(personal) Argh.

[vg_ford]

Firstly, if I've pissed you off in the past few days or will piss you off in the next week, I apologize. It's me, not you.



I have four more weeks of this horrible, horrible class, and I cannot WAIT to get out of it. My professor sucks, to begin with - he reads from the book during our one-hour online seminar (when he's not eating! Which is not only rude, it's gross! I don't need to spend an hour listening to you CHEW!!!!) and doesn't respond to anything. Not emails, not questions in the seminar - nothing. I've passed in 3 assignments leading up to our final project and gotten them back with the online equivalent of a check mark. I have NO idea if I'm doing this right, and apparently he doesn't care. Really, this class sucks.

And yes, I know, it's Administrative Law, which sucks ANYWAYS, but still. We're doing baby steps on this project, without feedback - although I'm beginning to wonder if he just hates ME and is giving feedback to others.

The thing that sucks the worst is that I have a 4.0 going into this travesty - and I'm fairly certain that I'll get a C, if that, in this class. I know it's not the end of the world, but dammit, I was PROUD of that 4.0!

I'm taking next semester off - I need a break. Then I'll hop back in and decide if it's worth it to go for the full bachelor's or if I should just go for the associate's. I don't know at this point.



I need to get back on the good nutrition, good exercise wagon. I've fallen off hard, and I can feel it. I'm sluggish in the morning, and grumpy in the afternoon. Tonight, I'm going to be in bed by 10:30 pm, and I'm going to go to the gym tomorrow morning before work. Tonight, I'm going to remember that I have a garden to forage in (Yay, landlady with a green HAND, never mind thumb), and do fresh veggies for dinner.

Really, we'll survive. I just have to make it through until September.

Edit: Holy shit, he RESPONDED with comments on an assignment! Be still, my beating heart! Of course, I still don't have the format that he wants us to use for the rough draft that's due this week, but hey, guess I can't ask for everything.

Comments

[ladyariadne.livejournal.com]

report the suckhead to the school.
demand your money back

you probably wont get anywhere but if you raise enough of a stink.. I mean hey.. You are PAYING for this.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

I've already reported him to the dean - and I'm looking at other options. Sadly, because I'm continuing with the class, my money cannot be refunded.

[ladyariadne.livejournal.com]

I didint get to go to college so i dont know all tis..
but might it be better to drop the class, get your money back, and sadly take it again thru someone else so A) you learn B) you dont ruin your grades for something not of your direct fault?

there are probably nuances I dont know about..LOL

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Nope, if I drop now, I get an automatic failure, because it's past the half-way point of the semester. I just have to suck it up and deal for the next 4 weeks.

[ladyariadne.livejournal.com]

awww poop.

[snitchcat.livejournal.com]

Heya.

Sorry to hear about the dismal class. :( *hugs* I hope you keep your 4.0, despite the professor. Sounds like an arrogant snob. Or someone who should not be teaching at any level at the very least.

Catch you in Chat or on IM at some point.

Good luck with the last four weeks! *hugs*

[blzbob.livejournal.com]

I would say report the instructor. I attended a real class with 14 other guys -- all guys, an evening course in buiness math. Our instructor was good but I like math and can do a lot of it in my head and show how I got the answer; maybe not their way, but my way. Anyway, on the final, she told us we could put down all the formulas on cards, paper, whatever so we would have a 'cheat sheet' to figure out the best way to answer the questions. Out of a possible 120, I got 121. There were 100 questions plus 2 10pt bonus questions. She had screwed up her numbering and had 2 differnt #89 questions -- hence 121. The next highest score was in the low 70s and the grades degraded from there with an 11 for the low. The others complained cuz I skewed the curve. One student always skipped out 20 mins into a 1 hr class -- he had to get the kids from the babysitter. Why attend? Anyway, they got her dumped from school and they were allowed to re-take the test. Surprisingly, the highest score was still a low 70 but I was out of the curve. So, make a complaint if you need. It might help -- if nobody else but you -- and that's the important one.