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Sithiee 
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Posted on: Dec. 11 2000,23:34 |
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my physics teacher is a straight up moron. the entire class hates him, because he cant teach. he makes bad attempts to use the socratic method, which is a good method, but eventually you are gonna have to give some straight answers.anyway, today he yelled at us because no one knew how to do the lab, and how we were supposed to do all the calculations outside of class (which i think we would if we knew how). then he started yelling about how in a college level course (its AP physics) the labs are done without a real teacher, just someone to make sure you dont blow yourselves up and a written procedure. instantly, 5 people all thought the same thing (thats half the class almost) "wouldnt it be nice if we had a procedure" you would think that he gives us one, but no, basically, he blabbers on in his socratic method about a topic for about an hour and 15 minutes (block scheduling), then he takes out half of a lab setup, asks some more questions and assumes everyone understands because one person says "yeah". then the next day when we do the lab, we spend a lot of time figuring out the procedure (about 1 hour for the lab in question), and then we have very little left to do the lab, and the next day, when no one knows what the results were supposed to be, he goes off on us because we werent able to read his mind. anyway, basically, im pissed off about this (i could write like 10 rants about the shit he does wrong, and still have more) and im sure this is incoherent, but anyway, yeah, enjoy...
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cr0bar
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Posted on: Dec. 12 2000,00:09 |
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The Socratic method got Socrates killed.
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Dec. 12 2000,01:02 |
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did it really? hmm..i could write that up on his board when he leaves the room...see if it sends a message...no, better not, we have a sub zero tolerance policy...
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Dec. 17 2000,03:38 |
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i dont doubt that at all, im just complaining that he says this is a college course (i assume like what he experienced) and that they get procedures, and yet we dont. godammit i want one.
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Sithiee
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Posted on: Dec. 17 2000,15:25 |
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well basically, hes been teaching....err..."teaching" there for like 12 years, and no one in my class likes the way he teaches at all, the only person in the class who consistently gets As is one of the biggest complainers. the problem with that is, is the teacher takes extra time to make sure his stuff is graded fairly. out of about 10 people who turned in a particular prelab, him and one other person got credit for it, and the rest of us were supposed to find it again and turn it again (i lost mine (just like the teacher must have) and so i didnt get the points, but again, thats a separate rant). yes, we have teacher evaluations, but basically the school system gives them like a weeks warning when theres going to be an evaluator (enough so that we usually know when theres going to be an evaluator) and usually, the teacher will change their style accordingly (my english teacher last year started actually teaching when the evaluator came, instead of just insulting students and making crude comments, again, shes another rant). so basically, yeah, we have enough shit on him to get him fired, but only like 2 people in my class would put forth the effort to do it, and that includes me. so basically, im fucked.
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