In Regard of (some of) the Teachers

A huge hard-knock which prevents itself time and time again in my life it the carelessness of some of teachers and attitudes. It is becoming apparent to me that some of the teachers clearly only depict their students as mere numbers instead of actual intellectuals. This is without mentioning the site base and some of the administrators. When situations come along and things aren’t going too hunky-dory as they may want it to, the consequences are invoked on everybody. There are some teachers in particular which really get under my skin who think (but in their mind, know) that they are always right, when in reality, they are wrong.

One primary example occurred just recently: I, along with several others who accompanied me at my table, were summoned to be questioned where our scores, which were all compiled on one sheet, was at. I, being the perfect role model student that I am, had taken the dignity to take our scores up myself. I recall being the last group to finish, because I remember double checking to make sure it was placed among with the other groups’ papers. The teacher said to go check in a stack of papers another student was going through at the moment. He made a motion to put it back in one of the trays, but I nabbed it from him to swiftly glance through the papers in search of the paper. Unfortunately it wasn’t there, so I checked the stack of papers that had just been graded by the teacher that day while we watched a movie. Sure enough, there it was, amongst the other papers alike, ungraded. I returned it to her and explained where I had found it. Then she complained that I had put it in the wrong tray and it was my fault. However, that makes no sense when I had check earlier to find and make sure it was with the other papers, and she hadn’t graded it until after this took place. Not to mention there wasn’t any papers in the tray which was supposed to be the tray for already graded papers, yet my paper managed to find itself amidst the stack and not at the bottom. It’s clear to me that she had made the mistake of overlooking it while grading, which is perfectly fine. But to get mad at me and make accusations is another.

Another example pertaining to the administration not seeing each person as an individual was the issue about not receiving exam exemptions if dues weren’t paid. I had totally forgotten that I had a library fine due, which is why the librarians hand out fine slips if it’s been a long fine, because students sometimes need reminding. This year I never received a slip, and she claimed to have emailed me, but my inbox was full (which I understand it was my fault, I just NEVER use it). However, even if that was my fault for not cleaning out my inbox, every teacher that has ever tried to contact me has said that the message bounces back out of all the students to inform them my inbox was full and I didn’t receive it, but she didn’t come to find me. My parents also have always usually received a phone call informing them about fines, but not this year. Sure, they made announcements over the intercom, but I had FORGOTTEN about it, which is why they’re supposed to hand out these fines and do these different ways to contact the student. This is without mentioning that during the second semester, students with any fines can return the book now without being charged. WHAT?!? So a big deal over nothing? So after contacting the principal, his reasoning behind not letting me get the exemption was because if I got it, everyone would have to get it. This comes to show that they don’t look at issues as individual cases where a student may actually have a reason, but as a student body.