Emotion vs. Efficient

Two days ago, I had a litle dispute with one of my teachers at English Class who is Scorpio (not the one whom I've menioned before). It was an ordinary writing activity. He brought the reading material(!) which was very difficult to understand (a text about food regulations). I told him that material was difficult but he insisted that it's easy. Anyway, after he has read the 3 paragraphs of the text (to everyone) I've realised that I didnt understand anything and frusturated. I also was curious and I asked my classmates as if they understand anything from the text. The answear was "No" from everyone. Since teacher heard that answear, I didnt feel the need to repeat it and waited for the text change. He didnt change the text. Instead, he insisted that text was easy and continued. I was mad. How can it be easy when everyone said "No"? Anyway, I stayed until the end of the class and didnt leave, because I had respect to that teacher (and I question why I didnt leave part now). At the end of class he noticed my frusturated face expression(!) and asked "What happened?". I told him that the time in this class was totally waste, because nobody understood anything from passed time. I was right, because nobody really understood anything (I asked them before telling that).

He was frusturate to my calling "The time was wasted" and took it as humiliating action. After long speak with him at the next day, he told me that he will not make any activity at next week. I have told him that everything what happened is his fault. He also told me that he want to teach us English, but not in that enviroument. I told him that there was nothing wrong with enviroument and I've just suggested a better way of making this activity more productive....

Now, after I saw Qbone's topic, I wanted to show how it happens to other people in the same way. Sometimes it is inefficient to act by emotions...

Yes, that English teacher is not a good teacher, because if he was good he would hang you up as an example to the others.

When you are student; you should respect your teacher and try to learn, if he says it easy, then it is and you should try to concentrate on the material you've got and not "arguing".

You are student for God sake, not him!

This is pointless Qbone. No one of students understood what the text is talking about. What is the benefit of that? I am not just talking to myself....

for myself*

Haffo...I do agree with Qbone to a certain extent...I have had professors who intentionally hav etried to make things more difficult then they actually are....I don't think it is anything wrong with expressing how you felt...It just could've been done in a more respectful way without criticizing his lecture or choice of text...You could've maybe said something like "Excuse Mr.whatever, I am having a very difficult time understanding this text and after conversating with a lot of the other students, I found that they too are very confused.I am eager and receptive to learning, however, I am having a hard time with this text....

If I could speak like that Softy, I woudlnt need an English Course. LOL!

I agree w/ softy its not a scorpio issue.Teachers are taught to teach this way,so they go through it the way they were taught but they can also come up w/ a different and more basic way of doing it if they are told the real problem not a personal attack.personal attacks come off as mumble jumble and the entire point of the real reason is completely missed.If there hadn't have been a big deal out of it the next day he could have found a better break down of it to bring in.

Softy.

If he really wanted to make things difficult to make learning better, then he could told that. Something like "I know, It may be difficult, but this is the way you learn it better". There wasnt such explaination. The explaination should be given, because there was a demand for it which is "We do not understand". Instead of giving that explaination he just showed his sensitivity, which is not a professional behaviour.

Also, he use to lose control of the class very often. The problem that arouse in that day is totally "lack of control" issue of him. Why he didnt solve this problem when saw my frusturated face at first time? It happened 15 minutes later after class started. Wasn't that enough to give an explaination of what he is trying to do? Why he waited until the end of class? He could move and solve the problem at the moment when problem arouse. But he moved to the end of class and then brought the problem on the scene. Why? Because it is useless to discuss when all over? This is called "mind game" which I dont buy.

But I dont think this is because lack of control. This is what he is. He is careless. He asked me to do job for him for no reason. What the hell? Why should I do something that is only usefull for him? Oh, and he used every emotional tool in his hand to make me do this. Perhaps he was frusturated when I told him how far the hell is and didnt answeared him as he expected from everyone.

Yesterday at class he says "I always give give give, but I dont see anything back". —? What is he asking from me?? What should I give him—? I asked him "What you want from me? " and then he silenced. I am already paying for the courses, what I must give more—

Give him an apple? a big juicy one?!
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What about an educated guess, Qbone?🙂

Okay,I think I have an idea.You said it was regarding food.I work at a resterant(health codes) and everyone cooks so maybe someone here can break some of it down.Can you put up some of the text so if someone here could do it for you maybe you could print it out to take in for him to get an idea of what you and classmates are having a problem with.It might work,maybe.

LOL Tiamat. It is one of thousand texts. Do you want to pass all of them? I am sure you wont. The problem is to fit a reasonable text that students can "digest" into 1 hour and increase the difficulity according to level of knowledge of students.

As I said above, it was a writing activity. This means, we should do writing instead of reading.(LOL!) Also, it was the second writing activity when he brought reading text, again. Man, I come to this activity for writing, not reading! If I need reading activity, it is in the next class.

He teld me that, first, we need to choice a topic to write about. Then I replied "We already have a topic and we are just wasting our time". We are not here to master our food regulation skills which he was trying to do (LOL he loves to do this). Also the topic to write was clear day before. Why we dont do writing right now instead of sitting and reading some mambo jambo.

This guy is totally an emotional roller coaster. Now he acts like nothing has happened....