Student's or Professor's Fault?

BedHead
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:21:38 +0000

I remember taking an intensive German class, and we had lousy professors/teachers. They didn’t keep pace with the material we were supposed to cover, so when it came time for a big exam, we were well behind other sections that had kept pace. Our grades were all really low, and in this case, it was the teachers’ fault because they were slowing us down and we were rational in expecting we’d be tested on what we had been taught and not more.

I lay out this scenario wondering if it’s possible that she gave a test that covered a lot of stuff that she didn’t really cover in class. Professors get lazy sometimes and stop paying attention. She might have thought she taught as much this year as she had in other years.

I think what’s necessary, if this is at all close to what happened, you need to study a lot on your own and really understand the book and other course materials she gives you and not depend solely on what she teaches you in class.

And for the time being, you’ll need to suck it up.