the one thing i learned in college

June 23, 2007, 8:40 AM

There is one thing that I really learned from my first year of college.
that is that Teachers are very proud. If you want to well in the class you have to know to what length the pride goes for each teacher. Some teachers are proud of their teaching ability adn would rather have you participate as much as possible in the class, and like if students help students. But there are also those teachers that are more proud of their knowledge than anything else. watch out for these. in the classes you want to keep your mouth shut. I learned that the hard way in my chem class. I answer about 60% of the questions in class, and others were coming to me and my lab partner for help in work instead of him. lets just say I had a B+ average on my tests, i did all my work, and completed all the labs almost perfectly, and I still ended with a C in the class plus a nasty look from him all second semester.

June 23, 2007, 1:37 PM

Ah, I've never had one of those teachers but just sounds so wrong. *shakes head* I mean, talk about fairness here, if you were doing all your work and all those people were coming to you for help, then he should at least be proud that his teaching skills (well, he can make himself the illusion of it

) have rubbed off on you, not proud and protective of his ability.

My Character Profiles · June 23, 2007, 4:07 PM

I hate how teachers are so biased sometimes. I can understand being discliplined or kicked out of class on occasion, but...lowering your grade on account of personal bias? True abuse I say.

June 23, 2007, 5:50 PM

well just be careful whenever you get a teacher like that. make yourself seem dependant to him or her by asking questions outside of class, and don't make yourself look like you got all the answers, and only answer questions in class about once or twice a week.

July 1, 2007, 9:56 PM

Actually, I find that tactic backfiring on me all the time.

I rarely ever raise my hand in AP Literature, and apparently that constitutes about 10 percent of my overall grade in that class --- the participation.

So, of course, my grades would have been higher, but it wouldn't be because I never participated.

Oh, and I rarely ever talk to my teachers anyway, and I'm always on their good side. It really all depends on the person, of course.

July 5, 2007, 9:49 PM

i had a food tech teacher that was a real pain in the ass. she kept pestering me about my work got all my other teachers to pester me. Then during one lesson i was asked to do something i didnt like so i told exactly what i thought of her and her subject and ended up sitting in a history lesson for the rest of the year. where i actually out scored several ther students who were actually getting a GCSE for this.

July 17, 2007, 7:42 PM

The sad truth is most teacher and college professors (especially college professors) live in their own little worlds, in my opinion. Most of them actually haven’t worked a day in their lives in the profession they instruct. Now does that make them bad? No. but I always found that most are on an ego induced power trip.

Unfortunately..... You’re at their mercy.

August 8, 2007, 6:28 PM

One thing I learned in college: Not all professors are excellent in teaching, some are just average one of that 'average' was my Calculus professor, he goes out after every finished discussion, he don't give examples that much, so its basically self-study. And another thing that I learned in college, other students don't give a damn about you, they don't care what you look like, smell like nor how smart or not-so-smart you are.

August 8, 2007, 8:07 PM

You will generally be more hated in class than liked. Im not saying you'll be hated, but you probably won't be liked either. No one cares. Especially when you're just one of the other thousands of ppl on campus. Plus, unlike grade school, you typically only see the same people twice a week.

But this whole teacher thing kind of makes me sad. I wonder if I'll be seen this way haha

August 8, 2007, 9:06 PM

The counselors will do anything just to get you in - even leave out information or worse, lie to you about something. I learned to avoid for-profit organizations like University of Phoenix.