Is having a bad teacher REALLY an excuse?

umcp11
Sat, 29 May 2010 18:02:31 +0000

I agree with a previous poster that said “everyone has to deal with bad teachers, and your overall GPA is going to be no better/worse relative to others’”

I also agree with others who say “an interviewer doesn’t want to hear it.”

While it’s no doubt that bad teachers are, well, bad, and poor teaching can be responsible for wasted tuition and gaps in your knowledge that you have to fill otherwise, unfortunately no-one likes a whiner who blames his/her condition in life/knowledge base/whatever on others, however true it might be.

Give them a bad review, send a formal letter of complaint to the department, and move on. If you feel there are gaps in your knowledge, read a textbook in your spare time ;0.