So my bf might have gotten kicked out of his class. I'm upset with his teacher because he tried to contact her a long time ago and she never responded to him. It's not like he just called once either. He tried her email too and tried to set up some office hours with her but still she seemed to ignore him. Now, today, he noticed that she has the notes and stuff for the textbook are up on the website but the notes are from a previous edition. So he pointed this out on the discussion board and it appears that she has locked him out of the online class. I know he might seem to complain alot but that is not a good excuse for kicking someone out of their online class. This teacher doesn't work on campus. Her classes are thoroughly online. I just the impression that she hides behind the safety of the internet and finds it easy to bully students because of that.
When you don't respond to a student for 2 months, there is a problem.
My school has an issue right now with online classes. It's possible that they may no longer have them and it's things like the problem my bf is having with this teacher that make me agree with removing them. It's too hard to keep track of the quality of a class, and the teacher as well, when it's all online. And how do you communicate with a teacher who will not respond to your emails or your calls or even your posts on the discussion board.
I know I shouldn't take it this far, but it's almost personal now. I want to find this lady in person and have her explain why she is so hard to get a hold of and why she would deny someone access to their class because they asked about the notes coming from an old edition of the textbook. How is that justified?
The work my bf has to do doesn't seem that hard but there are weekly quizzes (of 80 questions, mind you). He has to answer all the questions within 40 minutes. In my opinion that is not a quiz. Anyway, these "quizzes" come from the publisher, not the teacher. All of them. And she uses the same questions every semester so she does not let you see your actual quiz after it's been graded for fear people will copy the questions down and cheat the following semester.
The online notes, also from the publisher. This is a lazy, lazy teacher. I can understand how having hundreds of online students is a heavy load for one teacher but... in essence all she needs to do teaching-wise, with the way she has it set up, is assign homework and grade it. I think she could stand to maybe take one of those quizzes herself, 40 minutes for 80 questions is hard even if you absolutely know your material. Why take this class if you end up teaching yourself? Why pay for the units?
If I am going to pay 80 bux to take a class and there are 200 other students taking that same class, I expect that teacher to do his or her job because they are being paid to do it.
When you don't respond to a student for 2 months, there is a problem.
My school has an issue right now with online classes. It's possible that they may no longer have them and it's things like the problem my bf is having with this teacher that make me agree with removing them. It's too hard to keep track of the quality of a class, and the teacher as well, when it's all online. And how do you communicate with a teacher who will not respond to your emails or your calls or even your posts on the discussion board.
I know I shouldn't take it this far, but it's almost personal now. I want to find this lady in person and have her explain why she is so hard to get a hold of and why she would deny someone access to their class because they asked about the notes coming from an old edition of the textbook. How is that justified?
The work my bf has to do doesn't seem that hard but there are weekly quizzes (of 80 questions, mind you). He has to answer all the questions within 40 minutes. In my opinion that is not a quiz. Anyway, these "quizzes" come from the publisher, not the teacher. All of them. And she uses the same questions every semester so she does not let you see your actual quiz after it's been graded for fear people will copy the questions down and cheat the following semester.
The online notes, also from the publisher. This is a lazy, lazy teacher. I can understand how having hundreds of online students is a heavy load for one teacher but... in essence all she needs to do teaching-wise, with the way she has it set up, is assign homework and grade it. I think she could stand to maybe take one of those quizzes herself, 40 minutes for 80 questions is hard even if you absolutely know your material. Why take this class if you end up teaching yourself? Why pay for the units?
If I am going to pay 80 bux to take a class and there are 200 other students taking that same class, I expect that teacher to do his or her job because they are being paid to do it.
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