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College Professor help
Anonam
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Hey Penny-Arcade, I created this account to help protect my identity. I have been butting heads with a professor in one of my classes for a bit and last week we wrote reviews. Apparently he has heard that my review as not very positive and he sent me a text at 1 in the morning asking if I would "care to share it with him."
My current plan is to not respond and in no way acknowledge that I have received the text. He has my cellphone number from the university website and searched my name, so it is not like I was giving out my number. Any other advice? 20% of our grade is participation and I have attended my classes and done the work in class, but I wouldn't put it past him to take part of that grade away. It just seems like he is going way out of his way to contact me so late at night. He is a temp and first semester he caused an incident with a student, and I highly doubt he will be here after his contract.
I am sorry for double accounting, just a bit stressed and I will not be using this account later.
My current plan is to not respond and in no way acknowledge that I have received the text. He has my cellphone number from the university website and searched my name, so it is not like I was giving out my number. Any other advice? 20% of our grade is participation and I have attended my classes and done the work in class, but I wouldn't put it past him to take part of that grade away. It just seems like he is going way out of his way to contact me so late at night. He is a temp and first semester he caused an incident with a student, and I highly doubt he will be here after his contract.
I am sorry for double accounting, just a bit stressed and I will not be using this account later.
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Also, even if this doesn't end up effecting you, your college should have this on record. There may be other similar incidents (as well as the ones you've mentioned) that will bear on whether his contract is renewed.
This is my second option and I would like to do this, but I don't want to be taking time away from my studies combating this. Finals are next week and I do not need to deal with this on top my all my stress.
Just send an email saying "Look, this happened. I don't believe this behaviour was appropriate, and wanted to have this on record". You won't be testifying in court or anything.
Also... how did he even hear about your review of him? Were they meant to be private? If so, and it was somehow leaked, the HOD needs to be aware.
It is pretty well known him and I do not get along, and I told a few of my friends that I did not write a positive review about him, may be stupidity on my part. Still seems very strange to text me at 1 in the morning.
I think I will talk to someone about this and if I feel that my grade was adversely changed because of this I will then have that on record.
Find another phone and call the number.
Sounds to me someone is trying to prank you.
Satans..... hints.....
I don't know how your college handles those reviews, at my university there were anonymous forms handed out at the end of each course/seminar that also had room for free text and while there was a statistical analysis by the department, the professor also got to see every single one.
I feel like I don't know enough of the backstory to jump straight into the "he's trying to screw you on your grade" mindset.
To me this sounds far more likely then a full professor giving half a shit about what an undergrad wrote on their evaluation. A few questions...
1. Is this a full professor, adjunct faculty, or a grad student?
2. What kind of institution is it? Is it primarily research focused?
3. Do you have any verification that this text was actually from who they claimed it was from?