Has anyone successfully changed classes before? (1 Viewer)

[FlyingKanga]

Me along with all my friends have lost faith completely in our teacher. She is the most laziest English teacher I've seen. I can write a whole essay on her lousy teaching but I'll just ask my question: Has anyone ever successfully changed English classes due to a unsatisfactory English teacher and if so, how did you approach it?

This is serious for me. I doubt I can get a good mark for English in the HSC if she is to guide me through the course. :/

 

[Squar3root]

If you can't, just work on it on your own (ie self teach). My year 11 religion teacher was absolute bullshit so half the class went to the library to do their own private study.

Tbh, I think you may be over dramatic about this situation. What do you mean by "laziest"and "unsatisfactory"? As in s/he doesn't mark homework, or have class where you "do nothing"?

 

[FlyingKanga]

Both. She doesn't mark homework - in fact we rarely get homework and in class she gives us some work but SHE does nothing. For the rest of the lesson she just gives a generic "Do your work" until the period ends. I'm not sure how to self-teach myself for English but I'd just prefer to move to another class also considering that many people have dropped to standard.

 

[Squar3root]

Have you raised this concern with a higher authority such as the coordinator or assistant principal?

 

[FlyingKanga]

I haven't but few others have tried this year to change classes by speaking to the head teacher of English but he disallows it. This was a few months ago however.

 

[Squar3root]

Well they wouldn't let say 10 students just move to an already full class while the current one you're in loses numbers. Bring up this issue directly to someone with authority and get it sorted out

ie; explicitly say she is a bad teacher because (blah) to the coordinator. Just don't start shit because you don't likr her. This will probably result in a defamation law suit

 

[Squar3root]

Wow; 22 users browsing this forum. People must hate their English teachers

 

[Crisium]

Haven't changed classes from experience but from what people have done in the past:

1) You could confront the principal about it (this is a serious matter seeing as you're in Year 12 and self-teaching would be too time consuming) and get signatures from the the other students requesting a new teacher

or

2) You could slip a letter into the head teacher of English saying that because of this teacher your marks have been declining and get it signed by your parents