Feb 20: Aftermath

I have almost written this post several times. It is probably for the best that I waited so long to do so. Let the anger cool, so to speak. Although, re-thinking about the practicum class and re-living it almost makes me angry all over again. So the paper was done by the deadline and submitted. I spent countless hours on it and overall it was ok. I wouldn't sing to the hills about it but it wasn't terrible either. In fact, I wanted it to be better. So I specifically emailed the professor asking for specific feedback. I kinda expected a generalized response, but hoped I'd get something usable to improve my paper. Instead, he responded that he wasn't going to provide any and that the verbal feedback in class was all he was required to do. Just remembering that response angers me, probably because I often think of every scenario of rejection before I ask for something. It didn't even enter my universe of possibility that he'd just say no. Like maybe not right now, or not this week, or something like that but I've never said no to a student asking for feedback to improve their learning. Just a last bitter taste of the pretty sub-par practicum class.