Take A Chill Pill, Dude...
Well, evidently my Advertising professor is a jerk.
See, he's been a bit hands off in how he's teaching this class. He pretty much just posts saying, "Here's some supplemental material and the next test is on *date*." He doesn't talk about the material at all, or tell us which chapters in our textbook we're supposed to be reading. The only information we have on this is a "tentative schedule" at the end of the syllabus. And looking at it, the dates are already wrong. Which is fine, but that leads me to wonder how closely we're going to follow this schedule. Especially since the professor never talks about it. So, I emailed him last night, just asking to clarify which chapters of the text I need to read for the upcoming test. Pretty simple question, right?
Well, he sends me this lengthy, pissy reply. He says he never talks about the text because it should be self explanatory. (Which, it clearly isn't. And anyway, your job as a teacher is still to tell us this kind of information.) Then he launches into this lengthy rant about how he's on the committee that chooses the textbooks, and how this one isn't perfect, but it's one of the best options, and how we'll need it all by the end of the class, and he's doing us a favor by not making us read it all at once, and blah blah blah.
...Yeah, seriously. >_>
I never said one bad thing about our textbook. I didn't complain about having to read it. I didn't say anything negative at all. All I did was say, "Hey, I just wanted to check and be sure I'm reading the right chapters for the next test. Are these it?" And this is how he responds? This guy clearly has some Issues, with a capital 'I'.
I don't know what his problem is. I'm guessing he's gotten complaints about the textbook being shitty. (Which, based on what I've read so far, it kinda might be.) Or people complaining that he makes us read lots of long chapters and there's maybe one question on the test that even relates to that material. (That's what he did on the first test!) Or who knows what else. But he seriously needs to put on his big boy pants and act like a damn adult about it. You don't get to be pissy when a student politely asks you a question. You are a teacher. It is literally your job to answer students' questions. And to not be a dick about it! Jeez.
...I swear, I picked this class as an elective because I'd kinda enjoyed my Marketing classes, and so I thought Advertising might be fun. Yeah, not so much. =P
See, he's been a bit hands off in how he's teaching this class. He pretty much just posts saying, "Here's some supplemental material and the next test is on *date*." He doesn't talk about the material at all, or tell us which chapters in our textbook we're supposed to be reading. The only information we have on this is a "tentative schedule" at the end of the syllabus. And looking at it, the dates are already wrong. Which is fine, but that leads me to wonder how closely we're going to follow this schedule. Especially since the professor never talks about it. So, I emailed him last night, just asking to clarify which chapters of the text I need to read for the upcoming test. Pretty simple question, right?
Well, he sends me this lengthy, pissy reply. He says he never talks about the text because it should be self explanatory. (Which, it clearly isn't. And anyway, your job as a teacher is still to tell us this kind of information.) Then he launches into this lengthy rant about how he's on the committee that chooses the textbooks, and how this one isn't perfect, but it's one of the best options, and how we'll need it all by the end of the class, and he's doing us a favor by not making us read it all at once, and blah blah blah.
...Yeah, seriously. >_>
I never said one bad thing about our textbook. I didn't complain about having to read it. I didn't say anything negative at all. All I did was say, "Hey, I just wanted to check and be sure I'm reading the right chapters for the next test. Are these it?" And this is how he responds? This guy clearly has some Issues, with a capital 'I'.
I don't know what his problem is. I'm guessing he's gotten complaints about the textbook being shitty. (Which, based on what I've read so far, it kinda might be.) Or people complaining that he makes us read lots of long chapters and there's maybe one question on the test that even relates to that material. (That's what he did on the first test!) Or who knows what else. But he seriously needs to put on his big boy pants and act like a damn adult about it. You don't get to be pissy when a student politely asks you a question. You are a teacher. It is literally your job to answer students' questions. And to not be a dick about it! Jeez.
...I swear, I picked this class as an elective because I'd kinda enjoyed my Marketing classes, and so I thought Advertising might be fun. Yeah, not so much. =P