to hate this teacher?

[faithinthesound]

Tertiary level. I'm an adult. She's teaching me.

I am never the only one talking, but I am the one she singles out to reprimand, every single time. No, I shouldn't be talking when she's asking us for her attention, I'll own that, but as I said, I'm hardly the only one. Yet it's always me she singles out, never any of the other offenders. It's always me she scolds - in front of everyone else in the class. I've never seen or heard her reprimand anyone else.

Am I being unreasonable to think she's horrible?

Good! I am a talker I know how hard it is but really once you learn to stop somehow people like you more

I used to teach adults and frankly I never had this problem. How weird of you OP to be talking when the teacher is explaining something, why are you there?

I was in adult education and the talker in the class used to give me the rage.

Good for you Faith I like a poster that takes it on the chin!

Come back and let us know how you get on.

Btw - some advice, perhaps switch seats away from the other chatty people, it'll help.

Really odd to be a talker at tertiary level. Leave the course if you're not interested in it, no-one is keeping you in school.

I imagine you don't realise or appreciate that your voice is louder than others, or that you perhaps talk more/for longer, or maybe you are the instigator of most of the conversations?

Whatever the reason, it would be best to just stop chatting about irrelevant stuff in lecture time and allowing yourself and others to be distracted from the topic. Contact time is precious, use it wisely. Ultimately, as an adult who is in education through choice, you should see that it's a poor use of everyone's time.

I'm surprised that you need other people to tell you the shut up in an environment where you should be listening to other people.

I regularly go to meetings where there is one person that talks while everyone else is listening to what is being said to us. She also talks during presentations. It drives me mad. It is rude and unprofessional and childish. We are all able to keep quiet for the time it takes to hear information.

What is your definition of an adult?

Yes I think you need to stop talking. Don't give her a reason to tell you off. Then you'll be happier.
Sometimes if you come to the attention of a teacher/boss/whoever for doing a certain thing then you will be on their radar and way more likely to get told off for small infractions then others will.

Sounds like a teenager
'Charlie stop talking and listen'
'But misssss! It wasnt just me!'

So you get the same advice I give my teenagers: you may not be the only one talking but I am calling YOU out on YOUR actions. If you were doing what you should be, someone else would have got my attention'.

YABU OP. If youre in class shut up and listen instead of chatting.

Ask for a meting with her and her supervisor. Ask the supervisor first. Bring notes on when you're reprimanded, and lay it out that you think she's bullying you
Because what education really needs is more complaining and people who think they can be rude and are untouchable.

Oh for goodness sake. This is like the complaint of a 10 year old. Own your shit and be quiet. So disrespectful.

I don't understand why you needed to come on here to work this out.

Is this a joke thread?

Have the Easter holidays started early??

Glad to see you're going to shut up in class from now on,OP. Job done.

As I say to the teenagers like Choccy said.

Stop worrying what others are doing and take responsibility for yourself.

It is so frustrating when you are trying to explain a difficult concept and you get distracted having to tell someone off. It is sometimes hard to pinpoint exactly where the noise is coming from.

I always wonder how many parents realise their child is so rude. I try and encourage listening skills to my dd as I think a lot of people including adults seriously lack this skill.

What do you think the class would be like if she didn't reprimand you, OP? Would you learn anything? I'm interested to know what you want to gain from this course - are you there for a qualification or a social opportunity?

You sound about 12 years old.

Just. Don't. Talk.

You are an adult. How rude that you would talk when someone is trying to present to you. Have you any idea how that would go down in a workplace/office environment? And then to post on MN about how you 'hate the teacher' like you are 12 years old? You sound unhinged.

How embarrassing, just stop talking.

You sound like one of my year 9s.

Maybe stop.talking without needing to be told repetedly and then still talking again. so they have chance to pull up the other people talking. Just an idea... it is after all your education . You are being unreasonable and if I were your teacher I would ask you to leave if, as an adult, you were doing this repeatedly. Maybe you should apologise to your teacher

I would love to see the meeting where you accused her of bullying to her supervisor.

She tells me to stop talking!
Were you talking?
Yes!
Um....this situation is entirely in your control.

Perhaps if you shut the fuck up and listened to what the poor woman is trying to teach you, you would hate her less. Hate. Strong word OP, for a person who is trying, against the odds of your foghorn gob, to help you.

OP I bet you were the same when you were at school, and couldn't understand why the teacher(s) kept "picking" on you!

We get this from adults when they are invited to school assemblies...The children are all sitting there quietly, doing it properly, and the adults talk loudly all the way through! It's so rude!

Mind you, it happens in staff meetings sometimes...And that is all teachers and TAs! Doesn't excuse it, it's rude to talk when someone else is telling you something.

As a teacher, when a few children are talking, I always pick on the loudest/most annoying and then the rest usually take the hint.

Works with 12 year olds anyway.