I want to be sure she will be replaced before I try anything ( Oh, sorry I tried to get you fired, can I still Audition for the musical?) She is supposed to teach theater, but she never teaches us at all, but rather just tells us stories or makes us do her paperwork. -Once, she brought in her dog, and made us sit there and watch her groom it, silently, for an entire class period -Another time she made us watch her make gift baskets for people she was going to meet--under the guise "I'm REALLY helping YOU by meeting people, because later i can call them if you need anything" Another time she made ten of us sort papers for a convention she was going to, while the rest just sat around. -most days she arrives 10 minutes late. -For our exam we had 2 days to perform a monologue and do a character analysis. The first day we didnt get through all of the performers, and the second she spent 20 minutes chatting on the phone. 11 people didnt have a chance to go at all, so for their midterm they got 50's. When parents called her asking why their child got a 50 she answered, "because they had enough time to go, but never did," these are examples of the most severe days but most go with her telling stories about her past teaching experience, or stars shes met. I mean, COME ON! this is a ridiculous waste of time. but she hasnt been fired yet because she coaches out of class a few students, winning the school awards, and recognition. I am planning on recording a few of her classes on my mp3 to have for proof. PLEASE let me know if you think this is as outrageous as i do, and if I stand any chance of getting an actual education in acting.
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This is completely OUTRAGEOUS!!!! You are trying to get an education in acting, and this is doing nothing to help you. Unless she is using it as lessons for improv skills or something. hahaha yeah right. She is a poor excuse for a "teacher". Okay. First I would see if your fellow students are as fed up with it as you are. If so ask them if they would be willing to sign a letter to the principal reguarding the issue. Write a letter to the principal or director of your school. Make sure you add explainations from above, in a more professional manner of course. Have everyone from the class sign the letter. When you take the letter to the principal, ask a couple of your classmates to drop the letter off with you. Have the principal read it with you present. If you are the only one fed up with this [excellent] teacher, talk to your principal about it. Tell him/her what this teacher's typical routine in the classroom is. Ask him/her to sit in on a class. Ask him/her to come by the classroom and wait with the class so he/she can see that the teacher is late to their own class. That would be amazing if the teacher walked in and there sits the principal. Anyway, when asking the principal to do this, approach him/her as " i know you are a very busy person, but i have some concerns with the teahcer for my acting class." You could also talk to your school counselor mentioning the above topics, and ask the counselor to take it to the school board or principal as an annomyous compliant. that way your counselor will be the only person that knows you said anything, that is if you are afraid of the teacher finding out you were the one who talked. On days your teacher is late, go to the classroom next door or another administrator and tell them your teacher isn't there yet. You could also go to the attendence office and ask them if your teacher has called in sick. Inform them the teacher isnt there yet. Be consistent with this and make sure someone else does it everytime, so they don't suspect that you are just trying to get your teacher in trouble. Most of the time, the attendenence office will make a note of the tardyness of the teacher, when it gets out of hand they will do something about it. If nothing above works, I would talk to the teacher and as her if it was ok to record one of her lessons. make sure you look into the laws and regulations in your state for recording devices. in some states it is illegal to record without the permission of the subject you are recording. if she says yes, go for it. record her "lessons" - then use it against her. But that is only something I would use as a last resort. Talk to the counselor and principal first. Just a tip: your situation will be much more powerfull if you can get a group together that all support the common goal. Also if you urge the parents to also call in, have them talk to the principal or director instead of the teahcer directly. it will be more effective. It will be more effective in getting the attention of the administration. Good luck with your so called "teacher". Hope the school will do something about her! Answer mine? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
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