what shall i do about college?

Question

i started an ma in sept at the same college i studied @ for my ba. i graduated with a ba in 2003. i'm not enjoying it at all. love what i am learning but am not enjoying the classes (difficult classmates etc) also not happy with the way the course is run and how the college has changed since my ba study.

shall i

a) talk to my course leader even tho i know nothing will change and sher herself can't do much
b) transfer to another uni which may be difficult with the overlap of courses
c) quit altogether- this option is not tempting @ all. i never give up and would hate to quit

please help, sorry if all this info is a bit long!

i'm anxious about talking to my tutor because i don't want to seem like a whinger!!

i'm doing the course part time over two years, due to graduate in 2008. studying an MA in English Language Teaching

Answer 1

Whatever you do, don't quit! Firstly, try talking to your tutor. Even if there's nothing she can do, she may have some advice for you to make things easier - other people may have already raised the same concerns to her.

If this doesn't work, finish your first year as there's only a few months left and this will cause minimal disruption and then maybe look to transfer somewhere else for the remaining time. This should be fairly simple as the courses will follow roughly the same structure wherever you go.

Answer 2

Let's talk about a) first. It sounds like you ended up with a bad course. You are a MA student, tell them they suck. OK, I'd be at least be angry. What do you mean by a course leader? Why don't they have a professor guiding this course? You are paying for tuition because you want to study a subject further. You have been a student long enough to judge whether someone is doing a good or a bad job in teaching. You are not going for a PhD where the department is funding most of your education. I am assuming most is out-of-pocket.

I am not sure what subject are studying but after all, you only need two or three faculty members that see your way. As far as transferring is concerned, you have been a student at the particular school so you know the best. What was your experience knowing or dealing with the grad students as an undergrad? But for the bottom line, unless you are changing careers, most MA programs are 2 to 3 semesters long so is transferring really worth the time?

Answer 3

if you are being bullied in the class then the uni has an obligation to get the situation resolved speak to your course tutor then it she can do nothing the head of year/uni principle they have to receive feedback from their students to make the learning experience more enjoyable the same also applies to the other issues that you have raised hope this helps

Answer 4

stick it out, When you've finished school and you get that first paycheck you'll be proud that you didn't quit. If nothing changes, start a discussion about it in class; kind of a well, what if we looked at "A" from "B's" perspective.