While in class my instructor got impatient with a student. The instructor went to fast and the student didn't see what he did and asked for help. The teacher said "Oh come on you should know this by now." The student told him he didn't appreciate his respond to him. The instructor said let's take it outside. The student returned very upset and said the instructor said he had a learning disability and that's why other people left out of the class because he was asking too many questions. Do you think the teachers behavior was appropriate?
2006-08-30 08:50:27 · 13 answers · asked by barbie2 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
This guy is a TEACHER?!?!!! Complain to the school board and get his arrogant, worthless @$$ fired. I was an instructor at the Air Force Judge Advocate General School for over a year, and I can tell you that adults who have been hand-picked for the JAG Corps because of their intelligence and abilities were often VERY hard to teach. Patience is required if you're going to be a teacher, and this guy obviously doesn't have it. He had no business whatsoever making comments like that to a student. The school board needs to get rid of him.
2006-08-30 08:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not. That is what he is being paid to do, teach. Not everyone will learn at the same pace and he has to have patience with those who are a bit slow. Regardless of what he thought the child's problem was, he should never say it to his face, but try to help him, even if he has to give him a little bit of his time at the end of the day or get him some help. The kid should have reported that. There are a lot of people who do their jobs for the money and not because it is what they really want to do. The choices they make for their own lives are ok, but when they take on a job where it involves others, then not performing that job to the best of their ability can have a great effect on someone else's life. It seems he has a learning disability too. He need to learn how to be a real teacher with patience and understanding. Tell that child not to ever believe what that teacher had to say. There is nothing wrong with him. Everyone can learn, they just need the right teachers. He will be just fine.
2006-08-30 16:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by killerlegs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, his behavior was terrible. Why would he tell him something like that just because he didn't cathc on as fast? And teachers are always supposed to go back over the material if someone is confused. Seems like that teacher is a jerk, sorry. If he knew someone with a learning disability was in his class, he could have switched him to a class where he could learn slower, or he could have dealt with it, and whenenver the guy had a question, he could have just been patient.
2006-08-30 15:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely not, but then again, neither was the student's.
In his place, I wouldn't have confronted the instructor right then and there, but would have gone to his superior, the principal if he's in high school, and the dean if he was in college and filed a formal complaint.
It is also a good idea to take a tape recorder and then listen to it again and transcribe what's needed. It is a practical addition to taking notes alone. You may be able to get something you actually missed in class the second time around.
2006-08-30 15:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by Maria M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I have found that is how some professors are, especially in college. It's like they expect you to know exactly what they know, but don't give that many routes in which to learn it, and some people learn differently than others. It was out of line for the professor to tell the student that they had a learning disability though.
2006-08-30 15:56:45 · answer #5 · answered by *~HoNeYBeE~* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Also, if he didn't have the time in class to address this student's question, the teacher should have suggested that they meet after class, instead of making fun of the student's learning disability, or slowness. I think it takes guts to admit in class that you're not following.
2006-08-30 16:03:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Teachers should have respect for their students. I have however been in a classroom where one student just didnt get the concept...after much explaining the prof decided to see the student after class to help so that the rest of us were not held back. teaching takes patience, if this prof treats his students this way the students need to go to the dean...it's the only way to make change in a pigheaded, better-than-thou teacher who will not listen to students...In essence the students are paying (a lot) for the prof to teach them, if he can't do it he shouldn't be teaching1
Blessed BE!
2006-08-30 17:24:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the teacher's behaviour was not appropriate. The role of a teacher is to impart knowledge to those who do not have it. If it takes someone at little longer to see the lesson, the teacher is supposed to go over it again until the lesson is learned by the whole class.
2006-08-30 15:55:47 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may seem mean, but if you are in a college setting it is not uncommon. In very competitive colleges the professors are trying to weed out the poor students. Think of it this way, you wouldn't want just anyone having a degree in psychology or nuclear biology.
2006-08-30 15:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The teacher was a horse's ***. Plain and simple and this student should file a formal complaint with the school board.
2006-08-30 15:57:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋