Tuesday, November 23, 2004
What can i say, except for the fact that i have one of the stupidest and stubborn teacher that can't even do her own job right? she teaches art and "has" her bachelors for art. haven't seen any of that ability around though, never have i seen anything done from her that impressed me the slightest bit within my near-coming 3 years at pca. she is just so stubborn and retarded that she doesn't even do her job correctly. She comes in the classroom, yells couple of lines and "instructions" that aren't even clear to the class and mixes stuff up 99% of the time (with no exaggeration) which puzzles many students, including myself. On top of that, she's late to arrive to the classroom another 90% of the time..with the excuse of "forgetting about the class." What does this show? i'll tell you, lack of responsibility to her class and her students. She doesn't even keep us in her priorities, or at least she can't convince she does to anyone--which again includes myself. Her instructions in the different "assignments" are so broad and very hard to comprehend by the average mind, you have to go through a large thinking process to actually understand such pathetic teacher. Her assignments are mostly REPEATS of the previous assignment, but with a little twist to it (barely one.) For example, she would give an assignment of making a DVD cover, then the next assignment she gave was a book cover, then a CD cover. Now can you tell me the main difference between these? there ain't one. you're right. actually there is...the measurements. Wow, that's a whole lotta change. The biggest difference in her assignments was the "revolution from drawing art into computer art." But see, did she even take the time to consider or even mark our past assignments that each of us worked hard upon? From what's given, it does not seem like it.. you might be thinking, you're just imaginging it stan. but hey, try this one: she can't even give out a mark when you ask her for what you got, then you ask if you can see the books with the marks..and she would either reply with "no you can't" (without reasoning) or "yeah, but i'll show you tomorrow, i don't have it with me, but i'll show you tomorrow" (then never shows you again and expecting you to forget or not ask again) or "nobody did bad, everyone did good. don't worry." (ok this is not the point, i ask for my marks because i actually want to see how i'm doing and how the teacher obtains my mark. This is for educational purposes, that teacher does not have the right to not give out our marks.) Wanna know why she always have to put excuses up? cuz clearly she doesn't have any of those done, or she just randomly picks numbers in accordance to her love towards the student or her favor towards them. it doesn't matter if you're actually good or not, or if you have the skills or not. As long as she likes you, you're fine. but if yo'ure on her tail, then you have a problem for life. and in my case, i'm on her tail without any reasoning. she just decided to get peeved about me and start to pms again me most of time...she doesn't pick on other people but mainly me. (rarely does she complain or rant about another person.) why? until this day i still don't know. Her reasoning you ask? here it is: "i dont respect her and i give her attitude, and she doesn't like how i always stand during class." Ok woman, this is a free farking country, i can do whatever the heck i want. If you don't have logic in telling me to sit down, why should i give a single in listening to her? she tells me to sit down with the reasoning of "it makes me feel uncomfortable, and it makes me lose power." Ok what kind of excuse is that? telling me to sit down which gives her more authority.. i haven't heard that from any other teacher, but they still have authority when i'm standing up. It shouldn't matter what a student is doing, the teacher should always have authority over their studnets because they are given that responsibility and power. You don't need studnets to actually do something, IN ORDER for you to gain that power. if you're able to teach and have a convincing ability to hold the class together, as well as something to actually respect. Does she have any of the above? nope, none of it. she doesn't have anything worth respecting through her teachings.. she doesn't provide clear instructions, matter of fact, she HASNT taught me anything within this whole class over a period of close to 2-3 months now. So what am i gaining from this whole course? from what i feel and can see, clearly nothing. Except "gaining more wasted time." Like what's the point of me joining this class if i can't even learn from it...or gain anything out of it? she tells the students to learn from ecah other...but see, some kids don't even ahve experiences from photoshop..then how do they teach? she basically relies on those few people who actually have experiences with it to teach FOR HER--why? cuz she doesn't know how to actually use photoshop, mind the fact to even teach--she ain't capable of it. She hasn't taught us one thing this year, whereas, she ORDERS me to go around help the ones around me. i do so, and i'm "happy" at times and quite pissed at others because she orders me as if i'm forced to do it. I hate that feeling, and she shouldn't be able to do such a thing, i'm quite fed about the whole thing. and yes a course is TOTALLY where a student teaches another student, that's how it works. that's perfectly how it works. i just paid around $7000 to teach another student. that's how it works.. perfectly.. matter of fact, i paid 7000 and part of that money goes towards this farked up woman's salary FOR FORCING ME TO TEACH OTHERS AND HAVE HER SCREAM AT ME. man i've definitely loving this whole business..and it's totally the way everyone should work. FOR SURE NOT. i've dealt with enough of her, and had enough of this kind of woman that can't teach. and oh yeah.. she also expects so much from students assignments, and forces deadlines at whenever she pleases. Then guess what? some studnets actually stay up to work on various assigned projects FROM THIS WOMAN, even though they have other workloads to study/work for. Like honestly, media arts isn't as important as the other "Core" subjects like math and english. but see, there are students like me that actually want a future in graphic designs, and so i actually stay up to late hours and spend a lot of effort making something nice to hand in within that class. Then guess waht? after all the long hours of working, i go to class and she goes "oh it's not due till next week!" (when she clearly says "tomorrow" in the class before or something) She likes to change assignment due dates as her heart desires. this is definitely not fair for students that actually spend time on their projects. Then guess what for another time? after long hours of work for some projects, she would go "oh this one doesn't count becuase not everyone did it / finished it"..ok woman, that's now how the school system works. you say an assignment it's either they finish it and gain a mark or they don't finish it and get a 0 or a low mark. it's not the matter of finishing/not finishing and determining if the project should be included. we actually had to spend a few weeks working on two pieces of art that took quite a bit of my effort: "my paradise" and "my currencies" these were hand drawn art which we were REQUIRED to do. but see, she never marked them and when i asked her why.. she said "not everyone did it" so waht? if i dont do an assignment, then i can get 100%? because if it doesn't affect my mark, then i start off with 100%..so meaning i should get 100%. there shouln'dt be anything that affects it then. by her theory, that's how it works. i'm just following then.. but nope, if you don't do it intentionally, then your mark gets deducted and all. so how does her theory actaully work? oh i get it.. it bases on her "moment of feeling." Anything she desires to do, then it will happen as it is thought about. Did i mention that she told a close friend of mine, when they're done halfway through the project.. she says "oh change that, that's not what i want, and attempts to change the whole project" (while everyone is almost halfway done, and whereas my group is DONE.) so she expects EVERYRONE to change the whole project because of her own personal preference... honestly, that's not healthy or a good way of teaching. i'm sure many people will definitely agree with me on this one. Then moreover, she always tells me to sit down because i stand up too much right? well see, i as a person don't like sitting much, all my friends know this.. and this is PART of my characteristics. so basically she is challenging the way that i am, which in a way is a sense of discrimination. that i dont feel comfortable with. and then she tells me to sit down, with the harshest tone of voice. she does not say it nicely, but everytime it's with an intolerable rude voice. then after a series of these conversations, i just let down myself and i acutally sit down.. but then guess waht? she decides to play her little game and tells me to get up and go around the classroom to help the students around me. But see, i was doing this in the FIRST PLACE! and she told me to sit down. so what the heck does she really want from me. tells me to sit down and it displeases her, then tells me to stand up and she will yell at me later of not sitting down and distracting the classroom. i'm not doing any of those, and she accuses me of doing so. then when i try to speak of my own perspective and how i'm not distracting the classroom, she would exclaim that i'm dispecting her and that she's human, she will make mistakes too and that i ahve to to listen to her because she's an elder. but see woman, i am listening, but you ain't talking about logic...you're just basically saying random things to me that makes me don't even know how to handle her. this makes my feel really upset and confused. seriosuly i don't get the fact that i'm paying to suffer in a classroom, where i can actually spend that equivalent amoutn of time studying another course of like accounting. That was actually another course i thought about taking instead of media arts, but see i need art to go into what i want in my future career or studies. But she is NOT doing a good job at all, not even the slightest bit. Oh furthermore, she asked me to help her save a computer image off of her own email account DURING classtime. She tells us NOT to surf the internet or check our personal emails, but waht is she doing? she's using CLASS time and SCHOOL money to actually do her own thing. which ultimately contradicts to everything she says. then i ask her why is she checking her email, then you know what she replies with? "she's a teacher and she's allowed to but students are not and are expected to work" ok work on WHAT? you don't give us assignments 80% of the time and when you do, it's unclear and not-doable until later on (outside of school.) oh and guess waht? once she even asked me WHILE i was working on something, to help her SAVE AN IMAGE OFF HER EMAIL ACCOUNT. this is basics of basics in the world of computers in the days of today. but she doesn't konw how to do it. doesn't this make you question about her ability to even use a computer? it does to me. she's supposed to be a teacher of COMPUTER arts, but if she can't even use a computer right.. how does she actually teach the students photoshop, if photoshop is actually a big part of using hte computer? i don't get this fact. it doesn't support her either, it does not give a convincing factor to her abilities and qualification to teach the course. like what's the point of joining this class then? if she tells us to learn from others... why not just have a time of spare, and have the students just interact with each other and learn? that's the same thing. Cuz basically it's another spare for all the students in the classroom...many enjoy this factor because they basically have an extra spare (within gr11, as only one is permitted.) this makes it "pleasurable" for most students. but to me, it's just a time well-wasted. not something that i really wanna be part of, i rather you give me work and MARK RIGHTFULLY. But now it's time of spare, where it's governed by a teacher that screams with no reasoning...that's a great place to be. i love it. DEFINITELY NOT. i completely feel the sense of this course's uselessness. i do not in the slightest bit think this course is helping at all. No point of taking it.
There can be ongoing things i can say about this pathetic "teacher" (can't even give her direct credit as a teacher, cuz she's never taught me anything as of yet...will she ever? that i won't konw, but what seems of now, not likely.)
That's just a glimpse of what i feel about this whole situation. If she doesn't change, i would definitely warn those who want to join this course, it's the stupidest couse and waste of time. Matter of fact, i recommend those who acutally respect art to not join this course; definitely no point.
started writing at 1:16 AM of Nov 23 2004 until 2:15 AM of Nov 23 2004.
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its like WOAH thats a long entry =) dont worry. favourites or no..ur my favourite!!!
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