Bad Teacher...

I’m back!! I haven’t blogged in a while, and I wish it were a more positive topic that brought me back, but it’s not. To preface, this will be about a professor of mine that I’m not happy with, you can decide now if you want to keep reading.

So, I’m a psychology major at the University of the Incarnate Word, about to graduate in May. The track that my major is on is called experimental psychology. It’s supposed to get you ready for grad school. I chose this track originally because I was really interested in grad school and I was up for one of the more challenging psychology tracks. Now, this semester I’m taking a class called Advanced Research Methods. It’s actually the follow up course of Research Methods, in which we wrote and presented a research proposal. I really enjoyed Research Methods and learned a lot. So, naturally I was looking forward to Advanced Research Methods.

Well… it’s over half way through the semester. Do you want to know what we have done? We’ve participated in three online forums/discussion boards, taken one online test and gone to the mall twice to “collect data”. The last two classes have been cancelled. This class only meets on Friday and it’s supposed to be held from 1-4… we have never stayed past 2:45. I’m SO frustrated with this professor. I feel like I’m not learning anything in what’s supposed to be one of my most challenging classes. He is lazy and doesn’t seem to care. I’ve had him before, and he does have a propensity of cancelling classes and letting out early.  I just don’t know what to do. Should I report him to the Dean? Or just let it go? It’s almost May… Should I just take the easy A and stop complaining? I feel bad ranting like this, but I really feel strongly that, not only I am I wasting my time in this class, I’m wasting my money! I want to learn and better myself, and prepare for grad school… not go to the Mall and observe PDA (it’s supposed to be naturalistic observation). I’m just so fed-up with this professor!!