GrannySmith111
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I'm in my sophomore year of high school right now. I am taking an elective called "Communication Systems". The class is basically a waste of time. The things we learn about are just pointless and stupid. I don't know why I chose this class and neither did everyone else in the class.
To make matters worse, our teacher is extremely lazy. She seems like she has no desire or passion to teach AT ALL whatsoever. I've spoken with some people who have had her in the past for Art, and they all tell me that she is pretty lazy.
So far, I have a 53% in the class. A LOT of people in our class have bad grades. I'm not the only one. The main reason for this is because I have 3 zeros in the class as well as the pre assessment that everyone got an F on. She has not showed up to class for the past 4 class periods. During those periods she assigned us some busy work crap that we all had to do. I guess we were supposed to share it with her over google docs even though she told us nothing but a lot of people have zeros for the three assignments. There was a stupid "alphabet project" we had to do over the course of 3 days. Even though I finished it completely I got a 40% on it overall. She apparently takes off points if you roll around in your chairs or talk.
There was a pre assessment she gave on 9/9/13. I mean I'm assuming pre assessments are supposed to analyze your prior knowledge and shouldn't be graded but she graded it anyways and put it in the grade book. She just gave it back today and obviously nobody got over a 70% on it. When I asked her if she actually put the grade in she just yelled at me "Yeah. That's why you need to work hard to bring your grade up." What?
If you don't wanna read all that stuff I just wrote: She's a lazy teacher. No passion for teaching. Instead of grading the work that she gives on the quality of the work, I feel like she judges the STUDENT and gives the grade based on that. She even admits she takes off points for "rolling around in chairs" or "excessive socializing" as I stated. Obviously, there are many flaws in this. First off, NONE of my other teachers or any other teachers I've had does this LOL. Second, there's probably a lot of bias, unfair judgement, and misunderstanding with this. She sits at her desk and I see her looking at people around the class writing stuff down. Okay, you obviously cannot hear what they're talking about. It could be about the work you just assigned. It could be about anything.
What do you think I should do about this? Should I even be worried if this is just an elective? If so, what do you guys think I should do? I'm not the only one in the class with a bad grade. Her way of grading is just pathetic.
Have I tried speaking with her about grades? Yeah... What does she tell me? "I don't talk about grades during class because I have other stuff I need to do. Talk to me after school or before school." That's what she told me when I asked her why a pre assessment was graded.
If you guys want, I could take a picture of my gradebook and show you guys. The explanations she writes for some of the grades is just pathetic lol. If you guys want more information or specific assignments that are BS I'd be happy to tell you. I don't wanna fit all that crap into one long thread.
To make matters worse, our teacher is extremely lazy. She seems like she has no desire or passion to teach AT ALL whatsoever. I've spoken with some people who have had her in the past for Art, and they all tell me that she is pretty lazy.
So far, I have a 53% in the class. A LOT of people in our class have bad grades. I'm not the only one. The main reason for this is because I have 3 zeros in the class as well as the pre assessment that everyone got an F on. She has not showed up to class for the past 4 class periods. During those periods she assigned us some busy work crap that we all had to do. I guess we were supposed to share it with her over google docs even though she told us nothing but a lot of people have zeros for the three assignments. There was a stupid "alphabet project" we had to do over the course of 3 days. Even though I finished it completely I got a 40% on it overall. She apparently takes off points if you roll around in your chairs or talk.
There was a pre assessment she gave on 9/9/13. I mean I'm assuming pre assessments are supposed to analyze your prior knowledge and shouldn't be graded but she graded it anyways and put it in the grade book. She just gave it back today and obviously nobody got over a 70% on it. When I asked her if she actually put the grade in she just yelled at me "Yeah. That's why you need to work hard to bring your grade up." What?
If you don't wanna read all that stuff I just wrote: She's a lazy teacher. No passion for teaching. Instead of grading the work that she gives on the quality of the work, I feel like she judges the STUDENT and gives the grade based on that. She even admits she takes off points for "rolling around in chairs" or "excessive socializing" as I stated. Obviously, there are many flaws in this. First off, NONE of my other teachers or any other teachers I've had does this LOL. Second, there's probably a lot of bias, unfair judgement, and misunderstanding with this. She sits at her desk and I see her looking at people around the class writing stuff down. Okay, you obviously cannot hear what they're talking about. It could be about the work you just assigned. It could be about anything.
What do you think I should do about this? Should I even be worried if this is just an elective? If so, what do you guys think I should do? I'm not the only one in the class with a bad grade. Her way of grading is just pathetic.
Have I tried speaking with her about grades? Yeah... What does she tell me? "I don't talk about grades during class because I have other stuff I need to do. Talk to me after school or before school." That's what she told me when I asked her why a pre assessment was graded.
If you guys want, I could take a picture of my gradebook and show you guys. The explanations she writes for some of the grades is just pathetic lol. If you guys want more information or specific assignments that are BS I'd be happy to tell you. I don't wanna fit all that crap into one long thread.