Esteemed ladies and gentleman,
When I asked you to provide me feedback on who thought the class of Accounting Principles 1 was a ridiculous sham and to go to the dean to speak to him, I was certainly not joking. Two students from the class and I went to see the dean of Accounting on Monday because he wasn't responding to our emails to meet at a time that could work for the both of us, which to me, was strike number 1. I waited almost a week and a half to meet with him, which is quite annoying. Finally, when we finished up the accounting exam I went on a limb and went to his office and there he was! Available coincidentally.
To sum up our conversation in a few short words:
- It doesn't concern him that all of you might not have been doing well in the class
- He spoke a lot about NEXT year's accounting and how he plans to fix it
- He told me that some of you are probably just students who don't put in the hard work necessary by reading and preparing as much as you "could be".
- I mentioned to him that I do good/better without taking notes and reading the book and he told me that I could "imagine how much better of a student you would be if you did"
- Evaluations about Larris would not be read until mid-NEXT semester
- Lastly, he told me that I should keep the feedback from you guys and your names TO MYSELF. His reasoning? Because he doesn't want to hear your opinion on the course because he doesn't know what kind of students you are, and as you can tell, assumes you aren't the best either way.
Needless to say, I left feeling like absolutely nothing got done. In saying so, thank you for your time and allowing me to go on your behalf. I did my best to talk to the dean and to get him to see what kind of "learning" we are going through, but he would not see things from my side, unfortunately.
I'm not happy with the outcome, and I wish I could've done more for you all.