Again, read more, and post less.
The +100 was in agreement of the portion of the post I quoted. Go back and read it.
As John v.d.B. said: no one has heard both sides of the story. Because of that, I'm not willing to defend or demonize this teacher.
As usual with PW, there's a lot of jumping to conclusions about this teacher in this thread.

Interesting way to tell someone to shut up. Nice. Guess what? As long as Mark C. has something to say, he should be allowed to say it without having the mod squad butt in.

Phlebas, the purpose of this discussion is to understand teacher and student interactions and (mis)communication. That can help any person on either side of the fence. The idea that there are good guys and bad guys and any such comic book stance is beneath this forum. It never was a question of who was wrong. There was a problem, and attempts to solve the problem. The real goal is not for one party to win against the other, but for both to work toward a common goal.

If people in general spent less time worrying about their egos, and more about seeing what goes wrong and what might go better, we'd all be in better shape.

Thank you.

It was completely gratuitous, unless he was expressing a stand on the main point of the thread, which he says he wasn't. And as per what you said, it wasn't too good regardless, because it was insulting.

This thread sure has generated a lot of heat, hasn't it......

One thing I have learned as mod is that everyone has their own point of view. The OP has gotten a LOT of helpful advice from both points of view and she has pretty much gotten the matter settled.

Whether the opinions expressed have been sympathetic to the op or not, you've all given her the benefit of some good food for thought. I am going to end this discussion now, not because of anything that anyone has said, but because it looks like things will be sliding downhill from here.

Ken