so there's a certain level of bullshit i can handle. my concepts in politics class maxed it out today. normally when this class sets me in a bad mood, its because i am angry with the moronic attitudes (which in reality is just their differing opinions) of my fellow classmates and my professor's arrogant behavior. today was special tho. today was about 99.9% anger towards the professor and my realization that I'm done playing her games.
our class focuses on taking issues discussed in the classroom setting and a applying them to real world situations, including current events. Today's issue, and the following few classes, is power. i never realized how much she abuses hers in class. she calls on students (usually) in the order they raise their hands. if a student has spoken a lot, she'll defer and wait. well, a bunch of students (myself included) are in the habit of speaking a few times per class, because we read and have contributions. so if someone who doesnt speak often raises their hand they go first. understandable and i completely support that. what pissed me off was when I had a comment that related to the topic and waited with my hand raised in the air for 20 minutes before finally giving up. the problem I have is I sit directly in her line of sight. she looked at my multiple times, there were periods when no other hands were up and she was asking for input. she called on other students 3 and 4 times in the span i waited to have my thought acknowledged once. and when she finally decided to call on me (even though my hand was down), i propose my comment (we were discussing school systems and I wanted to introduce my thought that school systems differ depending where you are, as well as another vaid point that has since escaped my thoughts) and she interupts me mid-word to tell me I'm wrong and allow another student (who had said the same argument nearly verbatim 4x previously) to repeat something she had said. professor says she'd like me to finish so that she can help me understand why I was wrong when I point out that I hadn't finished my comment and had been cut off. she allowed me to finish my comment and when I asked if I had it correct in the full version of my comment, she muttered yes but refused to acknowledge she had cut me off. i refuse to comment in that class anymore. this professor has on multiple occasions done this type of behavior and refuses to accept that her opinions may not be universal, that other people may disagree, and that she cannot make idiots of students without being able to accept she misunderstood and behaved inappropriately.
same class: we have a few international students who delight in pointing out we as a class think very western-like. which i have a very hard time pointing out "you are in America. we ARE the western world, and most of us havent lived in any other country to think that way. you admit you came here to recieve a WESTERN education. what the fuck were you expecting?"
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