At the beginning of the semester my speech teacher gave us all the course syllabus which is fine--teachers are supposed to do that. She went over the syllabus during the first day of class and everything seemed fine.
BUT---and you knew there would be a Big "BUT" she was probably the most inconsistent teacher I have ever had. The syllabus changed 7 times, the course calender changed 9 times, and the deadlines were constantly being changed. To be prepared I simply had every assignment ready to turn in at least a week early which was stressful-but hey-I want a good grade.
I never missed class. I was always on time-early usually. I even gave some of my speeches early when others were not prepared.
Littered within her syllabus were weird assignments with NO clarification. Several examples: paper bag, jar speech, fortune cookie, and pot luck. Often these were skipped or canceled without any explanation.
Two weeks left in the class she made a comment about "pot luck" and to not forget our speeches. The next class we all showed up with speeches on the topic of "pot luck" and she was pissed off.
She tossed a bag of candy on her desk, said she had reminded us that we had a "mandatory" pot-luck and demanded to know where the food was. Of course we stared at this maniac but we were not "speechless" as we wrote our speeches.
This woman has the nerve to show up with a bag of candy and call that HER contribution to a pot luck? A pot luck NONE of us in the class remotely thought was an actual request for food! OMG.
So, she rescheduled "the food" for our next class and spent the entire time I was giving my speech in front of the class, sitting there writing a "sign-up list" for the pot luck! She didn't even listen to my speech. Rude.
We had our "mandatory pot luck" and I brought the donuts I signed up for--BUT--I didn't eat. In fact there was about 6 of us that didn't eat for one reason or another. Me--I was too pissed off to eat all the junk she had us bring.
She was so excited about all the food that she "volunteered" to take the left-overs to her next class. I suspect that the "huge chair-shaped butt" behind her is advertisement which reveals where most of these "pot-lucks" end up.
Today I got my final grade for the class. She took an entire letter grade off for "lack of participation"---and stumped---I asked her why. "Because you didn't participate in the pot-luck" was her reply.
Sorry....but WTF! I brought food. Nobody said I had to eat that crap! I will be marching myself in to see her Dean. This is incredibly stupid! I had an A until she whacked my grade.
Sorry---toss me another cool one will ya---I am bent!
True Religion
That sounds insane. Why would you have a pot luck if the class didn't want to participate, I don't understand how it would affect your grade.
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1"If there is glory in miracles, it's that they're reversible"
OMG,What a crackpot!
2What a lunatic!
3Some professors are just crazy, which is fine. Until they f$ck with your grade. Then its on.
4Why are there so many nuts like this allowed to keep their jobs at universities? I hope you can get this sorted out and get the grade you deserve.
5She is SO rude. The day of the potluck a woman from the administration held the door open for me because I had three huge boxes of donuts. She asked me why I looked ticked off and I told her:
"A "mandatory" pot luck is not cool---some of my classmates barely can afford all the supplies this teacher demands for displays and so forth--so this was an expense that put some people in a financial bind. I can't believe the teacher only brought a bag of candy but expected us to bring a meal."
Of course I should have knew better--because she told our teacher that "people" had complained. The next class we all got a "lecture" about a potluck being a "bonding moment" for classmates. (She stared at me the whole time) Heck--we have spent an entire semester "bonding" outside the classroom waiting for her. She was typically at least 5 minutes late. The day of the potluck she was 10 minutes late and brought NOTHING. We had ALL stood out there complaining about the whole thing. We didn't even get extra credit for writing the stupid "pot-luck" speeches.
6Wow! I'd be totally pi$$ed off too! You have to let us know what happens. I sure hope the Dean is fair. Maybe if some of the other classmates complain too?
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
7all i can say is i hope she doesnt have tenure!!
8OMG--Been there! I had an online sociology class and the teacher told the whole class we had bought the wrong books and it was 6 weeks into the class before any of us could get the correct book as it had just been published. He rarely returned emails and then the 7th week of class wanted to proceed with a mid-term when all of us had just gotten our books. He said the information on the test was in all his online-lectures and not to worry. WRONG. Turns out he didn't write his own lectures, nor his syllabus, or even the test. Once we found this our we all demanded our money back and had the class cancelled and removed from our transcripts. So much for plagiary in schools---and he seemed to think it was okay for a teacher to "borrow"...needless to say he is no longer teaching. I look back at that experience as if it was a "social experiment."
Your speech teacher gives good teachers a bad name.
9Of course she is tenured. She bragged about it often in class. "Glad I don't have to worry about jobs like you do because I have tenure." She freakin said that almost once a week. If tenure gives you giant chair-butt I never want it.
The "dean" has not been in his office to take appointments.....meaning he is on vacation.
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