Re: Collage class

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Wow..I a got half way thru your e-mail and my " nutbag " meeter went sky

high..NUTBAG definitely! This man not only sounds controlling but insecure,

inconsiderate and definitely unreasonable. What a wacko..like you really

needs this right now!

I would find his superiores and deal with them. You don't need to be

walking on eggshells with this guy too. Can you fond a way to change

classes?...maybe take another course now and then take this course when a

different professor teaches ?

Hope this works out for you and you dont have to put up with that behavior.

Stefanie

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Simpson wrote:

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> Hello,

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> First, I would like to say sorry for being missing these past few days. The

> workload for school is heavy and I have been busy. I am reading as many

> e-mails as I can but have very little time to respond.

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> I need the wisdom of the wonderful people here once again. Something

> happened in a class today and I am not sure which of my reactions are fleas

> and which are sound. Here is the story.

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> My sociology professor made it clear on the first day of class that side

> conversations would not be tolerated and would " effect the grade of

> everyone

> in the class " . I assumed he meant the obvious that if he had to stop class

> to deal with it we would be missing out a little. Today three girls were

> having a conversation during class. He stopped the class, told them to

> teach the rest, and we will have an exam on Tuesday on the information he

> did not cover unless the girls agree to withdraw from the class. He walked

> out. The girls involved claimed to just be asking for clarification on

> notes and would go talk to him. When they left a student in front of them

> said they were talking for 30 minutes. Most students left but 7 of us

> stayed to see if he came back. He did not. We went to his office to see if

> there is anything we can do as we are all very concerned with our grades.

> He claimed to be sorry but said this is how it has to be. Not only do we

> have to worry about the exam but we are missing vital pieces of information

> about research methods that we will need throughout the course. I am having

> the classes paid for through a government program that requires good grades

> and attendance. I brought this up to him that this could effect my funding

> and his reaction was an oh well type reaction.

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> I have 4 options on how to handle this.

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> 1) Research the remainder of the information on my own and hopefully learn

> enough to pass the exam. This would save my grade for now but I am left

> knowing that he will continue to handle other's misbehavior by punishing

> all

> the class which could still effect my grades later on.

> 2) Confront him directly either through e-mail or in person. He has been

> very adamant that he will not change his mind and I fear this will cause

> him

> to punish me or the class further.

> 3) Go to the school administration with the complaint. He has been a

> professor their for a very long time and is a master in his field. He has

> done things like this many times before so I fear that they support or at

> least tolerate this behavior.

> 4) Withdraw from the class and take it later with a different professor.

> This is dependent that I can later fit the class into my schedule with the

> other professor and that the school will permit it at this time.

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> I have a very hard time letting go of thing that I strongly feel are

> unethical and this fits the bill. I work very hard and don't feel that I

> should be punished with loss of grades for other's behavior. I am trying to

> decide on the best course of action. I just can't seem to figure out what

> feelings are fleas and what might be practical.

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