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I'm taking graduate courses to get my Gerontology Certificate - all online. 2 classes this semester, 2 next, and an internship in the summer. This paired with my business degree and my many years of experience will hopefully be enough to get my boss' job when she retires in 4 years. I'll have been here 15 years at that point.
Anyway - I turned in a rough draft of my term paper for one of my classs and got it back today. I thought I had done a really good job on it and had all these visions in my head of my professor giving me an A+++++ and telling me I didn't need to make any changes! Well he really bashed it/me big time.
The rough draft was optional - but I wanted to turn it in because this paper counts for 70% of my grade. So the positives I can take away - 1) he said it was a good start; 2) at least this wasn't my final paper/grade; and 3) at least I have a month to fix it.
I felt so accomplished by having it done and turned in and now I feel so defeated. He was kind of mean - and I wouldn't call it constructive criticism.
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I'll give you a hug! (((Tina))).
Some teachers do play favorites and don't give constructive criticism at all. Probably all of us at some point have received marks lower than what we actually earned because a teacher didn't like us, or was in a foul mood. Life sure can suck. And look at it this way, you will be earning another degree no matter what!
At Ball State there was a writers exam that all students had to take. Some people wrote brilliant papers but were given a no pass because the person reading it didn't like the topic.
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Some teachers are just like that for some reason.
I remember an English teacher I had in high school who just didn't like me for some reason (I'm not saying that your teacher doesn't like you of course!). She bashed every paper and assignment I turned in. I had always received good grades in English up until that year so I just couldn't understand what I was doing wrong, I thought my papers were pretty good! One of my good friends in the class could barely string two coherent sentences together, and she was getting better grades than me! Luckily for me the teacher went out on maternity leave midway through the year and didn't come back, and the substitute really liked my writing.
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Well, just take it with a grain of salt. I have learned over the years that some professors lack severely in people skills. AND that each are different when it comes to papers. Seems like they each have their own style.
My 14 year old just came home from school near tears. She got all A's except for one B, and her counselor made it sound like she better buckle down or she may not pass. Now, I'm sure other things were said....but that is what she took from the conversation. What I mean, is that sometimes teachers/professors just don't know how to explain themselves without sounding like jerks.
Just keep your chin up...and do the revisions as he said and you go in there and ace that paper!!! Positive vibes going out your way!
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Think of it this way: Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. If you can survive that jerk, think of all the future jerks whose rudeness will roll off your back because of him.
Okay, that may not help but I tried. ; )
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Tina...hang in there. It sounds like this professor has no people skills, but, maybe if you take what you thought was good and mix in what the professor thought was good, while maybe eliminating what you and the proff both agree weren't the best parts - then, I would be your finished product will be AWESOME!!! :-o)
Chris/PT
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well at least it was just the rough draft and he did say it was a good start. Now you have time to tweak it and hopfully make it more what the teacher is looking for. He does sound kind of mean though.
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