<p>Ok, this is a while back…last Wednesday. The Chinese teacher walked in pointing at me consecutively saying I didn’t do well on the final. So I got mad because of her finger pointing at me. I just said in a mad tone “Why are you pointing at me for?” and then she ask me why I’m giving her an attitude. and she mistaken me that I’m making a big deal out of her comment about how I did on the final. But no, I got mad because she was pointing at me consecutively. I never had a teacher pointing at me when they say things. I mean we have eye contact and she called my name of course I know she’s talking to me and not anybody else. I thought pointing at people is rude and disrespectful.</p>
<p>And then after this whole incident, Friday she made a speech to the class, “Oh, people I don’t just look at your grades. I look at your attitude toward me too.” Yea it’s so obvious she’s telling me she’s not going to pass me because of what happened on Wednesday. Everyday now I just ignore her and she ignore me in the class. I never had a teacher rude like she is. Friday there were some girls interrupting her talking, she said “Hey, can you guys show me some respect.” God, I was thinking yea, maybe You should’ve showed some respect toward us first.</p>
<p>Not only did I not learn any chinese out of her teaching, she put so much pressure on me and the rest of the class. The regent is friday and she’s making us do mad work NOW. What’s the point? Every other day she did nothing and now the test date is coming closer she’s making us cram it? She put us down too, she think we’re not capable of passing the regent. She made it sounds like it’s even harder to get a 5 on all the ap exams available. I don’t understand why she’s so frustrated about it.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen a teacher like her before. I just got so mad and exploded my anger last Wednesday. It’s not the first time she use her finger and point. But this time the very second she walked in and point at me consecutively? I don’t call that respectful. And after I talked to her in that attitude of mine, she don’t like me? Oh come on, don’t call yourself a teacher if you can’t even take a negative comment. If she can embarrass me in front of the class(not really embarrassing but one time I got one question wrong on a quiz and she make sure the whole class know it. she was screaming to make sure everyone heard it even if no one paid attention.), then I don’t see why I can’t even ask her why she’s pointing at me for.</p>
<p>I say you should confront her and the principal about your worries. Tell them the story from your perspective and she’ll feel obligated to take it as constructive criticism in front of her boss. That way, you can save future people from a similar experience.</p>
<p>hehe ive met plenty of teachers like that before
the key is never to lose your cool, even when its frustrating, and do the best you can
thats all i can say really</p>
<p>She pointed at you? That is not the worst thing in the world…you were out of line.</p>
<p>If you call her on it, you will lose. She pointed at you, said you did badly and you yelled at her. You will not win in this and =only make it worse.</p>
<p>She didn’t cuss at you, she didn’t all you names, she pointed her finger at you. Its not like she gave you “the finger”.</p>
<p>And students DO NOT interrupt a teacher unless there is a fire in the hall.</p>
<p>^ rikataka…dats the opposite. our school doesnt even listen to the parents and the only way a teacher can be fired or retaught the ways of teaching is if the principal doesnt like the teacher.
so…pointing finger huh…one teacher grabed a student by the collar and threw him to the wall…</p>
<p>Are we reading the same post here?? She didn’t step out of line. Some woman is going blablabla and points her finger. If you have ever had someone point a finger at you, you would understand how offensive it is. We aren’t young children here, and it’s a rash way of starting off an already hard topic: grades. I’m assuming that you are a girl when I say this: when women hold grudges against each other, its near impossible to break it. I’ve seen this happen countless times between female teachers and female students, ESPECIALLY when the two have similarities: height, hair, body shape, or most importantly, race. </p>
<p>To Eva,</p>
<p>Since it’s you on the line and not your teacher, I would recommend softening things out immediately. Resolve the conflict before grades are finalized and apologize even though it’s not your fault. You can only benefit from this course of action.</p>
<p>i think it’s because our parents are REALLY aggressive and stubborn when it comes to everything. like, with a recent incident- the guidance office forgot to tell me and a few of my friends that we were in the top 50k or whatever for national merit. anyway, it wasn’t a huge deal but there was that letter you had to fill out to send to colleges. long story short, one of the parents rallied all of the other parents and led a massive attack on the guidance office, getting the principal, district board members, and even some teachers involved. i think our parents like to make a big deal out of everything though ;]</p>
<p>you can’t let teachers pick on you, and you can’t let some things go. if this is a big deal for you (which I assume it is, cause you’re posting on cc), make a big deal out of it. first, i would confront the teacher. if your grade does suck (as a result of this incident / in comparison to others’ in your class), don’t let it drop. i made this mistake this year first quarter- i got a 90 weighted (82 unweighted) in AP english, when I really deserved 100+ for all the work. i should’ve gotten the highest grade in the class (it was an ap english class, and on the essays we did i got 8s… everyone else was getting 6s). anyway, I made up some excuse for the low grade, but when it happened again the next quarter, I confronted my teacher. she made up some BS method of grading to match my grade, but luckily I don’t suck at math too much. SO THIS STORY IS KIND OF BORING. long story short, she changed my grade, and she wouldn’t have if I didn’t talk to her. and, if she didn’t change my grade, i would’ve talked to my parents, PTA, my congressman, a parrot, EVERYONE!</p>
<p>The teacher pointed a finger and the student started yelling at her…not smart…once you react that way, you lose credibility…so the teacher pointed…ohhhh…I have been pointed at…and survived.</p>
<p>And if the OP is chinese, what Chinese are they learning?</p>
<p>What is the student going to say: Um the teacher pointed at me when she told me I did badly on a test, and then I yelled at her…</p>
<p>Read the post, the teacher has to scream in order to get the kids to listen, kids interupt her, they show no respect and the OP is mad because of FINGER POINTING?</p>
<p>If someone scolds you directly and points a finger at you, that is confrontational. Also, she never said that she yelled, she said that she spoke in a “mad tone”.</p>
<p>People pointing finger sometimes do it unconciously. I know sometimes I talk to my doctor, like this weekend, I somehow managed to point my finger at him without realizing it, then when I did, I apologized for pointing. I guess this teacher could be like me when she talks, hand gestures were just part of, or another way to express. There must be something else that upset you, but if not, please forgive her or make a joke about her finger pointing habit so she’s aware that it’s rude.</p>
<p>It’s hard to say, since we don’t know the whole story. We know the story from eva10127’s point of view, but we don’t know the teacher’s point of view. As with every story, there are always two different versions; I’m not saying that the OP’s version is wrong, I’m just saying that in order to make an informed opinion, we need more information.</p>
<p>Given the information the OP presented, I would suggest approaching the teacher in a non-confrontational way and express your concerns in a calm manner. Perhaps she wasn’t aware that you found finger-pointing to be rude. You would also get her side of the story; it’s not easy to try and teach a class of high school students when they are ignoring you. Remember that respect is a two-way street; you have to show respect before you get any.</p>
<p>No offense, but if you weren’t learning anything at the beginning of the year and knew you weren’t going to learn anything that whole year, you should have done something earlier. Maybe self-study? Talk to the teacher? I don’t know. This doesn’t really relate to your problem, and I don’t know the details of your situation but I wouldn’t say your teacher is 100% to blame.</p>