Teacher quality vs Studying

[paulsterio]

I think generally being unhelpful is a bad teacher, I have no problems with teachers who "don't know" and are happy to ask other teachers or find out for their students, at least they're making the effort. Teachers who give wrong information are just as bad, as well as teachers that are disorganised, I personally think if they are a teacher, they should at least put in the effort, that's what separates a bad teacher from an average teacher, just the effort they put in

[Charmz]

I don't mind teachers who don't know some things and find them out for you. But teachers who cover up suggesting you should teach yourself gets to me.

[pi]

Just wondering what constitutes a "bad" teacher. Everyone is saying, 'Aww we have crap teachers'. What makes them crap?

Attributes of my 3/4 physics teacher and 1/2 english teacher combined
1) Speaks in a monotone
2) Speaks in an accent that make it very hard to understand what he/she is saying
3) Doesn't actually know the details of the course material
4) Discourages asking questions
5) Uses other teacher's power points and web-links due to their own laziness/noobness
6) Comes to class late and leaves early on a regular basis
7) Picks up their mobile (with a crappy ring-tone) whilst teaching or during a SAC (and talks loudly on it)
8 ) Gives wrong information
9) Doesn't tell us when the next SAC is
10) Teaches out of A+ Notes
 

[illuminati]

YEAH PI
WITH OUR 3/4 PHYSICS TEACHER I'M AMAZED I GOT 38

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[dc302]

I personally believe VCE is a real test of how much you can do for yourself. In fact, I think you SHOULD learn the stuff yourself and revise/practice at your own (accelerated) pace, in order to maximise your results. I don't think I would have gotten as high a score if I just relied on my teachers, regardless of how good they were.

[luken93]

I personally believe VCE is a real test of how much you can do for yourself. In fact, I think you SHOULD learn the stuff yourself and revise/practice at your own (accelerated) pace, in order to maximise your results. I don't think I would have gotten as high a score if I just relied on my teachers, regardless of how good they were.

+1

[illuminati]

I personally believe VCE is a real test of how much you can do for yourself. In fact, I think you SHOULD learn the stuff yourself and revise/practice at your own (accelerated) pace, in order to maximise your results. I don't think I would have gotten as high a score if I just relied on my teachers, regardless of how good they were.

It's not even how much you self-study. I think sometimes it can be just how well you can absorb information from them, and how efficient this process is. If you have fantastic teachers you don't listen to, you're probably going to be worse of than someone with a bad teacher who has the ability to still absorb all information provided.

Take the one kid in our physics class who got 49 - he was the only one that actually paid attention...

[TrueTears]

The best teacher is yourself.

[b^3]

If you have fantastic teachers you don't listen to, you're probably going to be worse of than someone with a bad teacher who has the ability to still absorb all information provided.

As long as the information that is provided is correct. Otherwise we are working backwards here.

[pi]

If you have fantastic teachers you don't listen to, you're probably going to be worse of than someone with a bad teacher who has the ability to still absorb all information provided.

As long as the information that is provided is correct. Otherwise we are working backwards here.

In the case Illuminate was giving, I'm not sure our teacher was providing the correct info tbh

[paulsterio]

2) Speaks in an accent that make it very hard to understand what he/she is saying

pi, don't be mean, they can't help that! LOL!

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[Stick]

Just wondering what constitutes a "bad" teacher. Everyone is saying, 'Aww we have crap teachers'. What makes them crap?

Telling the class to book plane tickets to understand the cost of overseas travel, and then going on to book his own plane tickets by mistake. He then called up the airline to cancel them and had to pay a $50 low-cost airline cancellation fee.

Also giving whole class 50% for an assignment for not being able to open a Windows file on his Macbook.

No joke. This happened this year in Economics. It was the first year I had studied the subject and because of him, I hate a subject I was predicting to like. Luckily I'm only in Year 10.

[Tragesty]

Not going to lie, it's kind of nice, in a non-rude way,  to know that some prestigious schools do indeed have teachers as crap as some I've come across (average state school).

[pi]

2) Speaks in an accent that make it very hard to understand what he/she is saying

pi, don't be mean, they can't help that! LOL!

It's probably not nice to say, but it has to be said. It can make learning VERY hard, my 1/2 english teacher was a great example.

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[max payne]

Just wondering what constitutes a "bad" teacher. Everyone is saying, 'Aww we have crap teachers'. What makes them crap?

forgetting to plug in the charger for a laptop....every fricking lesson! Then swearing and smacking the laptop when it shuts down midway in a powerpoint.

telling us he'll email our sac and exam revision sheets(because he's too lazy to print them out?). Wouldn't mind...only the class NEVER recieves them. Then he blames the class insisting that he has a degree in IT and knows how to email(he doesn't. he is a complete computer-illiterate)

Giving us about 15 min for physics pracs even though they require 15 min to set up and another 30min to do them and write up the report.

Giving us an  "easy 15 minute, 5 question test". Would should be fine. I mean 3 min per question sounds reasonable....until we discover that each question is 5 questions long( 1.a,b,c,d,e) then giving us our lunch time to complete them when realising that the class isn't as fast or smart as him..

just to name a few