Vent!!! English comp professor!!!

[JustKeepSmiling, ADN, BSN, RN]

I'm taking Engl 102.

I earned an A in Engl 101 in Fall 07 from a 4 year university; I am now at a CC as you must be enrolled there to apply for their SON.

Anyway.

WARNING: FOUL LANGUAGE.

My eng teacher is ******* nuts. It's an online section of the course. It's ******* simple. We write ONE/UNO/SINGULAR research paper and yours truly can pick the topic.

She says she doesn't get my assignments..

Then she says my files are zipped.

THEY ARE NOT!

I say word 07 may be crazy.. shes says thats not it b/c she has word 07..

I offer to drop off hard copies... she replies thats a no because it makes for a bookkeeping mess on her end..

So as of two, 3 weeks into the semester, I've failed 3 assignments b/c the ***** couldn't tell me the day of that she couldn't open the file. How the **** was I supposed to know that? I'm sorry, I missed the lecture on how to read your ******* prof's mind!!!!

I complain to eng dept head. Eng dept head says maybe its word 07.

Well mrs. eng dept head, if you would have ******* read the chain of cat and mouse emails you would know that your genius of a teacher has word 07!!!!

UGHGHGH!!!!

Too late for a refund, early enough for a W.

I need 2 focus on A&P and not on this ********.

I'm seriously ****** ya'll. And hungry.. I need to cook dinner.

But I would rather get a W than a C or below along with all the pain in the ass problems.

I'm waiting for eng dept head to reply.. I threatened to drop the class and asked for refund.

Oh and I ask my idiot servant prof about mla vs apa.

I've used mla.. since 8th grade? Earlier?

Well listen to this:

Hi, I was wondering if MLA is acceptable for the research paper, graded submissions? One sheet says so, another says not.

Her response: MLA is for humanities, APA is for social sciences; including medicine.

Me: I'm sorry I did not understand your response - is MLA acceptable or not?

Her: Do you have an approved these in the humanities? Are you an Eng major?

Why couldn't she have just ******* answered me? My 4 year school did MLA for everything! Does it ******* matter what major I am?1?!!? Fine you know what *****, I'll switch to english so I can write MLA!! Muhahaha!!!

I digress..

She is short in her responses, damn near sarcastic. I've been nice as pie up until today, I got a little more enthused and ****** in my emails. Paper trail.. to my dean I go.

Any advice? Can you share the pain with me?

[Asherah, BSN, RN]

I'm sure all of us have had less than cooperative professors and those who are downright difficult to deal with, online and in person.

Get the W if that is your only choice, seeing as how they Professor seems to be standing firm on your grades thus far. Then re-take the course with another professor online or in the classroom. Give feedback at the end of the course in writing, to improve the experience for your peers in the future.

Also, I would suggest some deep breaths, this is just an english class at the start of your nursing education. There will be many more moments of frustration with peers/instructors/RNs/MDs during actual nursing courses and clinicals, and you will need to learn to navigate/tolerate them without name-calling.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

I can certainly feel your frustration, is the language necessary?

[9livesRN, BSN, RN]

well write something to the DEAN! you know what better yet! buy a USB port drive for 5 bucks at office depot, and carry all your assignments, hand in to her, and request it back for your next assignment!!! if not you buy 2 of them while she has one you have the other one! then there is NO way she should give you a hard time!

moreover, keep backup of everysingle material, and when you hand in the "jump drive" e-mail it also to your student services director, so if she says she did not get it you catch her on a lie and she will get in trouble! be smart not mad! i know how it feels, but outside critisism will help you go around tha "Teacher" and still make a great grade

[Hotflashn]

It may not be salvageable at this point, but maybe you could copy and paste your papers into an email as an exception since the files wouldn't open. Or send as a text doc or rtf. Since this has been an ongoing problem that may affect your grade, you may be able to get the Dean to allow you to drop rather than withdrawal. Why should you be penalized?

Good luck.