My physics teacher is terrible

sumuzu
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:26:46 +0000

So…our school got a new physics teacher. Last year, our old one broke her hip and retired 3 months into the year, so our school was left without one.

This teacher is absolutely terrible. The only reason he’s teaching is because he got suspended as a lawyer by our states court for a major violation. He doesn’t know physics; every week he gets our AP physics teacher to give him lesson plans and tell him what to do. Even worse, he has a terrible temper and a lack of respect for the students; he routinely makes students feel stupid for asking questions and insults them. He teaches problems a certain way, and then, once the test comes, he expects you to be able to solve them in a way that was never touched on in class.

My problem is that I am not doing well in this environment, and nearly everyone else is not either. People did so poorly first quarter that he had to buff people’s grades up so he wouldn’t look bad (if most of the class failed). There’s one girl in my class who is the top student, but she only accomplishes that by outright ignoring him and learning things at home. She tutors for the class often to help out. On this past test, even she was upset because he didn’t teach some of the work on the test.

What do I do? This is a very glaring grade on my otherwise awesome transcript, and come mid year report I know it won’t look good. I also understand that an “explanation” by me in the additional information slot won’t cut it, because someone could easily just think I’m lying. I’m really worried and angry at this situation, but I don’t know what to do.

By the way, I am a senior and I’m worried about my midyear report @ good colleges.