<p>So I have this chem teacher who in class gives us this really easy stuff thats like reading graphs or something you could mostly just infer on your own. Then, every single time, without fail (no exaggeration), 5 min before the quiz starts he'll give us a practice to do right before that's NOTHING I've ever seen before. Then everyone takes the quiz, and basically everyone does bady. Everytime you confront him, he always says "you need to use your critical thinking skills, I can't just hand you every question on the test." But I'm sorry, this is not like a practical application question or something, this is something I've never seen and would have no idea how to approach without some basic uniferable knowledge. Everyone confronts him and gives him the same response and I just have no idea what I'm supposed to do now. One girl went to the principal today and she said "I can't be responsible for how he teaches." And just left it at that. I'm beyond lost. Sorry for the rant, please help.</p>
<p>Textbook. Now.</p>
<p>Although, the sciences are rather difficult to learn on your own. The best you can do would be to create a study group and learn the material together without teacher aid.</p>
<p>What do you do when teachers don’t teach? </p>
<p>Other work, unless there is some sort of lecture.</p>
<p>Screw around. Last year, in my math class, the teacher just read the book to us and did the examples in the book…the ones that were already explained. So we would scream, sing to tick her off, throw stuff at each other, make animal noises, bird calls, etc…</p>
<p>Fun times.</p>
<p>Get.</p>
<p>A.</p>
<p>Tutor.</p>
<p>My Chem teacher has like…ADHD. 
Our textbook is literally the worst I’ve ever had, yet she claims it has all the answers. So instead of teaching, she tells us to read the book and do questions…and the she gives us worksheets and quizzes…</p>
<p>Worst of all, she doesn’t weight, so a bad HW grade brings you down just as a much as a bad quiz would. Not to mention she doesn’t give tests.</p>
<p>I’ve never been scared of taking a SOL (VA standardized test), but I’m honestly not sure I’ve learned enough in Chem to past even something as easy as that…it’s that bad.</p>
<p>use da boock</p>
<p>Get your parents to complain. Then the principal might actually take you seriously.</p>
<p>If there is another chem teacher at your school, go to him/her and see if they can help.</p>
<p>My Calc teacher is an arrogant prick who refuses to teach us anything even though he very well could teach us all the material… so what I’ve always done is gone online (google) and researched all the topics for our tests and it really really helps. the most helpful have been the dartmouth math department and swarthmore’s freshman calculus teachers… i learn more online than i do in school.</p>
<p>Self-study. Read the textbook. This is what I did last year in AP Chem and it’s what I’m doing this year in AP Physics B. No offense to my physics teacher; he’s actually quite good. I just can’t concentrate in his class, so I end up doodling and not taking notes; otherwise, I’ll fall asleep. (And I sit in the front row.) The only reason he doesn’t call me out on it is because I do all the homework and manage decently on the tests.</p>
<p>My chemistry teaches but I don’t think I’ve learned anything she’s ever teached this term because a)I sit at the very back because of the stupid seating plan and can hardly see the board, plus she hardly gives u time to write down her scribbles on the board and b) I don’t understand what she says anyway 98% of the time. So what I did this term is self study using the textbook, I went over it the week before the exam and formed study groups with friends. I made my own notes from the textbook, filled gaps by going on google and asked around. I got a B on the exam which was the highest in our grade and many people failed.</p>
<p>Just read the textbook, that or cheat.</p>
<p>I would imagine not knowing what’s going to be on the test makes cheating more difficult. Then again I don’t have much experience in that area.</p>
<p>tutor, read book several dozen times, cheat, steal tests etc…</p>
<p>im rich so i can afford to get those 2000 dollar a month tutors who guarantee 5’s so BOOYAH POOR GHETTO PEOPLE HA!</p>
<p>my history teacher doesn’t teach at all either. but she makes the class ridiculously easy, but i’m pretty positive my whole class might fail the nys regents in june. all she really does is supervise us and gives us worksheets day after day. but pretty much she’s just in the room to make sure we don’t hurt each other… or eat or drink in the room because apparently there’s an ant problem?</p>
<p>suck it up and learn it yourself 
that’s what I’m doing in math analysis right now, so I can totally relate (my math teacher is really nice, but I can not understand a word that comes out of his mouth…and then he gives us tests that are hard beyond belief).
I go to the crappiest public school so I can not count on my teachers for ANYTHING
So what I do basically to cope is…not pay attention in that class at all. Totally ignore the teacher’s lecture, since obviously it is not working. Do whatever worksheets he gives out. Meanwhile, spend class time (depending on the situation) either:
a) having fun (ie texting and so on if you are confident the material is easy and you can learn it on your own fast)
b) burrowing your head in the textbook, actually doing sample problems (this is really important), and basically learning everything you need to know. Since you know the teacher is unpredictable, see what types of questions he suprised you with previously. Are they in the textbook? Why didn’t you learn them? (totally skipped that part, or only skimmed, etc.) Then do your best to remedy it.
c) doing work for other classes
d) doing the homework that he gives out</p>
<p>Aw man as much as I despised my chem teacher last year with a burning passion, she still was a little better than yours was. Try your best to work around him and make sure you’re doing your part. Do as many problems in the book as you can and come in with with plenty of questions. At this rate, you can’t rely on him for anything.</p>
<p>my school of course is stupid and encourages teachers to use the book only as supplementary material so some things are covered in the book but most are not.</p>