I’ve been around this school game for a while now. And I’ve had the full gamut of teachers/instructors/professors. My least favorite is the kind that want you to read their mind.
If teaching was a group project, these would definitely be the ones coming in late with their instructions scribbled on a receipt that has been dipped in coffee. In pencil! Smeared pencil.
Their work is sloppy. Their instructions are haphazard and incomplete. Their assignment due dates are a thing of fiction. Their grading is harsh.
These are the kind of instructors who “never give an A”.
I am sure that 99.99% of learners have had this teacher in their classroom at some point. And you think that complaining does nothing.
Not so. We are not in high school anymore.
Complaining about the teacher who “forgets” to complete their assignment directions and penalizes a student for not being able to extrapolate what they meant is acceptable. After all, this is tantamount to being slapped on the wrist for not being able to read their mind.
I am no Jean Grey or Profession Charles Xavier.
The university or college probably has an office to deal with teachers like these.
Find it. Complain about them.
But it is important to bring receipts. By that, I mean examples.
They will listen. They will know that you are not trying to get a better grade. After all, your classmates might already know and are complaining as well.
Alternately tell your advisor. I hope that the terrible teacher is not your advisor. If they are, go to the head of the program.
Adult learning is hard enough without having to develop a whole new skill that doesn’t exist.
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