it's just the system.
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Old 10-15-2003, 09:45 PM
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just a heads up...

Near the end of classes you'll be asked to sumbit a very formal review of the class, the instructor, and the material...

While I have bashed some teachers pretty well, a good friend of mine actually brought a pre-typed letter and supporting documentation and stapled it to the evaluation form. These forms go to the deans and are used for granting tenure. If you want to be heard this is the way to do it.

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Old 10-15-2003, 10:22 PM
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Pete-

That email from your professor is HORRIBLE. I've never, in my years of college, had a professor talk to me like that. I personally would try transfering out of that class to the same class but with a different prof. He/She doesnt seem very devoted to your success.

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Old 10-16-2003, 11:09 AM
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Well guys, thanks for your input...she hasn't responded to me yet, I'll give it a few days. I was really ticked though when I read her email, it made me wonder if SHE had the discipline to teach a college class, and her competence for someone with a PHd is severely lacking.
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Old 10-16-2003, 11:48 AM
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Well guys, thanks for your input...she hasn't responded to me yet, I'll give it a few days. I was really ticked though when I read her email, it made me wonder if SHE had the discipline to teach a college class, and her competence for someone with a PHd is severely lacking.
I would have emailed her EXACTLY that, only left her original text in your email, and also emailed it to the dean. She's being a *****.

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Old 10-16-2003, 01:23 PM
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I would have emailed her EXACTLY that, only left her original text in your email, and also emailed it to the dean. She's being a *****.

- Rob
LOL it sucks when you think of such good things to say AFTER the fact...happens to me a lot. but she did email me back, and her mood is alot nicer...:

If you have read the syllabus and still have questions, I will meet you before class on the 20th of October unless
you have class before that


That's all she wrote. I guess it's over. I'll say I won 1-0.
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Old 10-16-2003, 01:59 PM
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You wrote: "Ok..here's my reply...

There is no need to be rude. I have only asked you 2 questions. I will NOT be dropping this class and I will look forward to writing two very well written papers. The reason I ask YOU what I should be doing is because last time I checked you are the one teaching the class, and before we left with all these days off, your explanation of things was not very thorough."

I would write: "Ok..here's my reply...

There is no need to be rude. I have only asked you 2 questions. I will NOT be dropping this class and I will look forward to writing two very well written papers. The reason I ask YOU what I should be doing is because last time I checked you are the one teaching the class, and before we left with all these days off, your explanation of things was not very thorough you B*TCH!"

Damn! she sounds like a character!!

Take here an apple when you go meet w/ her!

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Old 10-16-2003, 02:01 PM
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lol, Kelli summed her up nicely...No Talent Ass-Clown of a teacher.
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Old 10-16-2003, 02:04 PM
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"hey John, you think 3rd time is a charm??lol"

???....And what are we smoking today Kelli?
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Old 10-18-2003, 12:19 AM
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Is this an English professor? I've had similar (rude) responses from an instructor teaching this BS Shakespeare course I'm taking via mail correspondence. Her syllabus is confusing as hell and completely uninformative. Also, she's the only professor I've ever had that seems to be overly precise when giving out grades for assignments. For instance, the last grade I got was between C and a C+. Like she couldn't have just given me the C+. "Oh, your grade is between these two."

"A partial grade that she'd bred
Opposed agaist the act
When'st pissing me off
But now without that harmful stroke
Hath respond with a speedy kiss't my ass"

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Old 10-18-2003, 05:26 AM
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"hey John, you think 3rd time is a charm??lol"

???....And what are we smoking today Kelli?
Kelli isn't smoking anything, i am still quit

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Kelli isn't smoking anything, i am still quit

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me am also still quit. grap on my Engrish.
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me am also still quit. grap on my Engrish.
mine was on purpose...i alright

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Old 10-19-2003, 12:07 AM
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re: i'm still waiting

i'm still hoping that i run into my old instructors in a bar. dumb punk is only 1.5 years older than me with very little experience in the job market. jerk asked me why his compiler didn't work and he's teaching programming. i had an emergency with work and was sent out of town for 2 weeks. missed a test and 2 assignments which would drop my grade to a D+ or C- even with A's throughout the class. punk wouldn't allow me to make them up.

georgia allows for me to commit simple battery if he uses 'fighting words' to provoke me. i dunno, but i thought he called me a stupid slant and i had to beat him down judge.
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