The worst teacher I have ever had is my teacher right now. She is dumb. She teaches Writing Study Skills, which barely teaches you anything. My goal is to become a journalist one day, and I am an excellent writer when I try. Obviously I'm not trying to use my writing skills now...Anyway, she always makes us write "journals" on ideas and certain questions and things like that. Instead of learning writing, she's teaching us stuff like comparing and contrasting and description. I would like to think I learned that years ago! Her class doesn't help me at all. On top of all that, everyone compliments my writing, but she marks me down for the STUPIDEST things. I gave the antecendent for a pronoun RIGHT IN THE SENTENCE clearly and obviously, and still she circled the pronoun "one" saying "one what?" Plus, she's really mean. I know I should wait for the year to be over, but how do I deal with someone like her?
2006-12-14 11:23:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
well if you are as passionate about writing as you say... with all the competition in that field of writing, I would imagine it would be important to learn how to convince those who do not like something about your writing to change their mind with you writings..... what i am saying is that if your a writer and can't figure out what to write to convince your teacher to pass you at the grade you want.... then how can you expect to convince anyone to potentially publish your work much less think of paying you up front for it... i would take it as a challenge... maybe that is what it is... maybe its time to prove how good you are to the toughest group... the unwilling unyielding non believer.... oh wait stop...thats yahoo answers.... lol.. sorry for being lazy with the style ....just some thoughts
2006-12-14 11:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just because you think you may have learned it years ago, have you actually mastered the skill? maybe she is being picky with you because she recognizes the skills and tries to push you harder? writing is about detail and description. don't give up on her. try to get what you can out of her class. As the saying goes "teens think they know everything" but time teaches more than what you will learn in a book or from class. If you think your skills are good now, try submitting some of your work to the local paper. You will get feedback from experienced writers. then you can adjust your writing skills from there.
2006-12-14 11:53:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, people are not dumb just because they doing things different than you. Second, have patience, time is on you side, the year will be over soon. Why not try, are you so superior at this moment that you can't learn anything? Why isn't comparing, contrasting and description part of writing, in your opinion?
2006-12-14 11:29:31 · answer #3 · answered by jack w 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with Jack W and when you say "I would like to think I learned that years ago!" then that just means you are at a faster past then what the teacher is teaching at, but all I can say is wait till the school year is over!
2006-12-14 11:34:58 · answer #4 · answered by EREX94 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In terms of hating her for what she is teaching, think of it this way...she didn't write the curriculum for the course. She has specific outlines and objectives that she has to teach you in order to be doing her job that is set out by the state/province. Keeping that in mind may make it easier to tolerate the course itself and what is learned. You could also approach her and ask if there is something specific you will be learning about and state your interest in it...she may be able to squeeze some of it in to the class.
2006-12-14 11:31:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay. This is coming from a guy who made D's in English class, but keep in mind that English Composition is a subjective topic, aside from basic grammar. One person's Hemingway is another person's Larry The Cable Guy.
2006-12-14 11:32:29 · answer #6 · answered by Chuck Dhue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like my daughter's second grade teacher. i think the only way to overcome this issue is to finish the class or drop the class and find another teacher for that class. you can't really blame them for what they do because they will do whatever they are required to do unless you take it to the upper. it's up to you but it's kind of complicated. i would just go ahead and finish that class. good luck to you.
2006-12-14 11:31:47 · answer #7 · answered by Friv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋