got scolded by my prof but is it really my fault?
hi professors on reddit.
i have some beef with my prof but i truly think it isnt my fault…
i’m an undergrad in my 2nd year, starting on research this summer with my prof. we meet on this platform(dont want to be too specific) weekly.
For context, we students rarely use this platform. Prof uses them almost everyday.
It was my 2nd time using the call function and he told me to allow the annotations for him to edit. I wasnt sure how to but i tried my best to navigate around it however as it was my first time doing it, I was also a bit confused as the cursor moves from the screen to the board and I was confused as heck as to why I cant see his annotations. So I tried to figure out how and he scolded me asking me to go back to the screen (I forgot i was sharing screen as i’m not used to it)
He scolded me and said “You dont even know what you’re doing” and “We just took 15 mins to do this” in the most condescending and annoyed tone ever…
But the thing is he didnt know how to do it as well because he had to google before he asked me to share and enable it…and i DID NOT spend 15mins on it. He joined the call 5 mins late, spent awhile googling if we can do annotations on that platform and the remaining 5 mins was me navigating it so i only took slightly longer than 5 mins but i got scolded for spending 15mins on it.
It’s not like I didnt do the work i was assigned to. I did my work, with effort. It was just a small mishap like this and I got scolded. The way he talked to me was to rude and condescending like as if i’m stupid as hell for not being able to do it…
In the end he just said we will meet next week and before he finished his words i left the call lol..
Is it really my fault that i deserved such a scolding? Is he not at fault at all? Why does he have to be this rude? He was a professor I really admired and respected so seeing this side of him and getting scolded by him really affected me quite a bit
Edit: Professors will ofc be on the side of profs..but i hope for a non bias pov... like i’m being genuine here i’m not attacking the prof or anything