Teacher said she will not write a reference

Were you late for class once, or were you late multiple times?

If I were you, I would go and report her.

TLDR; Teacher got angry due to us not being in class at the time she wanted us to. She now says that she will not be writing our university reference. How would i try to convince her to write the reference for me?

I thought this was going to be some school abroad. Saurday school @ 8:45 am?

You have two options:

1. Behave and comply, so go to lessons as you should and not when you feel you should. You were in the wrong. Of you show enough contrition then she will probably write one for you later.

2. Make a complaint to the head of department or the headmaster, detailing what has happened. This will mean going up against your teacher, but you have a good case for her reaction being unprofessional, disproportionate and discriminatory. You would probably win your case, but you would make an enemy of her. You would get a reference though or another physics teacher would write it.

Imho, 1 minute late can be perceived as extremely rude to some people.

But to harass you in front of your class then threaten that she'll give a bad review probably will give her the sack. Just list all of her offensive incidents, then compare them with the incidents of you 'escaping' from class.

She's chatting ******** with the intention of bringing you to heel. Some of the detail here - 7:45 starts, Saturday classes, Imperial College London - reveals you as a student at a private school in East Asia (Singapore? Hong Kong?) and pretty well all that they are concerned about is leaver destinations for the prospectus. She is only courting a showdown with the principal if she tries to follow through on her threat. Just do as she asks for a bit and it'll blow over.

This past Thursday, my physics teacher got really angry due to me and another friend not being in class when we should have been. She said that she would be late to class and will enter at 8 am (Class starts at 7.45). She asked us to be in class at 7.45 and have given us work to do. Me and a friend were not in class at 7.45 as we were doing our work in the common area and decided to go to class right before 8. Around 7.54, she texted me asking where were we and i replied that we were doing our work in the common area and are going to class now. She said that we were supposed to be in class and that we do not need to come to class already for that day. Basically, she has taken that we have escaped class.

After the class was over, i went to see her and talked to her about it. She was really angry and said that me and my friend will have to sit at one side of the class as she does not want to see us anymore. The rest of the class will sit on the other side and she will only focus on them. She said that we have no respect for her and the class. It was only a one time thing and it was not like we were escaping her class (There are different ways to look at it). We just thought that she was really stressed out as she was part of the exam section and they was a lot of things going on and that she would be better on Saturday.

So Saturday, we went to class and she asked us to sit at one side as she had said already. The class went on as normal but just with her not paying attention to us. After she was done with the work she had planned for the day. She showed a 3 page pdf file about me and my friend on the projector. It was about us being late to class from time to time and having no respect for her and the class and much more. There were also new rules we had to follow now that we were cast aside in the class such as not being allowed to speak to anyone when we are still in the lab. She then said that we will not write our university references for us two and if we insist on her writing, she will just mention our academic capability in the subject (physics) and then mention about how our character is (Late, 'escaping class', no respect for her and the class). As a matter of fact, she is the teacher i feel that i relate the most to and respect.

As my goal is to study engineering or physics at university, a good reference in physics is definitely needed as i want to apply to the top universities especially Imperial College London. If i do say so myself, i am quite a capable student and being cast aside in class will not affect my academic performance much. Even she herself said that I could achieve a credit easily and its just a matter if how high i want to push my grade up. How would i try to convince her to write the reference for me?

TLDR; Teacher got angry due to us not being in class at the time she wanted us to. She now says that she will not be writing our university reference. How would i try to convince her to write the reference for me?

Are you year 12? You could always talk to a teacher you trust and get them to act as intermediary. It will involve you apologising properly. She is behaving unprofessionally imo, even though you are in the wrong. If it carries on then I would transfer groups. Yor alternative is to take the punishment as long as she wants to mete it out. I wouldnt, but its your choice.

Second year of sixth form. Year 13 i guess? Yeah i know about her behavior as we had a similar incident with her getting really angry at the whole class but that was due to a different cause and it was settled quite quickly due to some of the girls crying which i guess made her soften up.

Right so yer shoulda been in class and listened. Leaving things to the last minute isn't always the best thing. Doing work elsewhere doesn't excuse you from doing work in the right place.

Bit extreme though....

Where has this assumption come from????

Shaming isn't something teachers should do?

Then i not sure what else you can do, she either refuses to write you a reference or writes you a **** one. TBH i'd rather not have one from her. Also i'm sure that references go though like head of years or something, so that only good stuff gets put on? Unfortunate she doesn't realise you respect her though :/ It was a one off though right? so why's she being such a silly fool about it?

She's clearly overreacting and needs something sorting out up there in her noggin. But in all honesty you should've been there but still even if it is a one off they should give you the benefit of the doubt.

she sounds very unprofessional and over the top, she should not be showing a three page report to the class about you being late or telling the class to ignore you and ignoring you herself. if that were me id get proof shes ignoring you like a child and telling the class to stay away from you and take it to the headmaster and ask to swap classes. I think that would be the best option if im honest as she sounds like shes not going to change her mind about trash talking you in your reference.

She's chatting ******** with the intention of bringing you to heel. Some of the detail here - 7:45 starts, Saturday classes, Imperial College London - reveals you as a student at a private school in East Asia (Singapore? Hong Kong?) and pretty well all that they are concerned about is leaver destinations for the prospectus. She is only courting a showdown with the principal if she tries to follow through on her threat. Just do as she asks for a bit and it'll blow over.