Unreasonable pressure from my tutor at college. Help please!

sw-nw

ceridwen wrote: »

I've had a quick check - and I think O.P. that you may not be that well aware of standard procedures in Britain.

Reason - you bought a terrace house last year and assumed that a cooker would come with it as standard. This is not the norm in Britain. A cooker will only come included with the house in Britain if that is what has been agreed in regard to that particular house.

On from this - I suspect you are not that well-informed yet as to standard procedure when doing a College course in Britain. The standard procedure is that one only gets a certificate if one has passed the course. It is not the case that everyone on a course automatically gets a certificate - certificates are given as a way of indicating that someone has actually passed the course and not just completed the course.

Thanks for the reply. It's a test firstly.

Oldernotwiser

ceridwen wrote: »

Errrmmm.....<cough>...for whatever reason - your command of the English language is not great...

I am wondering what type of course you are doing. I guess it may depend a bit on whether it's a more "practically"-oriented course - or one where one has to be able to speak good English.

What type of course is it you are doing?

(whew...wipes forehead...having wondered how to put this.....)

You obviously never frequent the Student Board - the university students are even worst!

sw-nw

Again. Thanks for your reply. You didn't see the whole picture about that. I was complaining the pervious owner took cooker away but left unworking washing machine and freezers, and rubbish many years back in the attic, without any agreement. I took half a day to clean all the rubbish. I have been told they are sorry but nothing they could do.

I will reply about college process together in another one.

This is for ceridwen.

sw-nw

ceridwen wrote: »

I've had a quick check - and I think O.P. that you may not be that well aware of standard procedures in Britain.

Reason - you bought a terrace house last year and assumed that a cooker would come with it as standard. This is not the norm in Britain. A cooker will only come included with the house in Britain if that is what has been agreed in regard to that particular house.

On from this - I suspect you are not that well-informed yet as to standard procedure when doing a College course in Britain. The standard procedure is that one only gets a certificate if one has passed the course. It is not the case that everyone on a course automatically gets a certificate - certificates are given as a way of indicating that someone has actually passed the course and not just completed the course.

Thanks all for the quick reply.

To Oldernotwiser: my supervisor didn't say anything to me. I wouldn't be under performance in my placement. My supervisor said it was very good when I read story in the class. She also said I interact with children. For working with children, only patient, time and some skills are needed. I believe I have them. Bear in mind, I am student and learning now. My tutor's judgement is based on allegation and untrue. She didn't listen to my explanation.

To victory: The too much I mean is the way my tutor is treating me, not meaning I am not able to complete the course. "not listening" means when I tried to explain, she didn't listen. Her judgement is based on allegation and untrue. She pushed me to sign the comment based on that too. It seems she just wanted my signatures.

To flossy splodge: "problem at placement" for example, it said I didn't have confidence to read story in the class. The truth is my supervisor changed her plan not letting me to read it. I had to ask again to do so. And my supervisor said it was very good and children loved it. As you said, certainly, someone does.

Finally, It's not difficult course to me. I am from China and have BA degree already. I have been here for 10 year, studying and working. I didn't take for grant I should or entitled for a certificate. No pay no gain. I only need a fair treatment.

Emmzi

the easiest way to do this is to look at every area for development on your report

talk to the person at the work placement about what you would have to do to improve that area

put together a plan to do it

and do it

terryw

ceridwen wrote: »

. It is not the case that everyone on a course automatically gets a certificate - certificates are given as a way of indicating that someone has actually passed the course and not just completed the course.

terryw takes a sharp intake of breath and wishes that this was always true!

flossy_splodge

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

You obviously never frequent the Student Board - the university students are even worst!

So, so true!

Also upcoming 'University students.

A little story...
A very dear friend of mine phoned me to say 'I haven't really believed you when you've gone on about falling standards but now I do... '.

Her son, who is about to go to Uni this Sept to study Business and IT (courses for which accurate communication is a given I would hope) had brought home a piece of work.

Now normally my friend has the sense not to get involved (after all, what on earth do parents know about anything:rotfl:) but the devil must have been in her this day as she asked to read it.

She very carefully offered the thought to her son that a particular sentence did not make sense.

He, in the manner of so many young of today, got angry and said 'of course it makes sense, you just don't understand the context'.

Now as I say, my friend had obviously had a large bowl of courage for her breakfast and decided to persevere.
No. it doesn't....
Yes it does....
You get the picture.
It turns out that the particular word causing the problem was 'POST'.

She finally realised what he THOUGHT he had written was 'SUPPOSED'!!!!!:eek:

When she pointed out the problem, he STILL did not understand what he had done wrong.
:eek:
He didn't see what the difference was!!:eek:

So all those do gooders out there who say correcting youngster's speech is not important, IT IS!

This is such a perfect example of why!

So much for 15 years of good British Education.:rotfl:

SueC_2

sw-nw wrote: »

Help please, what can I do now?

Think about it logically, and remove the emotion from the situation. You have three options:

1. Appeal against the decision (the college / examination board will have a procedure you can follow),
2. Acknowledge that you haven't met the requirements of your tutor and the assessor, work on your shortfallings, and re-sit the course / exam, or
3. Accept that this vocation isn't for you, walk away, and do something else instead.

SueC_2

flossy_splodge wrote: »

So much for 15 years of good British Education.:rotfl:

Going completely off topic now, but my favourite was from a friend of mine who was asked to shop for the ingredients for the cookery lesson of her fifteen year old daughter.... a chicken breast and a jar of curry sauce. :eek:

terryw

SueC wrote: »

Going completely off topic now, but my favourite was from a friend of mine who was asked to shop for the ingredients for the cookery lesson of her fifteen year old daughter.... a chicken breast and a jar of curry sauce. :eek:

This young lady must be in the A stream. It is usually "a tin of chicken curry"!