teaching a new student
So I found some bad news out the other day that I am failing a class over here in Australia. I find it upseting considering that I have never made below a B in my life and I have not had a difficult time in any class thus far in my university experience. As far as I know I am doing well in the rest of my classes, and I thought I was doing just fine in the class I am failing too. I found out the bad news on Tuesday and stayed after class (I have not missed a class the whole year) to talk with the teacher. However, she was not much help and didn’t seem to think much of my problem. I have a huge assignment due in a week for her class that counts as 50% of my grade, and after recieving a failing grade for my last assignment I figured she would understand my delima. Instead she told me she had somewhere she had to be and good luck with my research. Now as a future teacher I was not only upset by the way she handled the situation but very angry that she honestly did not care about her students. I cannot affor to fail a class seeing that I am an exchange student and grades are very important to get transfer credit and graduate on time.
But what do you think? Should she have helped me more or should I have realized that things in another country are different and I shouldn’t worry with it? How else could I get help for my next assignment?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:34 am
This saddens me.
I understand that lecturers are busy people, but I would have thought that they would have their students’ best interests at heart and be doing what they can to assist you and help you to recover from your position.
Which class is this, maybe I can help?
September 24th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Thanks for the offer–the class is sexology- I know it is a bit of a weird class but I am taking it because I want to work with children who have been abused and neglected so it falls into that category–I have found the class to be not very interesting though and it doesn’t have the focus I would like.
I think people here are great! but for some reason I have felt very strongly that the staff here doesn’t represent the majority of people. I do not live on campu sand only come twice a week but I dread coming-it is a very bland attitude that is given off and although the students are all nice-the staff isn’t always. Not to say all staff I do have 2 really great teachers–but the others really don’t seem to care.
what do you study??
September 26th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Hi Curtin44, I suggest that you email your lecturer and make an appointment to see them. Make sure you identify your concern in the email. As a lecturer I know I am often having to race off to another appointment after class. Don’t take this personally this just means that they couldn’t see you then.
I feel sad
that you dread coming in – most of our students don’t live on campus and many students have really busy lives and only come in when they need to.
Please come and see me perhaps I can help with your assignment.