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?

I would ask you to leave too. Along with anyone else as rude and immature as you.

I teach sixth formers who gas and gas and gas and I find it so rude and ignorant and common. I always wonder how they miraculously shut up when they get to FE or HE. Now I know they don't.

I might add, my 6th formers wouldn't dream of talking while I am talking. They have good manners.

Sorry Beans - that looks like I was digging at you, I was typing that at the same time and thought it would follow my previous post! X

We had this yesterday in our class. Lad was asked to stop talking and protested loudly that it wasn't just him and it wasn't fair that he was told off.

Difference is that he is 6.

Low level disruption is so annoying.

Beans, I had a group of sixth formers who tried this in my lessons - they were invited to leave

Are you sure you're an adult?

As a teacher, we try not to pick on one person but there is often a ringleader and keeping them in line controls the rest of the class.

One year, at a secondary school, I taught nearly 500 students each week ( PSHE, one lesson a week). It was always a struggle to remember every name. I used to take the lazy way out and address the ringleader, rather than reprimand every individual by name. I have often been accused of 'picking' on students because of this.
There is a huge amount of time taken by a class teacher to ensure everyone is listening and understands what they have to do.It is enormously wearing and everyone suffers.

Katurah and Trifle maybe we should swap! You probably do, too, but I have 20 or so per class, many of whom shouldn't really be doing A levels (that's a whole other thread!). One of them is like an old washerwoman (probably not v feminist, sorry). I teach film, and we don't generally attract the elite! I also teach rather entitled young things! Last time I sent some out it led to complaints and a chain of about 40 emails justifying my actions. They're nice a lot of the time but I imagine they are rather like OP...do you also attend on a whim OP , and never meet deadlines??

Sigh.

Just stop talking OP. You cause stress, hold up learning (your own should bother you the most) and are displaying incredible immaturity!

Also, do you have DC, OP? I do hope you aren't going to defend their disruption like this if/when the time comes and post on MN how much your DC hates his/her teacher because s/he is 'picked on' for talking out of turn : or, worse, how much YOU hate them??

Katurah, no offence taken btw!

ILikeBeansWithKetchup:

Oh I know the feeling! The young things I sent out complained as well. Stoutly, I responded: please don't talk over me, it stops others from learning.

Bloody hell, people, the OP has been back, taken it on the chin and agreed she was BU.

No need to continue sticking the boot in.

MumBod:

True, she took it like a champ.

Nevertheless, she said she would only try to stop talking. As if it isn't in her control.

No, I'm being unfair. She said she would 'try shutting up'. Well, that should do it.

Bod - that is true but the fact that she posted it in the first place does beggar belief a little bit.

You're talking in her class, and you 'hate' her for telling you off for talking?

You 'hate' her?

Are you sure you're an adult??

YABU.

Just shut up.

Stop talking when you shouldn't be?

Problem solved.

Well how about you stop talking when you shouldn't be and then she won't have to tell you off for doing so.

If children can work that one out...

(I will) try shutting up

WHY do you even need or want to chat during the class! You are an adult, if you don't want to be there, just don't go? And let other motivated people benefit from the class. Please? No one is forcing you to attend, don't bother if you are not interested. It's rude and ridiculous to disturb the class.

I won't continue to talk if my undergrads are talking while I'm trying to teach. I don't mind a little bit of natter to an immediate neighbour in a seminar, but I will pull them up if I'm talking to the group and there is active disruption. Firstly, it's a waste of everybody's time if you're talking over your lecturer. Secondly, it's not only you that has paid the fees - each student in your class has paid the same. They deserve to be able to listen and learn too.

I do understand that it is embarrassing as an adult to be "reprimanded" in a group setting, but, believe me, lecturers/tutors don't like doing it either! We would much sooner not have to.

YABU. Ridiculously so. Had it genuinely not occurred to you to try not talking as a means to resolve this? Presumably no one is that stupid. So you're deliberately disrupting the class and then moaning about getting pulled up for it. Well done, excellent adulting there.

Sorry, I should clarify: I didn't mean literally that "I won't continue to talk" and therefore leave a classroom in silence! What I meant was that if there is persistent talking I will stop what I'm saying and pull up the "chatterers"!

Stop talking in class. You'll learn more that way