We all failed!

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Today we got back the paper that counts for 30% of our grade in Fundamentals and everyone, myself included failed. As far as our instructor is concerned no one, not a single soul, did exactly as she wanted and therefore we have all gotten F's on our papers. She assigned a number grade to our papers. Out of a possible 100 the lowest was a 2 and the highest was a 50. No, I am not lying she actually gave someone a 2. We are a cohort so it's not like we can get away from this woman by dropping her class and she is the chair so what are our options?

The only thing that is in the works is that several students have written letters of complaint to the president of our college and this week it was promised that confidential meetings will take place with a dean and that the president of the college is very interested in what is going on.

Sigh, I am so tired. She is making everyone re-do their paper but there is no guarantee she is going to like the second version any better than the first.

To date: She has said that no one has passed any of her quizzes (never had a single graded quiz returned to us), no one gives good presentations (never seen the grades for those either) , and now everyone has managed to f*ck up this paper.

I know that nursing school is hard but I am royally sick of this woman's sh*t. Just about everyone (with the exception of a few true slackers) is passing every other class just fine but for some reason no one can pass her class.

Specializes in cardiac med-surg.
Anytime there is a class where the instructor fails 100% of the students.

100% of the time, the problem is the instructor.

I just refuse to believe that an ENTIRE group of people, especially nursing students, are that dumb or didn't understand the assignment sufficiently.

I am so sorry that this has happened to you.

my thoughts exactly

reflects back to her, and in a poor light

If the entire class is failing then the instructor needs to have a review done ASAP by her superiors. Something is terribly wrong and it needs to be addressed immediately.

I also don't like how you are being told you failed on quizzes, but you haven't seen them. How are you supposed to learn if you don't actually see the errors you made?! That's absurd.

Hand in there. Now that the school is aware and having meetings perhaps things will improve. I am so sorry this is happening to you.

Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.

Wow! That's absolutely terrible! The good thing is that some type of action has been taken and that someone of authority is willing to listen to you guys. I have found that whenever there is a prof who's very set in his/her ways, that if everyone in the class sticks together and supports each other, it can lessen the stress and burden that an individual may have. My nursing class is a family. We all give each other advice and we complain and rant to each other when one of our profs is being particularly unfair. I'm glad that someone seems on the verge of taking action and standing up for you guys. Hang in there, and rely on your classmates (the ones who are trustworthy and actually care about you) who can be a wonderful support system. I wish you the best of luck and keep us updated. :)

She is horrible! This has to be so discouraging for you all but it is not your fault! Hope things will work out. :)

i remember once when something similiar happen and the whole class failed a test and the instructor went back over the material, stated she didn't know why there was gliche but that we needed to know this material before we went on..and we did

good luck i hope that you can get things back on track

We had our meeting with the dean and a VP showed up as well. It was a really emotional day; we have all been under an immense amount of stress because of the constant verbal abuse and threats from this woman. People actually broke down and cried (male and female) when they talked about their experiences in the program.

Our dean and VP were absolutely shocked and horrified to learn about what is really going on in the class. They claim to have known that she is a tough instructor but they agreed with us that what she has been doing (screaming, name calling, and intimidating people to keep them from complaining) is abusive. They also agree that her teaching methods (or should I say lack of) leave much to be desired. We were told that she is great in her capacity as chair but that there were some reservations from the start about her teaching the class.

We have been promised that immediate changes are going to take place. The semester is almost over so they cannot do anything about her teaching this class but she will NOT be teaching during future semesters.

I am not looking forward to Monday morning despite the promises that have been made, it can only be uncomfortable. So I have my fingers crossed and I am praying that things get better. I don't expect to be babied through nursing school but I can't stand to be yelled at or sit there while my class mates are being screamed at. I am tired of the M-F 9am-6pm schedule, sometimes with only half an hour lunch break because she encroaches on our time. I am tired of being told all of the time that we are all failing but never seeing anything with a grade on it or ever having any test returned sot that I can SEE what questions I got wrong. I am just really fed up with it all and I don't know the reasons behind whey she does what she does but I shouldn't have to figure it out.

Anyhow, wish us all luck.

Specializes in Utilization Management.
We had our meeting with the dean and a VP showed up as well. It was a really emotional day; we have all been under an immense amount of stress because of the constant verbal abuse and threats from this woman. People actually broke down and cried (male and female) when they talked about their experiences in the program.

Our dean and VP were absolutely shocked and horrified to learn about what is really going on in the class. They claim to have known that she is a tough instructor but they agreed with us that what she has been doing (screaming, name calling, and intimidating people to keep them from complaining) is abusive. They also agree that her teaching methods (or should I say lack of) leave much to be desired. We were told that she is great in her capacity as chair but that there were some reservations from the start about her teaching the class.

We have been promised that immediate changes are going to take place. The semester is almost over so they cannot do anything about her teaching this class but she will NOT be teaching during future semesters.

I am not looking forward to Monday morning despite the promises that have been made, it can only be uncomfortable. So I have my fingers crossed and I am praying that things get better. I don't expect to be babied through nursing school but I can't stand to be yelled at or sit there while my class mates are being screamed at. I am tired of the M-F 9am-6pm schedule, sometimes with only half an hour lunch break because she encroaches on our time. I am tired of being told all of the time that we are all failing but never seeing anything with a grade on it or ever having any test returned sot that I can SEE what questions I got wrong. I am just really fed up with it all and I don't know the reasons behind whey she does what she does but I shouldn't have to figure it out.

Anyhow, wish us all luck.

Falon, please feel free to update us. We're always happy to help students, and especially ones who've been caught in this kind of dysfunction of the educational system.

(((((Hugs to all of you, may all be well from now on and may you all perservere in getting your nursing degrees)))))

Wow, that's very encouraging news! Sometimes the right thing really does happen!!!

Specializes in ICU-Stepdown.

Good lord, I'm SO glad my nursing school experience didn't include THAT!

I know myself. I would not take kindly to having an instructor yell at me, and certainly not call me names. I'd be way too inclined to uhm, correct the instructor -and not in a very nice way. I'm no bully -never have been. But by that same token, I will not be bullied either. Too old for that! We are supposed to be adults, after all. Sounds like this instructor has some serious emotional or psychological baggage -and that really shouldn't be YOUR problem.

Here's to hoping the dean and vp weren't just blowing smoke up your derrier, and that changes really WILL be made. Kudos to all of you for standing up and attempting to make changes. With a little luck, you will have saved future students from the strife you have endured.

a similar thing happened to us about a month ago, i posted for the first time with the heading, "teacher fired". it was too long of a story to tell, so i just gave the basic info, but our teachers sound very similar. luckily, our teacher was fired, even though we had only 2 weeks of the semester left. the DON of our program took over, and i really respect her for that. because i had almost lost all respect for our program until she FINALLY did something about it!!! looking back, firing that teacher was the ONLY OPTION THEY REALLY HAD (of course that's my opinion, but that's the only opinion that really matters when i'm crying in bed at night, if you know what i mean!!!) i'm glad your program is going to see some changes, although, i don't think it's ever TOO LATE to fire a horrible teacher!

Specializes in Geriatrics, Med-Surg..

I feel your pain. This sounds like a very harsh instructor. How long ago did you write the quiz. She should have a mark for you within a week at most. Anything longer, without a good reason is not acceptable. This may sound strange but I have had instructors that are very hard at first and failed everyone on their first assignment as a way of instilling fear and yet somehow pass everyone by the end of the course. I do agree with one of the other posters though, it is like beating your kids each day to get them to respect you. Uggh! I don't agree with it though because fear is not always a productive way to learn and whether she likes it or not, you are the consumer of this college and she needs to actually teach and grade or she should be looking for employment elsewhere. Good luck and I hope this situation turns around.

Specializes in Geriatrics, Med-Surg..

Sorry just read your post again. Forget my first post. She sounds horrible. I really do hope that the school doesn't let her teach again. No student should have to tolerate that sort of harrassment. Kudos to your class for standing up for the future of the next class.

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