My physics teacher is terrible

aunt_bea
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:15:28 +0000

My son was bullied by his AP physics teacher all year long. My son self-studied for that class for the year. I don’t know why the teacher picked on my son so much. It got to a point where I had to go in one day and talk to him and I said:
“I understand you ran out of copies of the today’s test and my son never received one; he asked you for a test, and you told him to wait until someone finished his/her copy. He waited the whole period and no one could finish, so he told me he probably received a zero. When will he be able to take the test today?”

He told me, (lied to my face; I was on staff) your son wasn’t in class today, so he missed the test."

I said, “No, I spoke to my son, before your class started today; he was in his seat when I left. I can check the computer attendance record for you.”

“Additionally, I was also in the staff copy room earlier, and the copier staff indicated that the copier died and remembered that you were short one test; you never returned to pick up the last copy.”

He replied, “You run your classes your way, and I’ll run my classes my way.”
My response: “Okay, I have a meeting set up at the district today. I will be having a conversation with them about this.”

Apparently the principal had to get a sub for him for the afternoon. The district called him in. They had a proctor give my son the test and a teacher at another school graded the test. The principal stated that the teacher thought my son was a habitual cheater and never trusted any answers that my son provided on any quizzes or tests. Our son didn’t have to cheat, he was a natural at physics. The final grade for the year was a “C”. This killed my son’s perfect GPA, but son didn’t care, he wanted out.

This man actually told staff that he “hated” my son. Thankfully, he told enough staff members, who knew my son, and many were outraged and spoke on my son’s behalf. (son: Eagle scout, food bank worker, Math and physics tutor). Was he fired? No, because he was tenured they gave him a warning.

Long story short: Self study for the AP tests. Keep documentation of your notes/quizzes. Your teacher doesn’t know the subject matter and is angry that the kids know more than him.

BTW: Payback was sweet.