So I have a professor who would go off topic and talk about how some students text in class for the entire period without teacher. When she ranted for 10 minutes about texting, I raised my hand and said “can we get back on topic”. She then got mad, told I couldn’t say that because “she’ll get on topic when she wants too” and that in my asking so, that was highschool behavior then goes on to say that giggling in class is middle school and preschool behavior. I felt disrespected so I got up and when she told me to sit back down I said that, “I came here to learn about asia not to get a life lecture so I’ll see you next week”. I feel somewhat bad but she was disrespectful to me and hasn’t been teaching. Should I sent her a apology email or just show up next week.
You should definitely send an apology. She is the professor. She gets to decide what to teach or say. It’s obviously a major problem in her class, and she wanted to get the point across to all of you. If you did this with a work supervisor, you would probably be fired.
The professor expects to teach adults, and the class is not living up to her expectations. That’s not her fault - it’s the children in the class. When you all start behaving like adults, she’ll treat you that way.
I would go to her office hours and say that you apologize for what you said and that you agree that is frustrating when time is being wasted during class because of people texting and having talk to them about it.
Ask if she has ever heard of the Chronicle of Higher Eduction forums where professors talk about classroom issues.
Oh, man, you need to do some major butt kissing stat.
Professors are king (or queen) of their domain, and you publicly humiliated her and challenged her authority. If I’d done that I probably would have dropped the class because there’s no way I’d get a decent grade after that.
I have a professor who talks about his divorce during every class. For hours. You just suck it up and get through it if you want the grade.
You should apologize in person. No excuses, no talk of being disrespected, etc. What you did was wrong. Even if you were frustrated, it is nOT your place to tell a prof --publicly. – how to manage her class. Did you really believe you were helping? Suck it up and admit the error of your ways.
Oh man, I’m a teacher and I’d have been unbelievably peeved if this happened to me. You NEED to go apologize in person. Don’t make excuses. Don’t justify. She’ll be less unhappy with you if you reach out with an apology.
You felt disrespected? How do you think she felt?
Something is off here.
When you apologize (yes, in person!,) make it genuine. Be contrite. Do not explain how you are right. Period. Because…you are not.
And try not to repeat this mistake again. Not until YOU are the person in authority. Sheesh.
Too late to drop?
Wow, you dissed your professor while she was setting groundrules and then you got up and walked out of her class?
Apologize in person and be sincere about it. Then show up prepared for the rest of the semester and only open your mouth to let out intelligent contributions to the class (not smart-alecky ones).
Drop the class.
I agree, drop the class.
And never do something like that again.
If it’s a large lecture class, sit in the back, wear a hat, and never make eye contact. If it’s a small class go apologize or drop.
People are saying drop the class. Why tho?
depending on where he sat and how big the class was the teacher could find out who he is and have a total vendetta against him and become not so lenient on his scores/tests making him do worse than what he possibly could have done is my only explanation. I like it when the teacher starts ranting on about things they hate… less time to cover more chapters = they will most likely drop the chapter from the test since it wasn’t covered lol
To the extent that there is a subjective element to the grading, it may not go well for the student OP, even if the teacher doesn’t deliberately retaliate.
I would drop the course asap and never take another class with this teacher. Hopefully, this class is not in the OP’s major…
I would drop out also. Personally I would be way too embarrassed to come back the next week after throwing a hissy fit.
I’d suggest transferring to a better school. I’d suggest withdrawing or dropping from the class. You’re concerns were very valid though the way you presented them was inappropriate. Perhaps the other students are very immature or the teacher has easily irked. You are paying tuition to learn the subject material, not to watch your professor do 1-on-1 babysitting with your classmates.
Transferring, seriously?
If OP’s reaction was shooting a spider when a simple newspaper whack would have been fine, transferring schools entirely would be like dropping a nuclear bomb. Just plain overreaction.