Hey, I’m looking for some honest advice from other students here.
I’ve taken the same course multiple times with the same professor, and each semester my experience has gotten worse, mostly due to how the class is run and how he interacts with students.
This semester, while handing me an exam to actively take, he said (in front of other students), “You haven’t showed up at all, you’re going to fail like previous semesters.” That was said out loud while other people were nearby, not in private. Honestly, that pretty much killed any motivation I had left for the class.
It’s not just me either. When I was still attending regularly, I watched the class slowly shrink over time until there were very few people showing up. I’ve also seen a lot of similar feedback from other students describing him as discouraging, condescending, and making comments that put people down rather than help them improve.
On top of that, the overall non-completion rate for the course is around 35% (D/F/withdraw combined), which seems unusually high. I’m planning to retake the class elsewhere, but I’m debating whether it’s worth formally reporting this after the semester ends.
So I guess my main question is:
Does a situation like this (public comment like that + overall environment) actually warrant filing a formal complaint?
Has anyone gone through something similar, and did anything come of it?
I’m just trying to figure out if this is something worth escalating or if I should just move on.
TLDR; Instructor made comments about whether I would pass or fail his course during an active examination, does this warrant a formal complaint to department head/board?