Terrible Teacher in Material Science - Advice Needed

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The forum discussion centers on a student's frustration with a material science teacher who fails to provide adequate exercise materials and engages in ineffective teaching methods. The teacher has only provided a trivia-style questionnaire, leaving students uncertain about what to study for an upcoming open-book exam. Many students share similar grievances, leading to discussions about whether to complain to the dean or directly address the teacher. Ultimately, the consensus suggests that self-study and proactive communication with the teacher may yield better results than formal complaints.

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  • #31
I think certain people here are missing an important point, it's absurd to pay 1k-2k$ for a class which an instructor half-asses and does not at least attempt to have students comprehend the material.

The argument that instructors don't owe students anything is bizarre considering students pay university's to teach them the material.

It would be one thing if universities were purely funded by research grants, but they are not and a significant portion of their funding comes from students attending their university to be taught a subject.


In a private enterprise, such an instructor would be fired...
 
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In a private enterprise, such an instructor would be fired...

Excellent point!

For the record I'm not trying to get him fired. That's too far for me or any student to go. Besides, he knows the material, he just needs to make a small leap to make it more accessible to students.
 
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xxChrisxx said:
But then... what would keep the right hand side of my top shelf in place?

1) place magnet ontop of shelf
2) glue steel bar to roof
3) ?
4) book companies go broke!
 

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