[Jan1212]

I go to a teaching site and get a different professor other than my lecture professor.

This teacher ... I feel she is bullying me, every time we meet I get pulled aside and have her tell me "what's annoying about me". she told me with my personality I am not going to make it in this profession. that means she thinks I will never be able to do my job, and on and on. That finally made me cry. We've met 2x a week and this is our 3rd week and she has already judged me the first day when she said "the only thing I am good at is hiding" - in front of the whole group. but I told her my patient needed me for care and has been calling all day I also did a lot helping my classmates... I asked her today what can I do to improve? She told me "that's something Id have to do on my own - take a class or something to be more social" ...

She doesn't like me.

This is really taking over my mind right now and I know my mind should be somewhere else I should be studying. I don't want her to find something about me so she can fail me. I know what I have to do, I need to ask to be switched, but, this worry won't leave me

[BonnieJean]

I'm sorry your getting such undermining attention from this teacher. i find people like that tend to have issues with themselves that they take out on others. Maybe you can write down all your worries and then rip up the paper to try to separate yourself from them until you can ask to get switched.

[NoCake]

Well sometimes professors won't like you. I had one that didn't like me because she thought I asked too many questions. But who asks questions in school anyway? I passed with an A despite that. Why? Because I still got the work done and did what I knew I was supposed to do. Her feelings about me were the furthest thing from my mind.

You know why you are there and I am sure that you want to be there. But it's important to believe that you belong there. Do you not love the work you do? If you are helping your classmates you must already be proficient at this work. So you shouldn't let the things this person says get to you.

There are always going to be people that doubt you. And yes some of them will have masters degrees. But degrees teach us nothing of important qualities like tact, inspiration or compassion. I know it is difficult but you have to learn to stand up for yourself in these situations. I'm not condoning anything confrontational here but avoiding this will not help unless you decide to switch professors. Otherwise this may continue.

I agree with Bonnie that this may well be her projecting something upon you. It has been my experience that people that were quiet in their youth but gain social skills later in life hold self-hatred for that part of their past. They tend to get angry with people that remind them of that past self. I am not saying that this teacher is like that - but I ran into that a lot when I was younger.

So I advise you to be the adult here and take some time on the side and talk to HER! Let her know that while you appreciate her trying to help you that her method of giving advice is insulting to you. And let her know that you were insulted by her putting you out there in class. You have to start speaking up for yourself - that is one thing she is right about. It's just that her message was wrapped in BS and no one wants to touch that.

There is a very small chance that she really is trying to help you but she's letting her emotions get in the way of the actual message. Miscommunication like this is why it's always important to be civil and to not simply rush in angrily to solve such problems. Be kind but be firm in your beliefs.

I hope everything goes well.

[avlady]

i definately would say something maybe pull her over to the side and say what you need to say and tell her not to embarrass you ever again in front of the whole class.Ask her what she would do if she were in your shoes!!

im sorry you are having so much stress with this teacher. she doesnt sound like a competent teacher. some teachers have issues of their own and sometimes they let them out on others. she behaved very unprofessionaly in my view. its not constructive at all for her to say things like that in front of the class. as you said, you could ask to be assigned to a new teacher. or you could try to focus on your goals and try to not let her get to you so much. you know best what your strngths and weeknesses are. dont get discouraged by a teacher who doesnt even know you well enough to make judgments like that. wishing uou all the best!