color me super surprised

[simplyn2deep]

Tuesday I took a test in a class that I've been having problems with. (DW/LJ/IJ) I was hoping for the results to be in the 70s so that I can remain with a 70% average in the class.

Well color me surprised when the teacher called my name and I got my scantron and he was like "You did good. you probably cheated" and then laughed. This is his usual "joking" with the class.

Anyway, my original score was 84% but he "felt sorry" that so many others missed 3 additional questions so he went back and looked and didn't like the wording of them, so we were given 3 points. This pushed me to 90%! Holy crap!

Not my highest of all my classes, but to go from a 76% on the first test (with points added) to a 90%...I'm pretty proud of myself!

I complained a lot on Twitter on Monday night that the information wasn't sticking and I gave up on studying. Apparently SOMETHING stuck for me to get that grade!

This time around I'm going to try something different. I'll still read the book, but I'll also take notes and compare to what's in the book and see if there's a difference. The instructor basically re-reads the book as the lecture, then come the test...well see the linked entry about what he does for the test.

I'm pretty sure I'm still going to do the extra credit for the class. I have to check over what it is and see if I can finish it before it's due (just before Thanksgiving if I remember correctly).

Comments

[wagrobanite.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

I'd be very careful though.. My guess he wasn't quite joking and realized you got that grade on the first test then an almost 180 turn on the next. I've seen to many professors who don't believe in someone kicking themselves in the pants to study better, etc. and will turn them in for cheating. So just keep an eye out on his grading

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

He was saying that to everyone. That's his thing. He insults everyone in class and when we don't laugh he tells us we have no sense of humor. or he'll say "oh what do you care, you're going to end up in jail".

[wagrobanite.livejournal.com]

WTF?! What kind of professor is he? that is absolutely not appropriate to say to your students. Please tell me you'll be reporting him at the end of the semester?

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I don't know about the rest of the class, but I am. We have end of semester faculty reviews and I'll be putting it all on there.

Like first or second week of classes he was like "I don't care if you tell. I have tenure and nothing's going to happen." or something like that. he just mentioned tenure a lot. I'm sure no one bated an eyelash if he talked to people he arrested (he used to be a cop for like 30 years), but this is a completely different setting and as such, he should act like that.

[wagrobanite.livejournal.com]

Yikes... If he does have tenure, it's going to a lot harder to remove him. Tenure is a no win situation for bad professors like this. Most universities, don't want to do the paperwork to fire someone with tenure. That's why people have this notion that if you have tenure you can't be fired.

I would, at the end of class, go talk to the dean of the department in person. Statements like that are just inexcusable. You should, if you can, record lectures (without him seeing if possible) and take those as well.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

I need to find out who the dean of the department is. there are only 3 faculty members in it and if one of them is the dean, I'm kind of shit out of luck.

[wagrobanite.livejournal.com]

no, not yet. go higher. What "college" does the department fall under? go to that dean. Or go to the dean of student affairs or something like that.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

okay. thanks.

[thtwzjustadream.livejournal.com]

Congrats! And yeah, your teacher in that class - sounds like an ass hat. :\

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

He is. He insults everyone, says we're going to end up in jail, accuses us of having no sense of humor. Like he isn't funny and I think when people DO laugh it's the "I'm humoring you" kind of laugh