I haven't been talked to like this by a teacher since I was *eleven*. This person obviously has some kind of god complex and likes smacking you down because he's in charge. He's an idiot, and the chair is an idiot for supporting him. The fact that he does not allow the other students to give what you basically described as very mild constructive criticism to their peers is beyond fucking stupid.
My mother, who's a college professor and teaches scriptwriting, was gobsmacked when I described your teacher's behaviour. She says that you can't just build an environment of positive fluffies in a creative writing class, there *has* to be constructive crit from the students because they are in many ways more each other's audience than the teacher. She also was not impressed with the idea of your teacher not paying enough attention when you guys were presenting your writing.
I suggest you get the heck out of his class if you humanly can, write a long and pointed letter to your dean/student advisor/whoever will listen that he is a weak teacher who is threatened easily by a student who stands up for herself and politely gives her independent opinion.
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I haven't been talked to like this by a teacher since I was *eleven*. This person obviously has some kind of god complex and likes smacking you down because he's in charge. He's an idiot, and the chair is an idiot for supporting him. The fact that he does not allow the other students to give what you basically described as very mild constructive criticism to their peers is beyond fucking stupid.
My mother, who's a college professor and teaches scriptwriting, was gobsmacked when I described your teacher's behaviour. She says that you can't just build an environment of positive fluffies in a creative writing class, there *has* to be constructive crit from the students because they are in many ways more each other's audience than the teacher. She also was not impressed with the idea of your teacher not paying enough attention when you guys were presenting your writing.
I suggest you get the heck out of his class if you humanly can, write a long and pointed letter to your dean/student advisor/whoever will listen that he is a weak teacher who is threatened easily by a student who stands up for herself and politely gives her independent opinion.