Hi
You mentioned that he gave the same critique. Did he ever say you are failing? Did he ever say "Don't worry, I'm not that cruel?"
Also, are you a female student? Asian females are generally treated better in this country. Asian males are often stereotyped as nerdy and shy, while females are considered attractive. I am not saying that he definitely treated you better because you are female but it is something to consider as a possibility as well. Everyone's experience is different. Some people don't click. Please don't generalize your experience to mine.
You have also mentioned that he was voted. I have inquired other student about when this vote was made. Most students did not even bother to vote. Maybe its a stretch to say that students who already liked him bothered to vote? It may or may not be true but it is a possibility. You are in my class and you know what our votes are like. We always are encouraged by faculties to evaluate them and if enough students do it, we get extra credit. Yet we never do get the credits because no one ever bothers to do the evaluations. What does it possibly say about the amount of students who bother to vote for teacher of the year? Just looking at it from another prospective.
Also, I am not afraid to give credit when due. Dr. V was very engaging in the classroom setting during our didactic years. He made the class entertaining and he was a very articulate spokes person. I learned from those class. However, it does not change the fact that I was treated disrespectfully on rotation
Also, I did take his advice. I did owe up to my mistakes.
For example, I apologized for being late. I am always half an hour to an hour early at the pharmacy. I learned and during my cycle 9 rotation, I was late once but I called ahead of time.
I apologized for missing the directions. I did my corrections over Thanksgiving. I don't have this problem in my other rotations because those preceptor do not constantly change there directions. I have started taking notes on any and all directions after that.
I recognize that I also have
responsibility in what lead to my failure. But it does not give him the right to bully or intimidate me.
What does not change is the fact that his approach is wrong and his comments were insensitive regardless if his intentions are correct.
I have been critiqued during my midpoints on some of my rotations. Those preceptors were respectful. I listened. I learned
Please tell me How am I defensive to his critiques? I am defensive to the
Way he treated me.
I also find it highly amusing that the posts have generally been against me ever since PharmilyValues (with only 1 post) posted his opinion. You yourself only have 1 post and registered today. Both of your first posts starts here. Maybe its a stretch to say that someone from my school saw this post and invited others to defend him? Just saying.
If I am really a problem defensive person as these users suggest, don't you think I would have failed more classes or at least have a bunch of C's. Statistics would imply that its hard for me to have grade inflation on all 10 other rotations.
I have had 2 classmates PM me to state their condolence. They imply that the professor is well liked so there is nothing I can do and advise me to remove identifying phrases, which I have tried to do. I will not post their messages here unless I get permission to do so.
I think I will not bother filing the complaint because if this is the general consensus of my case, what will the reader think.
Life is not always fair. You live and move on.
People in position of power are often well liked and they are socially adept. People tend to side with them regardless if they have wronged others.
That is a fact of life. Time to move on.
Let me preface this by saying that I am also an ASIAN student who had a rotation with this professor. However, despite undergoing the same critique, I feel completely opposite about this rotation. He does offer a lot of criticism which can initially be off-putting, but I found them to all constructive. During that rotation in particular, I utilized all his feedback to improve and I feel that I am a better pharmacist because of it. I grew not only as a clinician, but as a person. My time with him has shaped who I am as a pharmacist and a professional.
From the original post to your lengthy letter, I feel that you were on the defensive from the beginning and your attitude is what held you back from a passing grade. Additionally, I feel that that this post is bias, although some SDN posters may have a harder time discerning that having not known the school/professor.
For example, the reason that he is the hooder at graduation isn’t some personal insult towards you, as you would have us believe, but is because he was VOTED by your classmates to receive the TEACHER OF THE YEAR award. He has received this honor, I believe, for the past 4 years.
I also question your judgment regarding professionalism. Up until recently, there has only been one pharmacy school in NJ. Based on your description of the rotation site in the original post, I was able to recognize what specific rotation you were speaking of. You’ve confirmed that professor by listing him as Dr. V. Did you think that your classmates or alumni wouldn’t come across this on SDN? It’s not hard to imagine that this professor made against you were, in fact, true.
I'm very opinionated and can go on for days about this.
