We've all had several different kinds of teachers, both good and bad. However, I think most students can universally agree that these are few of the things which most teachers could do without.
1. Assigning time-wasting work and not grading it for accuracy or completion.
Not only does this waste valuable time which we could have put towards catching up on sleep or working on other things, it is also bad for the environment because paper and resources are wasted unnecessarily.
2. Pop Quizzes.
What is even the point of these? It just causes unnecessary stress. Would it really be so bad if we took the quiz on a predetermined date? The people who studied would do well and the people who hadn't would do poorly, just like they would on a pop quiz.
3. Calling on people who don’t have their hand up.
This is just evil. If we don't have our hand up it means we aren't sure or don't know. Why not call on someone who has their hand up? Or if no one has their hand up, maybe you should explain the concept again a different way.
4. Not letting us do work for other classes even when nothing useful is happening in their class.
If we are being quiet and not disturbing anyone else, then we should be able to work on anything we want. If we miss something, that's our risk to take.
5. Not Giving Back Graded Papers On Time
We get that you usually have over a hundred papers to grade, but at least get them back to us before the next test so we can use them to study and learn from our mistakes.
