Every white day, I have a class that I expected to be a fun and fresh class at the beginning of the year, but now, I cannot regret taking it more. The subject itself isn't bad at all, the problem is my teacher. For this story, let's call her Ms. B. Ms. B is the worst teacher I have ever had in my entire life. When I met her on the first day of school, she seemed nice and fun, and I thought that I was going to really enjoy her class. Frankly, I was wrong. For the first few lessons, she was a good teacher because she had interesting experiments and would give us food or blankets or heaters if we wanted them. She would also let us use our phones if we needed to. I really enjoyed the subject and would look forward to her class every other day. However, now, her true colors have come out.
First of all, she is not a good teacher. She will give us homework assignments and not even explain the topic in enough depth for students to understand in class. Then, if we ask her a question, she will say that we should have been taking notes in class. She doesn't even specify in class when there is an important topic! It annoys me and all of my friends who take the class. Furthermore, she does not understand the term "teacher." She will always tell us that she is a resource to use in class and to ask her if we have any questions about the material, but when we ask her a question, she tells us that we should have been listening! My friends and I literally draw straws to see who has to ask her the next question because we know that she will get angry if we ask her a question. I also have to limit myself to 2 or (on a good day) 3 questions per class period or else she will flip out and hate me even more. She will also tell us to go to the subject tutors that are at school before class if we have any questions, but when we talk to them, they say that they have never learned what we are being taught. The reason why they say this is because Ms. B is new to the school and does not know the amount of depth that other teachers are going into different subjects. This leads to her students having to learn everything from Khan Academy and MSJChem.
This also isn't something that happens once a month, it happens every single class period. The other day when I had her, I was talking to my friends during a lab because someone highlighted the wrong thing, and she told us that if we talked one more time, she would give us a 0 on the lab. She wasn't even explaining anything or telling us instructions!
Although she irritates me, I do have coping mechanisms. One of these is to vent to my friends who experience the same pain. If I hold all of the annoyance inside of me, I feel like I would probably explode, and that would definitely not be a healthy approach to my problem. Another is to listen to calming music because music definitely has a huge effect on me. The song I listen to at the beginning of my day determines my mood for the rest of the day. As a result, if I listen to good music, it will counterbalance the mood my teacher puts me in.
