i love the idea of a flipped classroom - take notes with a video at home, then when you go to school, you do the "homework" there where you are able to ask questions. when i stepped into precalc first day and she explained it? oh i thought i would love this class
turns out shes doing it in the worst way i think she could possibly do it, especially with the way i learn. the whole point is defeating homework (no im not counting just writing down video notes as homework those are NOTES n theyre different to me) but she still gives us half the page to do on our own.
and usually? she does the easier ones as an example, leaving me with NO clue on how to apply the techniques to the harder questions. it leaves me with so many what ifs that cant wait for tomorrow, because if i dont answer one problem? i dont get any points. and it sucks when i dont even know how to start a problem, and im staring at one problem for 30 minutes to an hour without a clue on how to defeat it.
also, i process videos very quickly, and im also in a house with a bunch of speedy talkers, me included. but she doesnt allow the video to be sped up at all. so despite the fact that the video is painfully slow to me, as well as her speaking pace, there is literally nothing i can do. it just frustrates me because its so slow to the point im not even able to process what shes saying. (ps you can slow it down but not speed it up)
also, she PILES on work while ur in class. her whole classroom protocol of work at school and notes at home is literally already breaking two weeks into school because i cant finish the amount of work in class most days. not to mention, after every question she's asked? out loud: "wonderful questions guys, let me know if you have any! wonderful questions, im here if you need me." over and over, and i am VERY easily distracted, especially with unmedicated audhd. so. yeah. not a good mix.
i dont have any gripes with her as a person. shes truly a very nice woman. i just heavily dislike the way her teaching, because it feels like she advertised one thing and flipped it on its head. it doesnt mix with my learning process, and it makes it very hard to just. do the work. maybe this is exactly how flipped classrooms are supposed to go, but if they are? i suddenly very dislike flipped classrooms and hope to never be in one again.
















