Professor etiquette

[Dr.Cut.em.up]

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This was a situation which my classmates and I faced in an upper level biology course. It started by the professor not grading any of our tests till midterm and by the last day to drop, only 1 grade had been posted. Not just the last day to drop without a W, but the final day to drop period. Then, she informed us that our final would contain only new material that she had yet to cover. She let us know about that during dead week. So, she decided to have lectures during finals week since the final was on thursday. If you did not attend these lectures, you didnt get the material. She wanted very minute details so going to the lectures were a must to know what she wanted even if it conflicted with other finals. To beat it all, she only had our first test graded by finals and had not graded the other three tests we took nor the 4 quizes that we had during the semester till after we took the final and posted our grades a week late. I was happy with my grade but many others were not. Has anyone else had a professor like this?

 

[g3tb0mbed]

I was happy with my grade

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[SpoiledMilk]

Yes. Mine kept lying to the class about when labs would be graded, lied to us about what would and wouldn't be on the exam, and failed in their duty to provide me the info necessary for me to finish my lab exam.

Although the Dean received complaints from the class about this professor throughout the semester, the Dean did not do anything about it.

Let it go and move on...

 

[Dr.Cut.em.up]

I was just wanting to know if this is common. I was reading some older threads about professor horror stories and it brought back flashbacks to that class. I was also hoping that someone would swap war stories about their experince with such.

 

[HomeSkool]

1. Send anonymous feedback to the dean and the college.

2. Spread the word about that professor to other students (in mature, professional ways that won't come back to bite you in the butt).

If the department gets enough complaints and students start avoiding that professor's classes, the dean will take note.

And then flush and forget.

 

[Robin-jay]

Has anyone else had a professor like this?

Yes, and it blows.

 

[Dr.Cut.em.up]

1. Send anonymous feedback to the dean and the college.

2. Spread the word about that professor to other students (in mature, professional ways that won't come back to bite you in the butt).

If the department gets enough complaints and students start avoiding that professor's classes, the dean will take note.

And then flush and forget.

That has been done for many semesters. She has tenure and the dean wont do anything about it. She got in trouble a couple yeats back for making students take lecture exams in labs and telling them to cancel their evening plans because the exam will take at least 4 hours. She is brutal to say the least. Thought it would be an interesting story to share. She is the only professor that teaches this upper level class. Its hard to avoid her lol.

 

[calivianya]

That has been done for many semesters. She has tenure and the dean wont do anything about it. She got in trouble a couple yeats back for making students take lecture exams in labs and telling them to cancel their evening plans because the exam will take at least 4 hours. She is brutal to say the least. Thought it would be an interesting story to share. She is the only professor that teaches this upper level class. Its hard to avoid her lol.

I had a physics professor like that. Couldn't explain anything to save his life, very thick accent, difficult tests not congruent with the posted prep material, had to come in outside of class time to take tests because of insufficient class time to cover the material.

Worse, he'd post a couple years' of previous tests for that same section online, I'd study said tests and make sure I knew how to work out every problem, and almost none of that material would be covered on the actual test. Failed several for that reason - fortunately, everyone else did, too. It was awful. I managed a 76 test average for physics I which landed me an A.

My area had a consortium option for college students - as in, as long as a certain percentage of classes are taken at your parent institution, students can take classes at the other four year and two year colleges in the area and get credit at their parent institution for the corresponding class.

Most of the premeds at my university took physics at other universities/CCs in the consortium to avoid him. I couldn't work the other schools' course times around my schedule. Wish I could have - physics II with him got me my only non-A grade in my post bacc, a C that I was lucky to scrape after a very healthy curve.