Today, I got my grades back. I got a very poor evaluation for my lit class, which was odd because it didn't match the impression from my end-of-class meeting with the professor. It does, however, include a nod to the supposedly-anonymous negative class review I gave her, though. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML
Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML
Today, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." FML
Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". FML
Today, I got my report card. My teacher gave me an F, and under class comments she gave me a U for unsatisfactory. So I got an F U from my teacher. FML
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
Today, my university professor asked us to submit anonymous course feedback. I wrote three paragraphs criticizing his lectures. Ten minutes later, I realized I'd left my full name at the bottom of the page. FML
Today, the grades for one of my courses were released. The class average was higher than that which the department allowed, so the professor had to scale everyone's marks down to meet the policy. I ended up failing because my class was too smart. FML
Today, the feedback my teacher wrote on my English assignment was so horrible that it took me half an hour and help from both my parents to decipher it. It turned out to be a scathing criticism of my "poor communication skills". I hate my teachers. FML
Today, I met my teacher after school to talk about a paper on which he gave me a low grade. I told him that I felt it was wrongly graded and he agreed. He lowered my score. FML
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Soninuva 41
Take that directly to the dean. Not only is that unethical of your professor, it's illegal.
MDoremis 38
She probably figured it out by writing style--everyone has a unique turn of phrase. Definitely take this matter to the dean. If she can't handle criticism she should not be in her profession. Also: this is why you wait until after receiving your final grade to rate your professors.
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sousaphonist 14
That'd be something to bring to the dean.
Misoranomegami 16
Fight it. It happened to me at college too. Suddenly my professor decided I had cheated on our 2nd homework assignment months before and mentioned my review of her in her email. I had a word with the professor before scheduling my meeting with the dean and magically my grade went from a D back to an A.
CougeeSwagg 19
She recognized your handwriting?
JMcool 18
That's messed up. Definitely take it to one of the higher ups. This is why I'm glad that my school's system makes it so that the professors can't read the course evals until after they submit the final grades.
Chazzster 32
Something similar happened to me in college. Took an "anonymous" survey in one of my classes - The teacher was terrible, and I cited examples. Two classes later the teacher ranted about the comments I made on the survey and ended with an "I know who you are, I recognize your handwriting." I think I wound up going to the dean about the threat. I passed the class, but it was a real struggle. That teacher did not teach the next semester. Everybody lost on that one - The teacher who was unprofessional and a terrible teacher, and me with a lower grade than I would have had otherwise. Go to the dean, explain what happened. Don't be surprised however if your teacher does all they can to try to disprove your case. At this point it's all you can do. In the future never trust "anonymous" surveys - There is no such thing.
nukey24 7
I have chicken scratch for writing when I don't try.. So when ever it came to evaluations and teachers, you damn bet I'd change my writing style so they wouldn't know it was me.
catherinecas 30
My school uses scantrons and has a way to submit a full lengthy review of professors completely anonymously. And the evaluations are read by the head of completely different department to prevent bias.
ImagineCrazy 27
That's why you wait until you know you'll no longer have a class with her
FailStaff 15
So I guess it wasn't lit
Kramer1998 20
I've had this happen to me before, my english teachers almost never actually taught us, so i spoke out about it in my fall semester review, only for her to call me out in front of the entire class on the first day back!