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my GCSE ENGLISH teacher hates me 4 no reason!!!!

Hiya all, ive jsut started year 10 n we have got new teacher sin our subjects who we will keep for this year and next (the full GCSE course basically) and i have a female english teacher who HATES me. a week or 2 ago i finished my work 1st n told her,so she give me sum uver work 2 do about these 2 poems n i dint have the slightest clue wat the poems were tlkin about.they meant nufin 2 me. i was so :confused: n told her.She sed 2 read them agen(even tho id read them loads!!) so i did anyway n she kept sayin2 read them agen so i did n i had i fnished very early n no1 else had finished the 1st task yet n i had been doin these stupid poems 4 about 30mins, so i asked her wat i shud do coz i didnt understand AT ALL, she sed 2 do them n as i cudnt i sat there n did nufin, i just sat there n got a red slip for doing nufin!!!!!(at my skule we have green slips--good work, yellow slips--l8 mark or missed hmwk n red slips for misbehaviour n white 1's 4 like throwing a chair or sumfin really naughty lol) i couldnt believe it, i finished my work first n got a red slip!!! i was :eek: :confused: :mad: :frown: so i told her it wasnt fair n that it was becoz of her not helpin me etc. a few lessons l8r i was underlining my title doing absolutely nothing else besides this n she shouted at me 4 talkin!!!! i hadnt been talkin!! the lesson after that i asked her a question n she answered me but i still didnt fully understad so i asked a question related 2 the subject n she had a massive go at me n sent me out so i sed THANK U!!! n every1 lafed-so immdediatly its cheeky. wen she came outside 2 shout at me she told me i was gonna prob. hav2 go2my head of year so i sed lets go now, i want2 go, so becoz i agreed she sed no n shouted at me, i sed my opinion bk (n appantly the class had been listenin n i was shoutin bk at her as if it was a proper arguement--u no, not the sort u hav wiv a teacher). besides this she has sed im full of my self and say my opinions wen she doesnt ask 4 them(how many of u wud not say sumfin2 sum1 who sed u wer full of urself wen u NO ur not!! i am not, she hardly no's me n shes saying this stuf) she also says im arrogant (which i av been told me every1 else i am not n i dnt think i am iver)on top of all this she has called sum1 in our class fat (who is slightly tubby) in front of EVERY1!! also sed she really liked this 1 lad ion our class(who got v.v.v.v.v.embarrassd :redface: !!)n sed he was perfect n jsut so great she wanted 2 keep him!! she says uver stuff n calls ppl n shes such a bitch.
''If my 'bad' behaviour continues she will have to send me to a lower set'' (im in set1. but this year they fu(kd things up n hav a set 1(top set), a set 5(lowest set) n 3 inbetween mixed ability which is meant2 b SH!T) n jsut becoz she cnt teach!!
I am sorry its so long n im sorry if there are loads of stupid typing errors-im typing really fast lol. plz tell me wat i can do coz i no im gonna get moved down , theres nufin i can say or do 2 stop her. if i say nothing im incooperative n ignorant, if i answer bk im full of myself . theres is NUFIN i can do!! please offer em ur advice tho. SORRY AGEN! :tsr:

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Reply 1
Sucks to be you. And no, I didn't get through it as it's apparently unreadable.
Reply 2
OK, you might want to actually type in English. But I can see what you're saying. Best thing for you to do is speak to the head of English about her, failing that go and see your head of year. If no progress is made, have a word with the headteacher. There's not really a lot else you can do about it.
Reply 3
mephisto
I didn't get through it as it's apparently unreadable.

any need :rolleyes: ? :tongue: :confused: :confused: ? it annoys me wen i say soryry 4 any typing errors n ppl still felel the need 2 moan n complain coz theres a typing errors, im sure u can guess wat tlkin equals etc! :eek: :mad: :frown: :mad: :frown: :mad: :frown: :mad: :frown: :mad: :eek:
Reply 4
I would definately talk to my head of year because this would definately affect ur GCSE
Reply 5
It's unfair that she told you off for not understanding what you were reading - she's probably the type of teacher that expects people to cope with advanced texts "because you're set 1 and you're intelligent" etc and doesn't understand that even clever kids need help at times. My Maths teacher used to make me feel two inches tall when I didn't understand something just because everyone else in the class knew what they were doing, whereas I found it harder.

The incident when you were underlining was probably just a case of looking conspicuous at the wrong time - that happens now and then, so don't get too bothered about it.

Again, the final incident makes me think that she doesn't like it when people ask for help - as she has high expectations and probably believes that everyone should be able to understand the tasks she sets with no problems. It probably wasn't a good idea to lose your temper like that - there's nothing teachers hate more than being answered back, and it'll confirm in *their* mind that you're a troublemaker. And from past experience teacher complaints from students are usually poo-pooed or ignored altogether. Generally a response from a parent has a lot more weight and is much more difficult to ignore. I would advise talking to your parents first and foremost to inform them of the situation so it doesn't come out of the blue for them. And as Anisah said, talk to your head of year rather than the head of department, as HODs can often be a bit defensive of their teaching staff and the head of year would have a less biased view :smile: Good luck!
Lucy4Happiness
Hiya all, ive jsut started year 10 n we have got new teacher sin our subjects who we will keep for this year and next (the full GCSE course basically) and i have a female english teacher who HATES me. a week or 2 ago i finished my work 1st n told her,so she give me sum uver work 2 do about these 2 poems n i dint have the slightest clue wat the poems were tlkin about.they meant nufin 2 me. i was so :confused: n told her.She sed 2 read them agen(even tho id read them loads!!) so i did anyway n she kept sayin2 read them agen so i did n i had i fnished very early n no1 else had finished the 1st task yet n i had been doin these stupid poems 4 about 30mins, so i asked her wat i shud do coz i didnt understand AT ALL, she sed 2 do them n as i cudnt i sat there n did nufin, i just sat there n got a red slip for doing nufin!!!!!(at my skule we have green slips--good work, yellow slips--l8 mark or missed hmwk n red slips for misbehaviour n white 1's 4 like throwing a chair or sumfin really naughty lol) i couldnt believe it, i finished my work first n got a red slip!!! i was :eek: :confused: :mad: :frown: so i told her it wasnt fair n that it was becoz of her not helpin me etc. a few lessons l8r i was underlining my title doing absolutely nothing else besides this n she shouted at me 4 talkin!!!! i hadnt been talkin!! the lesson after that i asked her a question n she answered me but i still didnt fully understad so i asked a question related 2 the subject n she had a massive go at me n sent me out so i sed THANK U!!! n every1 lafed-so immdediatly its cheeky. wen she came outside 2 shout at me she told me i was gonna prob. hav2 go2my head of year so i sed lets go now, i want2 go, so becoz i agreed she sed no n shouted at me, i sed my opinion bk (n appantly the class had been listenin n i was shoutin bk at her as if it was a proper arguement--u no, not the sort u hav wiv a teacher). besides this she has sed im full of my self and say my opinions wen she doesnt ask 4 them(how many of u wud not say sumfin2 sum1 who sed u wer full of urself wen u NO ur not!! i am not, she hardly no's me n shes saying this stuf) she also says im arrogant (which i av been told me every1 else i am not n i dnt think i am iver)on top of all this she has called sum1 in our class fat (who is slightly tubby) in front of EVERY1!! also sed she really liked this 1 lad ion our class(who got v.v.v.v.v.embarrassd :redface: !!)n sed he was perfect n jsut so great she wanted 2 keep him!! she says uver stuff n calls ppl n shes such a bitch.
''If my 'bad' behaviour continues she will have to send me to a lower set'' (im in set1. but this year they fu(kd things up n hav a set 1(top set), a set 5(lowest set) n 3 inbetween mixed ability which is meant2 b SH!T) n jsut becoz she cnt teach!!
I am sorry its so long n im sorry if there are loads of stupid typing errors-im typing really fast lol. plz tell me wat i can do coz i no im gonna get moved down , theres nufin i can say or do 2 stop her. if i say nothing im incooperative n ignorant, if i answer bk im full of myself . theres is NUFIN i can do!! please offer em ur advice tho. SORRY AGEN! :tsr:


Maybe she knows that you enjoy butchering the English language?
Lucy4Happiness
Hiya all, ive jsut started year 10 n we have got new teacher sin our subjects who we will keep for this year and next (the full GCSE course basically) and i have a female english teacher who HATES me. a week or 2 ago i finished my work 1st n told her,so she give me sum uver work 2 do about these 2 poems n i dint have the slightest clue wat the poems were tlkin about.they meant nufin 2 me. i was so :confused: n told her.She sed 2 read them agen(even tho id read them loads!!) so i did anyway n she kept sayin2 read them agen so i did n i had i fnished very early n no1 else had finished the 1st task yet n i had been doin these stupid poems 4 about 30mins, so i asked her wat i shud do coz i didnt understand AT ALL, she sed 2 do them n as i cudnt i sat there n did nufin, i just sat there n got a red slip for doing nufin!!!!!(at my skule we have green slips--good work, yellow slips--l8 mark or missed hmwk n red slips for misbehaviour n white 1's 4 like throwing a chair or sumfin really naughty lol) i couldnt believe it, i finished my work first n got a red slip!!! i was :eek: :confused: :mad: :frown: so i told her it wasnt fair n that it was becoz of her not helpin me etc. a few lessons l8r i was underlining my title doing absolutely nothing else besides this n she shouted at me 4 talkin!!!! i hadnt been talkin!! the lesson after that i asked her a question n she answered me but i still didnt fully understad so i asked a question related 2 the subject n she had a massive go at me n sent me out so i sed THANK U!!! n every1 lafed-so immdediatly its cheeky. wen she came outside 2 shout at me she told me i was gonna prob. hav2 go2my head of year so i sed lets go now, i want2 go, so becoz i agreed she sed no n shouted at me, i sed my opinion bk (n appantly the class had been listenin n i was shoutin bk at her as if it was a proper arguement--u no, not the sort u hav wiv a teacher). besides this she has sed im full of my self and say my opinions wen she doesnt ask 4 them(how many of u wud not say sumfin2 sum1 who sed u wer full of urself wen u NO ur not!! i am not, she hardly no's me n shes saying this stuf) she also says im arrogant (which i av been told me every1 else i am not n i dnt think i am iver)on top of all this she has called sum1 in our class fat (who is slightly tubby) in front of EVERY1!! also sed she really liked this 1 lad ion our class(who got v.v.v.v.v.embarrassd :redface: !!)n sed he was perfect n jsut so great she wanted 2 keep him!! she says uver stuff n calls ppl n shes such a bitch.
''If my 'bad' behaviour continues she will have to send me to a lower set'' (im in set1. but this year they fu(kd things up n hav a set 1(top set), a set 5(lowest set) n 3 inbetween mixed ability which is meant2 b SH!T) n jsut becoz she cnt teach!!
I am sorry its so long n im sorry if there are loads of stupid typing errors-im typing really fast lol. plz tell me wat i can do coz i no im gonna get moved down , theres nufin i can say or do 2 stop her. if i say nothing im incooperative n ignorant, if i answer bk im full of myself . theres is NUFIN i can do!! please offer em ur advice tho. SORRY AGEN! :tsr:


:eek: it's so hard to read
Reply 8
I'm sorry, but I find it hard to read as you have not written it in standard English.
Reply 9
englishstudent
Maybe she knows that you enjoy butchering the English language?

:biggrin: :biggrin:
Reply 10
Cope. I had a couple of teachers that 'hated' me (some for no reason) and usually, telling another teacher does more harm than good - they have a habit of sticking up for each other.

So...You have a couple of options (I've tried all three):

1. Tell a head of department and hope something gets sorted.
2. Be passive. If she yells, answer quietly, ect.
3. Argue with her. Not aggressively, but make your feelings known. You'll either 'break' her or get thrown out the class.
We had a teacher who swore at her pupils all the time and after enough parents complained she got the sack. Talk to other people who are taught by her - if they feel the same, get them to get their parents to write in - schools take much more notice of parents than students. If that doesn't work perhaps look into getting some out of school tution if you find your English is suffering. I know it's not fair that you should have to do this but that's the way it is sometimes. Complaining to other teachers doesn't work, in my experience at least. They just think you're moaning and will always side with their colleagues when it's their word against yours.
Reply 12
I had a similar experience with teachers at my old school... my mother complained and it got a lot worse... Suddenly teachers who had liked me before started to be really horrible.

I'd say (and you're probably not going to want to hear this, but its what I wish that I'd done) SUCK UP. Be very quiet, nice, and agreeable, don't give her any excuse. Eventually she will stop hating you and just start treating you like one of the crowd.

I know it doesn't sound pleasant but its better than ending up in feud with your school.


Either that or move schools, but that seems a bit drastic.
Oh, come on, it's not THAT hard to read!

I'm slightly more worried about this teacher thinking a boy in the class is 'perfect'...dear me. She does sound a bit of a bitch. Just ignore it and don't let it affect your work.
Reply 14
I didn't bother reading it, but LS has summed it up.

I did the last two she said, miainly arguing, but i made sure important work was marked by another teacher. :biggrin:
Lucy4Happiness
any need :rolleyes: ? :tongue: :confused: :confused: ? it annoys me wen i say soryry 4 any typing errors n ppl still felel the need 2 moan n complain coz theres a typing errors, im sure u can guess wat tlkin equals etc! :eek: :mad: :frown: :mad: :frown: :mad: :frown: :mad: :frown: :mad: :eek:


It's not typing errors, most of us despise 'text talk'- it takes too much effort to read something which should be relatively simple to decipher. Your post also looks so untidy it hurts our eyes.
And it's like...yeah, but...no, but...
Reply 17
Someone having bother at school/being made to feel uncomfortable and all most people can do is moan about typing/language used...does it really matter?...Some perspective please!!

Its GCSE if you do your coursework go to lesson and learn the stuff you have to u'll be fine, you'll be rid of her soon, not saying its easy but you sound as if u know your way round the english GCSE ...let her be a bitch...keep your self respect and just let the rest of the year hate her....knowing no-one else likes her is always kinda gratifying.
Reply 18
its good to know that when quantum computers are built and the RSA cipher is broken we'll still have an undecipherable public/private encription system to fall back on thanks to you
elpaw
its good to know that when quantum computers are built and the RSA cipher is broken we'll still have an undecipherable public/private encription system to fall back on thanks to you


Hehe - you make me laugh! :biggrin: