Because my school is on trimesters, today and tomorrow are the last days that I will see my students. I gave an end of course evaluation, because I truly wanted to know how the students felt about my teaching. It was a scary experience, but in the end, I feel that it was worth it.
Most of the comments were very nice and helpful. I think most students were genuine in their comments and suggestions. Some even made me tear up a little! :)
There was one boy in particular though whose evaluation was quite interesting. Of course, the evaluation was anonymous, and completely optional, but he was blunt and to the point. I asked for one negative thing about the class and he said "Well, you could have just broken my balls on day one instead of stretching it out throughout the entire twelve weeks." Given the handwriting, I'm 99% sure I know who the student is. His comment confuses me though. He ended up failing my class, but not because he couldn't do the work; rather, he wouldn't do the work. He is actually very intelligent, however, he is extremely lazy. I didn't give him too much of a hard time, but I did call his mom every now and then to give her an update. I'm thinking maybe his mom got to him, rather than me, and that's why he made the "breaking the balls" comment, but I'm not sure.
Many of the students said to do away with MLA research papers. While this obviously cannot be done, it kind of makes me feel good that they didn't have WORSE complaints. All in all, it was a good experience, and I'll do it again.
I'm going to give my seniors their evaluation tomorrow...eeek! We'll see what they have to say!
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