Had a change in lecturer and I'm having a hard time with the new guy. He mostly talks about stuff blah blah blah... But we aren't being assessed on any of that. He might put up the odd 'how you derive this equation'... Where he'll often use derivatives (math that is at too high a level for the majority of us). The actual equations that we need to use to solve just the right level of problems that we will actually have on tests and exams...

It is like he hides that stuff away from us. Makes it next to impossible for us to get. There isn't any point in giving questions without giving (comprehensible!) worked answers - so we see HOW we are supposed to solve problems. And he... Won't. Weirdo. He'll be all reluctant... Like 'have you guys even TRIED' to do them yourselves??? And the answer is OF COURSE YOU FREAK. AND WE HAVE NO ****ING IDEA WHETHER WE CAN DO THEM OR NOT SINCE YOU WON'T MAKE THE ANSWERS AVAILABLE TO US.

I mean... What are we, 5? With the attention span of 5 year olds? That we won't try and do them we'll just look at the answers and think they are done? Does he really think we are that stupid?

Answer: Yes. He has no ****ing idea that the reasons people are in this particular class are two-fold: Firstly, people have holes in their maths / schooling which means they didn't do as well as they need to. Secondly, people need to do well and are highly motivated (hence summer school).

By not making his 'simple maths' transparent (and talking through his substitutions, being clear on what is going on with his units etc) he basically... Fails to teach people what they need. Genius. I swears... He does no worked examples with any actual math in class. Nothing. None of it. Precisely that which we need to know / what we are assessed on.... He will not give us / show us how to do.

Anyway... This makes me feel angry. ANd I just want to throw my hands up in the air and walk away, really. I started feeling like that at the end of my last physics class. Right near the end when the guy thought a great way to teach thermodynamics was to do it in about 4 lectures with about 26 powerpoint slides per lecture.

I need to take some deep breaths and calm down.. It is just hard to deal with people treating you like an idiot... Idiot teachers... Idiot teaching... Just like tech... Just like High School... I swears...

This will be my last class of this. Forever. Just suck it up and don't get too upset about it all... Only a couple weeks to go then one week break and then into things for real...

Maybe I should bail on this... I'd rather not attend class... But he won't give practice problems etc unless you do...