Teacher hates me, affecting my grade

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>One of my teachers this year really does not like me for some reason, and I honestly do not know why. I am well-liked by all of my other teachers, and genuinely try and care about the class. I don’t talk out in class; however, I do have a sense of humour which shows whenever we do group assignments or presentations, but it doesn’t affect that actual content.</p>

<p>For example, when we were peer-grading each others’ tests in class, I was grading my best friend’s test. She got 100 percent, and I didn’t do as well. As I am handing back her test, I say, “Oh my god, how do you do so well on tests?! I hate you!” My friend clearly received the joke well and laughed. My teacher proceeded to admonish me in front of the entire class, scolding my “negative attitude” and “inappropriate language.” She makes the entire class feel uncomfortable whenever I make a joke, either erasing it off the board without a comment or telling me off. Once I made a positive comment towards my friend, complimenting her dress, to which she glared at me as a joke. Again, jokingly, I say “See? This is why I don’t compliment you!” My teacher, again, admonished me in front of the entire class for my “negative language” and that I was “never going to get anywhere in life I let others affect me like this.”</p>

<p>However, when other students make a joke at my expense (which is much more often, because I am not as proficient in the subject as the other students), she doesn’t do a thing. Once, a student who I’m not very good friends with stole my lunch pail and proceeded to hand out my food to the entire class. Another time, the student stole my pencil case and hid it in the classroom. On both occasions, I called out for the teacher multiple times, using her name. My seat is right next to her desk and she did not even look up, acting as though she did not hear. </p>

<p>She has ignored me multiple times. Only a few days ago, during a work time in class, I raised my hand and called out her name multiple times in an attempt to get help on the assignment. She instead struck up a conversation with a different student about a film she watched over the weekend, and although she made eye contact with me multiple times as I asked for her help, did not come over until after a few minutes.</p>

<p>Her dislike for me is affecting my grade. We had a presentation a few weeks ago, which she handed out a sheet for clearly outlining requirements: it has to be five minutes long with a visual aid. I used a PPT for my visual aid, and my presentation ended up being over seven minutes. The PPT had lots of information and eight pictures. My friend’s presentation was only over 2 minutes long, and she got the same grade as me - a C. What she wrote on my grading card was “too many words.”</p>

<p>She also does not take in any of the make-up work I hand in and claims she never got it. </p>

<p>There are many other instances where I felt as though I was being treated unfairly, however, I think you get the story here. </p>

<p>I honestly do not know what to do here. I already told my parents and they are going to email her, and I am thinking about consulting with my counselor.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any advice? Is there anything I can even do, or am I stuck with a poor grade?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Sorry, when I was outlining the project requirements, the paper said it had to be AT LEAST five minutes long. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Poison her. With the non-lethal kind of course.</p>

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<p>I have had a couple of teachers like that. It makes me very angry. I work hard! I had one teacher that never read my papers and gave me 74% each time. I stuck some bizarre stuff in the middle on the last few papers and same thing. It was the first non A class I ever had.</p>

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<p>Your lunch pail? Wow I haven’t heard that since Little House on the Prairie.</p>

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<p>There’ll be something small about you that they don’t like, that is not your fault. I’ve known teachers do this because somebody has really bad handwriting so it took about twice as long to mark their work.
Either complain or try to win the teacher over. Or poison her.</p>

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<p>Go to your guidance counselor and explain the situation. Your teacher seems crazy.</p>

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<p>Lol @ movemetoo, that’s the only way I’ve ever heard it called! It’s not a box! :)</p>

<p>She responded to my parents’ email, doesn’t look like she’s going to budge on anything. Going to go talk to my counselor Monday.</p>

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<p>Psycho teacher from the ninth ward of hell…</p>

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<p>I know those feels…</p>

<p>The best plan is to do what Niquii77 says…</p>

<p>It isn’t wrong if you’re being a “good samaritan”</p>

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<p>Lol, for reals…</p>

<p>Go to the principal. Like now. While you are reading this post!</p>

<p>This teacher is obviously bad! I had a similar teacher, but I grinned through it. In the end, I wish I had done something or that I made a witty remark back! </p>

<p>In the end, your teacher matters little! They are under the contract of the principal/school/city and they must be looking out for you.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses!</p>

<p>She already CC’d the principal and vice principal in her email response, so I think she thinks that she’s somehow in the right here and I’m in the wrong?</p>

<p>Anyhow, still going to ask my parents to set up a meeting with the principal, perhaps.</p>

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<p>I used to think the exact same thing about a teacher I had. But I’ve come to realize. If someone doesn’t like you or you honestly think they’re treating you wrong, YOU MUST PROVE TO THEM HOW MUCH BETTER YOU ARE. Believe me, it took a lot of frustration to learn this. The only things that will really work is kissing up, and being an outstanding participant in class. I know how it feels, but the best way to get over it is to attack it head on</p>

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<p>@ Complik, I understand that, but I’ve already tried being an outstanding student and kissing up. I give her a card and chocolates around Christmas break, just like all my other teachers, as well as a thank-you card at the end of the year. </p>

<p>In class, I always have my homework and always participate. My projects always go beyond the requirements, but for some reason she docks off points for this. I can’t win.</p>

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<p>Maybe a personal chat between you two and a parent? From my experience in this situation, most of the time the teacher isn’t doing it intentionally, it just happens that way. And since no one complains, she doesn’t realize anything’s wrong</p>

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<p>Stop making smart ass remarks, perhaps. Your teacher doesn’t get your humor, and that’s life, so stop trying.</p>

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Too many words is equally as bad as having a short presentation. This makes sense.</p>

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Don’t we live in a world of technology? Email it to her and take a picture of it. That way these issues don’t happen.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response. I’ve stopped making jokes in her class about two months ago after she told me off for complimenting my friend, but she’s still hostile.</p>

<p>And I would understand, perhaps, if she had written on the project requirements that the presentation had to be only five minutes, but she had written “at least,” and usually prefers for them to be longer, at least to my understand. My classmate got 100 percent on hers, and it was around the same length as mine.</p>

<p>I actually emailed her an assignment once from when I was absent, a paper, and she never responded and she never counted it into my grade. My parents mentioned it in the email, she said her “grades were up to date as of a week ago” and she would be “happy to go over them with me if I believed there to be a mistake.” I assume she’s going to say she never got it. I can always print out the email and show it to her, but given how technologically inept our school staff is, she’s going to blame it on an internet error.</p>

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You should probably ask her about this presentation.</p>

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<p>I’d honestly go up to the teacher and say: “Do you hate me?”</p>