2007-06-20 06:57:16 · 12 answers · asked by caljoe015 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Sit back, take notes, and learn.
The unfair teacher has something to teach you. Maybe not what you're there to learn, but - for instance, you may learn how to spot someone being unfair for real, or it may be that they are being unfair while playing the devil's advocate.
Look the situation over and figure out why they're being unfair. Maybe it's not about you at all. Maybe they're trying to show another student a contrast of behaviors, or maybe they're working toward setting up a great presentation for later in the year.
Don't be too quick to judge.
2007-06-20 07:19:10 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an unfair English teacher in 9th grade. I got revenge! I graduated from HS with a 3.5 at the end of my senior year! I went to college. I graduated with a 3.1 at the end of my senior year second semester. I just finished another semester of graduate classes. I now have a 3.6 cummulative GPA! I am also certified to teach in VA and highly qualified to teach English. Now I can show my unfair 9th grade English teacher what happens when you are unfair to others. You should do the same.
2007-06-20 07:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by Big Blue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually have some experience with this. When I was back in the 9th grade I had this really obnoxious fat penguin-looking cheerleading coach for an English teacher who would let all her team members jot down garbled half sentances for Bs and would give me an F for well written papers that she didn't agree with. After a while, I started getting into fights with her and felt enough was enough, so I took my papers to the Head of the English Department and asked her to give her honest opinion of my work. She said that it was on par with her advanced honors class and called in the cheerleading coach to her office to chew her out over it. I also suggested that she "audit" all of the papers she graded periodically to make certain that the grades were being assesed fairly... which of course meant that everybody's averages went up except for the cheerleaders.
Afterwards, this teacher got very bitter when I kept correcting her on Dante's Inferno, since she never read it before and was teaching it entirely on Cliff notes. She asked if I wanted to teach the class, and I emphatically said YES, having read the whole divine comedy over 14 times already at that point. So she sat back and I went through canto after canto explaining it all to the class and started preparing my own tests and quizzes. Later that day I contacted the department head again, who was in terested in seeing me teach and what kinds of tests and quizzes I was handing out. She approved of what I was doing and I wound up teaching a class of my peers in the 9th grade while the old english teacher was made to just sit there and stew in her anger. It was bloody great. Funny enough, my tests and quizzes were far more difficult and comprehensive than the ones Ms. Ibach used to dish out, but the class scored way higher on them because I was actually TEACHING them the subject and having class interaction instead of just making people read aloud and accept cliff notes interperatations verbatum.
So in short, you must first document the instances in which she was unfair with evidence (notes, tests, quizzes, essays in particular, and the teacher's conduct towards you in class via tape recorder) and bring them to the head of that department they teach. If the department head isn't helpful, go directly to the principal, and if they aren't go to the regional director. If after all that they still won't budge to help you, you're pretty much screwed... change schools.
2007-06-20 07:11:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing you can possibly do is ask your teacher what areas you need to improve in and do it. The world is not fair and if you challenge a teacher on grades you lose.
2007-06-20 07:01:23 · answer #4 · answered by Leroy Smoothie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are a good kid and you should know if you are a good kid or not and the teacher is still being unfair to you.
Then tell your parents to talk to the principal and both your parents and the principal talk to the Unfair teacher.
2007-06-20 07:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by D S♦T♦A♦R♦S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. Apply self control.
2. Recognize that your teacher is in authority over you for a reason
3. Be Respectful
4. Do as you're told.
As you get older, you'll discover (hopefully) that little in life is fair, and that the best you can hope for is to live at peace with the people around you.
Good luck.
2007-06-20 07:03:10 · answer #6 · answered by Privratnik 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Prove the teacher wrong by getting A's on the tests and turning in all your homework. It sounds silly, but if you can prove that you should mathematically get a good grade in her class, you'll prove that you're right.
2007-06-20 11:23:09 · answer #7 · answered by Murrin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Besides talk to the principal and your parents - I am not sure what makes you think the teacher was unfair - please give more information.
Good luck!!!
2007-06-20 07:16:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn to deal with it.
You're going to have unfair bosses, coworkers, neighbors etc etc etc all your life, so this is a time to learn some skills for coping with it.
Life is not always fair.
2007-06-20 07:00:54 · answer #9 · answered by Sean 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tell your parents that she is unfair and have them deal with then principal!
2007-06-20 07:00:30 · answer #10 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋