Mushroom Catalog Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 So, my english class has a student teacher. He isn't all that bad, but I can't tell if he thinks I am a great student, or hates my guts. He doesn't have very good taste in books, meaning he hasn't read Sanderson despite me recommending it to him. Anyways, we had a project based around "Into the Wild" and "To Build a Fire". I finished really fast because it was easy, and using GoGuardian (a program to let teachers see what we are doing on the school computers) he saw me on the 17th shard. He walks over to me and asks "Did you see last night's episode?" I thought at first he might have been talking about Shardcast, and he knew Sanderson, and I had been mistaken about him the whole time. Then he saw my confused look and said "Isn't that a Game of Thrones fan page?" It was then I realized the truth: I had been right about him all along. I pulled out my copy of WoA (which I was rereading) and said "No. It's a book thing- Brandon Sanderson. I think I recommended it to you once?" He stared, ignored my comment, and said something along the lines of "Okay, you get to read this poem about Alaska. It has deep meaning and stuff. Uh, stop being off-task." So that was great. The most I can hope for is for him to read Sanderson, but I doubt it. Some people have teachers who have read Sanderson (lucky) but most don't. Does anybody else have weird teacher problems relating to Sanderson (or not related). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthless of Shinovar Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 I believe the sheer power and awesomeness radiating from Sanderson books oftentimes stuns the mere mortal. Or you just got a kinda weird teacher. Probably both 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle373 Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 It's not Sanderson related, but my English teacher in 6th grade confiscated my book because she said I read to much in class, and to be fair I probably was, but I still find it so funny that my english teacher confiscated my book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mraize Posted May 13, 2019 Report Share Posted May 13, 2019 I once had an ELA teacher (Also 6th Grade) who got a friend an In School Suspension for "Disrespecting Paper" Here is the conversation as i remember it: Friend: "Won't need this anymore" throws paper in recycling Teacher: "___, Don't do that" Friend: "Do what? Throw away paper?" Teacher: "No! Be disrespectful!!" Friend: "To who, John" Teacher: "You know what" Friend: "Uh.... nooo" Teacher: "The paper!! You disrespected the paper!!" The rest of us watching: *Visible Confusion* To this day no one in that class likes her...(Sorry, wasn't sanderson related, just had to tell somebody) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Catalog Posted May 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Turtle373 said: It's not Sanderson related, but my English teacher in 6th grade confiscated my book because she said I read to much in class, and to be fair I probably was, but I still find it so funny that my english teacher confiscated my book. The same thing happened to me in 5th grade! I got in trouble for reading in class! Although, the teacher taught us pretty much everything, not just English... 1 hour ago, Mraize said: (Sorry, wasn't sanderson related, just had to tell somebody) I get the feeling 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaywalk Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 15 hours ago, Bored Turtle said: It's not Sanderson related, but my English teacher in 6th grade confiscated my book because she said I read to much in class, and to be fair I probably was, but I still find it so funny that my english teacher confiscated my book. I’ve never had a book confiscated, but I regularly read in class. If I’m bored enough to not take notes—I generally enjoy school—then I should be able to do what I want. I have a high GPA too, so I don’t see a problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGirlWhoLookedUp Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 I have a cranky photograhy teacher (who, by the way, is one of the worst teachers I've ever had) that is always telling us to only do "in-class" work and not do anything else like reading or homework from other classes, but when we have a big final coming up, she tells us to bring a book to read after we're done. She then rants on about "how children these days never read, and all they do all day long is sit on their bottoms and be on electronic devices. They don't ever go outside anymore, but stay on the couch all day long" I've listened to this about three times now and I don't even think she reads that often. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Catalog Posted May 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, TheGirlWhoLookedUp said: I don't even think she reads that often. Probably why she's cranky all the time. And I can relate the bad teachers. Yesterday, my Spanish teacher told us all to do our homework, and then she put it up onto google classroom at 8 in the morning. She did let us turn it in tomorrow, but there has been multiple times where she just got mad at us and told us we can't rely on teachers, we need to be independent and grow up. She treats my class like kindergartners, but gets mad at us for things SHE forgot to do. It's always our fault! I think some teachers just don't want to accept that once in a while, the teenagers know what they are doing. (At least, my class is teenagers. I don't know if you are.) Well, anyway. I sympathize. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghanderflaffle Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Mushroom Catalog said: Probably why she's cranky all the time. And I can relate the bad teachers. Yesterday, my Spanish teacher told us all to do our homework, and then she put it up onto google classroom at 8 in the morning. She did let us turn it in tomorrow, but there has been multiple times where she just got mad at us and told us we can't rely on teachers, we need to be independent and grow up. She treats my class like kindergartners, but gets mad at us for things SHE forgot to do. It's always our fault! I think some teachers just don't want to accept that once in a while, the teenagers know what they are doing. (At least, my class is teenagers. I don't know if you are.) Well, anyway. I sympathize. This was my Spanish teacher last semester! I hated her with a passion. At least this semester's actually treats us like high schoolers. I go outside and read on my electronic device because I can't get the hard copy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottTheBrave Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 6:08 PM, Bored Turtle said: It's not Sanderson related, but my English teacher in 6th grade confiscated my book because she said I read to much in class, and to be fair I probably was, but I still find it so funny that my english teacher confiscated my book. That used to happen to me all the time. I read so much in grade school, I'd constantly have my book out instead of listening to whatever the lesson was, it got me in trouble a lot. I wish I had kept up with reading as often as I used to. By high school it was just a psp, DS, or phone instead of a book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndlerunner Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 3:22 PM, Mushroom Catalog said: So, my english class has a student teacher. He isn't all that bad, but I can't tell if he thinks I am a great student, or hates my guts. He doesn't have very good taste in books, meaning he hasn't read Sanderson despite me recommending it to him. Anyways, we had a project based around "Into the Wild" and "To Build a Fire". I finished really fast because it was easy, and using GoGuardian (a program to let teachers see what we are doing on the school computers) he saw me on the 17th shard. He walks over to me and asks "Did you see last night's episode?" I thought at first he might have been talking about Shardcast, and he knew Sanderson, and I had been mistaken about him the whole time. Then he saw my confused look and said "Isn't that a Game of Thrones fan page?" It was then I realized the truth: I had been right about him all along. I pulled out my copy of WoA (which I was rereading) and said "No. It's a book thing- Brandon Sanderson. I think I recommended it to you once?" He stared, ignored my comment, and said something along the lines of "Okay, you get to read this poem about Alaska. It has deep meaning and stuff. Uh, stop being off-task." So that was great. The most I can hope for is for him to read Sanderson, but I doubt it. Some people have teachers who have read Sanderson (lucky) but most don't. Does anybody else have weird teacher problems relating to Sanderson (or not related). What's funny is (Forgive me if I assume your age based on context), he asked someone at your age whether they'd seen a Game of Thrones episode. So, to be somewhat more positive- My AP English Language teacher has to be one of the best teachers I've ever had, along with being a genuinely great dude. He'd write motivational raps, and then rap them for the class, and he just really seemed to care about us as people. So, shout out to him. Overall my experience with teachers has been overwhelmingly positive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Catalog Posted May 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 17 hours ago, Wyndlerunner said: What's funny is (Forgive me if I assume your age based on context), he asked someone at your age whether they'd seen a Game of Thrones episode. Yeah, exactly (I'm 16)! Also- I don't just hate all my teachers... I might have accidentally given that impression. I have some really good teachers, usually english or science, but most of my teachers are more in the middle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndlerunner Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 36 minutes ago, Mushroom Catalog said: Yeah, exactly (I'm 16)! Also- I don't just hate all my teachers... I might have accidentally given that impression. I have some really good teachers, usually english or science, but most of my teachers are more in the middle. Wasn't saying you were being too negative, I just noticed that trend, and felt that my experience was generally positive. Though I have had some teachers who were human debris as well. (Looking at you, Mango) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Catalog Posted May 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 48 minutes ago, Wyndlerunner said: Though I have had some teachers who were human debris as well. (Looking at you, Mango) Do I want to know? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndlerunner Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Mushroom Catalog said: Do I want to know? I mean, if you want me to 'spill the tea' as I'm told it's called these days. I certainly will, the story is particularly rant-worthy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushroom Catalog Posted May 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 22 minutes ago, Wyndlerunner said: I mean, if you want me to 'spill the tea' as I'm told it's called these days. I certainly will, the story is particularly rant-worthy I always want to hear rants. It's great... for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndlerunner Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Mushroom Catalog said: I always want to hear rants. It's great... for me. Alrighty then, so here's how it went down. I joined my school band playing clarinet whilst in junior high- I had a great teacher, who we'll call Mr. Ducks for privacy's sake. Anyways, I loved playing the clarinet, and everyone was super friendly(for the most part). I loved it so much I decided to continue playing at a high school level. This is where the entity I shall only refer to as 'Mango' comes in. He was my first high school band director. It wasn't until 11th grade that I realized he was creating and encouraging a super toxic environment. He encouraged, and outright participated in the general catty-ness between band members, and was genuinely rude to a lot of people (Many of my good friends left the program because of this). He didn't care about us growing as musicians, or even having fun- he cared about getting a 'Superior' rating at festival. He showed obvious favoritism towards people in the Marching Band, and was just generally a volatile human being. He was the kind of band director who expected you to put band above everything else- like nothing else should matter in your life. Anyways, he was just kind of a garbage teacher, and I'll go so far as to say a sub-par human being. Thankfully, I stuck it out, and I've had a new band director this year, who is a wonderful human being 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Doomstick Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Mushroom Catalog said: I'm 16 It’s a sign! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelly Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) My rant, spoilered for length: Spoiler The only teacher I have ever had grief with was a college professor for a screen printing class. In all honesty, I think he simply did not like me. He consistently gave me Cs on projects, which just made me double my efforts and try harder (that's my personality type, I'm kind of a people pleaser). One project had us taking a famous painting, breaking it down into 5-10 base colors, and digitally blocking the image into colored areas which would make it viable for the screen printing. I was on the last step and had used like 7 colors and wasn't sure if I should use more or not. Professor was making his rounds to students so I started a conversation: "I'm not sure if I should use more colors. I have a medium blue, but I could add a dark blue too, for shading." "Do what you think is best." "...Okay, but what do you think? I don't want to over complicate it with too many colors, because then it starts to lose the style." "Wing it." "What?" "Just wing it." "I...don't want to wing it. I'm asking for advice." "Just wing it." *baffled at this point* "I'm not asking you do it for me or anything. I'm asking, as a student to a professor, for you to evaluate my work and give me feedback." "Wing it." This continued for a short while until I was fuming and just ended the conversation. Others in the class told me he was a joker and was just messing me, that's just how he was, he had a reputation for his humorous snarkiness. I got a D on the project. Everyone else got an A or B. I compared my finished work to that of friends in the class. One of theirs really was excellent, the others were generally the same quality as mine. I decided to stop trying so much and after that my college work in general took a dive. In hindsight, I wish I'd gone to the department chair and made a serious complaint. My family wasn't forking over tons of money for professors to tell me to wing it. I sure wasn't learning anything. He completely wrecked my grades and more importantly my spirit. I'm a teacher, but I'm having a difficult time getting my kindergartners interested in the Cosmere. Brandon needs to make a beginner reader version of his books (OMG can you imagine it'd be super cute and amazing). Edited May 17, 2019 by Zelly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunamor Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Zelly said: Brandon needs to make a beginner reader version of his books (OMG can you imagine it'd be super cute and amazing). Hide contents “The Adventures of Syl: The Special Leaf” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaywalk Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Wyndlerunner said: Alrighty then, so here's how it went down. I joined my school band playing clarinet whilst in junior high- I had a great teacher, who we'll call Mr. Ducks for privacy's sake. Anyways, I loved playing the clarinet, and everyone was super friendly(for the most part). I loved it so much I decided to continue playing at a high school level. This is where the entity I shall only refer to as 'Mango' comes in. He was my first high school band director. It wasn't until 11th grade that I realized he was creating and encouraging a super toxic environment. He encouraged, and outright participated in the general catty-ness between band members, and was genuinely rude to a lot of people (Many of my good friends left the program because of this). He didn't care about us growing as musicians, or even having fun- he cared about getting a 'Superior' rating at festival. He showed obvious favoritism towards people in the Marching Band, and was just generally a volatile human being. He was the kind of band director who expected you to put band above everything else- like nothing else should matter in your life. Anyways, he was just kind of a garbage teacher, and I'll go so far as to say a sub-par human being. Thankfully, I stuck it out, and I've had a new band director this year, who is a wonderful human being My junior high band teacher was fine in beginning band, but the two years I spent with him in concert band were rather difficult. He was extremely hard to please, and like your dilemma teacher, he picked favorites. My high school band teacher, however, is one of my favorite teachers. Ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthless of Shinovar Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Lunamor said: “The Adventures of Syl: The Special Leaf” Ohhhh yeah, you know imma write this (or something along those lines 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunamor Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Truthless of Shinovar said: Ohhhh yeah, you know imma write this (or something along those lines Be prepared to sugarcoat things. A lot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthless of Shinovar Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Just now, Lunamor said: Be prepared to sugarcoat things. A lot. *cracks knuckles* Alright, do you prefer white, brown, or powdered? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunamor Posted May 17, 2019 Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 Just now, Truthless of Shinovar said: *cracks knuckles* Alright, do you prefer white, brown, or powdered? ALL OF THEM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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