Who was in the wrong, teacher or student?
I'm a 16 year old female in highschool, 3 weeks into my junior year.
I was in chemistry class with a teacher who talks in a condescending manner, I think it's unintentional though.
She passed out a paper to every student and wanted us to do that for the period.
I didn't understand so I raised my hand and asked for help on how to do it, but when she heard my question all she said was "No. You should understand this" and walked away.
That annoyed me. She's the teacher, why can't she help me understand?
5 minutes later she walks by my desk and sees there's no answers on my paper.
"Come on you need to get this done" she said.
"Miss I don't understand, I need help" I replied
She said to keep reading the directions and charts until I understood.
Wow, that's irritating.
10 minutes go by and I have nothing except my name, date, and period.
"You need to work on your reading" she said
I read just fine, at an above college level.
"I don't understand what it's asking" I said a little louder, unintentionally.
She thought I was yelling
15 minutes still nothing (I didn't have my phone and we were not allowed to talk)
I started bouncing my leg in frustration and clenched my fists as I always do when angry when she bent down to my desk and lectures me on my "reading struggles" Deep breaths were took and my eyes started to water from the anger.
She asked if I need to take a walk. I said you and walked out of the room.
I didn't come back until 5 minutes before the end of the period, so I was gone for around 30 to 40 minutes.
She said something about it when I went back in but nothing important.
She then messaged me through the grading app we have and said
"Adeen, I explained protons, electrons, neutrons, and mass for the last two days. (She did not, we set up our notebooks and watched a video biology) I cannot understand something for you. You have to comprehend it. You have now missed more explanation and going over the history of atomic theory answers."
I responded with
"You should've explained it again when I asked instead of saying no. How would you saying no possibly help me in the future? You refusing to explain something is the perfect way to set up a student to fail. I read it multiple times and did not understand what it was asking. If a student has a question it's the teachers job to answer it."
(I'm also not so great with math, which this assignment had a lot of)
I was in chemistry class with a teacher who talks in a condescending manner, I think it's unintentional though.
She passed out a paper to every student and wanted us to do that for the period.
I didn't understand so I raised my hand and asked for help on how to do it, but when she heard my question all she said was "No. You should understand this" and walked away.
That annoyed me. She's the teacher, why can't she help me understand?
5 minutes later she walks by my desk and sees there's no answers on my paper.
"Come on you need to get this done" she said.
"Miss I don't understand, I need help" I replied
She said to keep reading the directions and charts until I understood.
Wow, that's irritating.
10 minutes go by and I have nothing except my name, date, and period.
"You need to work on your reading" she said
I read just fine, at an above college level.
"I don't understand what it's asking" I said a little louder, unintentionally.
She thought I was yelling
15 minutes still nothing (I didn't have my phone and we were not allowed to talk)
I started bouncing my leg in frustration and clenched my fists as I always do when angry when she bent down to my desk and lectures me on my "reading struggles" Deep breaths were took and my eyes started to water from the anger.
She asked if I need to take a walk. I said you and walked out of the room.
I didn't come back until 5 minutes before the end of the period, so I was gone for around 30 to 40 minutes.
She said something about it when I went back in but nothing important.
She then messaged me through the grading app we have and said
"Adeen, I explained protons, electrons, neutrons, and mass for the last two days. (She did not, we set up our notebooks and watched a video biology) I cannot understand something for you. You have to comprehend it. You have now missed more explanation and going over the history of atomic theory answers."
I responded with
"You should've explained it again when I asked instead of saying no. How would you saying no possibly help me in the future? You refusing to explain something is the perfect way to set up a student to fail. I read it multiple times and did not understand what it was asking. If a student has a question it's the teachers job to answer it."
(I'm also not so great with math, which this assignment had a lot of)
22-25, F
