u/Careless-Purpose6059

I recently have been having difficulties with my professor. For the first few weeks of class, she was nice to me and I had no problem with her beside the fact she was not a clear, competent, and confident teacher. Myself and many peers already knew that she's not very good at her job but was ok with it because she was helpful. It was her first or second semester as a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor, but, she was willing to help and cooperate with me when I did not understand a concept or when she struggled to teach something or show me how to fix a problem.

Then, one day, it went downhill after I blamed her for a mistake she made. She picked out random groups of 4 for a project. In my group she gave permission to one of the members switch to another. This created a problem because we were disadvantaged. Our group had less members and the other had one more. That was the mistake she made, which, another professor pointed out. When I asked her if I can switch to another group myself, she declined saying it is not fair for me to leave the two members and that I should've said that ahead of time. There was no way for me to make an informed decision because the only information I had about my group was the list of names she put out. I argued with her about that respectfully and honestly but she just kept arguing it's my fault. After finding out that another one our group member switched (without her knowing) she was finally able to let me switch.

After that, I met with her a few times to work on assignments and I can clearly see a shift in her behavior towards me. When I ask a questions she would get easily irritated. When I struggle with a question she would refer me to the instructions instead of helping me like she used to. When I was sick she did not want to allow me to makeup an exam without a note, just for her to allow exam makeup a few days later. When a peer was stuck on the same problem she walked him through it while I was sitting next to him. When I asked her the same question right when they were working with it together, she told me to look at the instructions instead of helping me.

So, I just want to hear from people on this. Is her behavior warranted? Was that bad of a deal to hold her accountable for a mistake she made?

I recently have been having difficulties with my professor. For the first few weeks of class, she was nice to me and I had no problem with her beside the fact she was not a clear, competent, and confident teacher. Myself and many peers already knew that she's not very good at her job but was ok with it because she was helpful. It was her first or second semester as a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor, but, she was willing to help and cooperate with me when I did not understand a concept or when she struggled to teach something or show me how to fix a problem.

Then, one day, it went downhill after I blamed her for a mistake she made. She picked out random groups of 4 for a project. In my group she gave permission to one of the members switch to another. This created a problem because we were disadvantaged. Our group had less members and the other had one more. That was the mistake she made, which, another professor pointed out. When I asked her if I can switch to another group myself, she declined saying it is not fair for me to leave the two members and that I should've said that ahead of time. There was no way for me to make an informed decision because the only information I had about my group was the list of names she put out. I argued with her about that respectfully and honestly but she just kept arguing it's my fault. After finding out that another one our group member switched (without her knowing) she was finally able to let me switch.

After that, I met with her a few times to work on assignments and I can clearly see a shift in her behavior towards me. When I ask a questions she would get easily irritated. When I struggle with a question she would refer me to the instructions instead of helping me like she used to. When I was sick she did not want to allow me to makeup an exam without a note, just for her to allow exam makeup a few days later. When a peer was stuck on the same problem she walked him through it while I was sitting next to him. When I asked her the same question right when they were working with it together, she told me to look at the instructions instead of helping me.

So, I just want to hear from people on this. Is her behavior warranted? Was that bad of a deal to hold her accountable for a mistake she made?