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So basically, she thought it was OK to make fun of students when they asked a question that had been asked already. Wow, so sorry I missed being in her class...

ashark 9y ago
Some context that may be relevant. Something like the following is not uncommon, at pretty much any grade level: Teacher T, Student S (not always the same student), Students Ss T: "I've put the exact steps you need to follow on the board, right here. Repeat that back to me." Ss: "The steps are on the board." T: "Great. Any questions? No? Makes sense? Cool, get started!" (walks among students to check work and help as needed) (10 seconds later) S: What do we do first? T: It's on the board. Right there. The step labelled "1". And first on the list. Is there part of it you don't understand? S: Oh, no, I just didn't know it was there. (2 minutes later) T: Uh, are you done? S: No. I just didn't know what to do next. T: Did... you do all the steps? On the board? S: Oh, right! No, just step 1. (5 minutes later) S: Mr/Mrs T, what's step 3? T: Did you check the board? S: Uhhhhh, oh yeah. (this happens some more. 6 hours later) T: (grading papers. Several students missed one or more steps.) (next day) S: Why is my grade so low? T: You didn't do step 4. At all. S: I didn't know what to do there. T: (points at list, still on board) S: Oooooh, yeah. T: (sneaks whisky from desk to make it through the day without killing self or others) [EDIT] formatting
- VLM 9y ago
  How long have you been teaching grad students? (In a non-personal non-doxing manner, I'm just saying you read like my sister-in-law kinda and she's got 20 years in. Which sounds like a prison term. Um...)
  - ashark 9y ago
    I don't, but I know several teachers, and am married to one. Anecdotes from 3rd-9th grade, all running pretty much like that. I gather some level of this occurs almost daily. Most of them teach in "good" schools, too, so these are the students who are easy to teach. (for the record, I don't think any of them actually drink at school)

ashark 9y ago

Some context that may be relevant. Something like the following is not uncommon, at pretty much any grade level: Teacher T, Student S (not always the same student), Students Ss T: "I've put the exact steps you need to follow on the board, right here. Repeat that back to me." Ss: "The steps are on the board." T: "Great. Any questions? No? Makes sense? Cool, get started!" (walks among students to check work and help as needed) (10 seconds later) S: What do we do first? T: It's on the board. Right there. The step labelled "1". And first on the list. Is there part of it you don't understand? S: Oh, no, I just didn't know it was there. (2 minutes later) T: Uh, are you done? S: No. I just didn't know what to do next. T: Did... you do all the steps? On the board? S: Oh, right! No, just step 1. (5 minutes later) S: Mr/Mrs T, what's step 3? T: Did you check the board? S: Uhhhhh, oh yeah. (this happens some more. 6 hours later) T: (grading papers. Several students missed one or more steps.) (next day) S: Why is my grade so low? T: You didn't do step 4. At all. S: I didn't know what to do there. T: (points at list, still on board) S: Oooooh, yeah. T: (sneaks whisky from desk to make it through the day without killing self or others) [EDIT] formatting

VLM 9y ago
How long have you been teaching grad students? (In a non-personal non-doxing manner, I'm just saying you read like my sister-in-law kinda and she's got 20 years in. Which sounds like a prison term. Um...)
- ashark 9y ago
  I don't, but I know several teachers, and am married to one. Anecdotes from 3rd-9th grade, all running pretty much like that. I gather some level of this occurs almost daily. Most of them teach in "good" schools, too, so these are the students who are easy to teach. (for the record, I don't think any of them actually drink at school)