com class

I want to share with everyone my experience about my communications class. I took this class to educate myself with communicating and have discovered that some people really are not good at what they teach. I went into this class to better myself with workplace politics and everyday life communication. I was hoping that I would be able to leave with a better understanding for communicating in general. What I have discovered is that the teacher in this class needs to take a politics class to help her understand herself that some things are not meant for the workplace. So far during this semester I have learned that the teacher in this class absolutely does not want to be teaching at OTC, she has stated that her wishes are to teach at some university in Texas. She carried on about the school she is teaching at and gave the impression that this is not a place for anyone to really try and educate their self. Later as we warm up and we begin to talk about our personal selves, she shares a lot about her husband and how he complains about her traveling and how he does not communicate well at all. She has shared also some information about her family and issues she has had with her daughter and the fellow mothers that are involved in the activities her daughter participates in. Then there is her son and all the disappointing things about how he dresses, behaves, and how forceful he is because he has little man syndrome. My point in blogging about this is that I am having a hard time understanding why someone who apparently has so many communication problems in her life, can possibly be considered a teacher of the subject. We all have some kind of communication issues, but the reason some of us took this class was to work through them... not hear about how many she has to deal with. I am finding it harder and harder to even go to the class and participate. I have no respect for her, which I am afraid will affect my grade. I kept hoping that with all the problems she was telling us about she would also educate us on how she handles them...This has not happened to this point. I feel like this class is more of a therapy to her than a job. Maybe she should be paying us for participating and giving her our time? I have heard other issues, about teachers bringing their personal lives to class, but this is by far the worst. Everyday we hear something. Today was the day we heard about her son and his little man syndrome and how he gets in his coaches faces to prove what a big man he is. I also learned today, that her son does not think a lot of her and would not choose his family over other things in his life. I am not sure if she is looking for our pity or really thinks she is warming up to us for better communication. I just wish she would share some of the better things she has taken or learned form all these experiences and share that with us... then it would not be so draining to me. I am not sure what to do at this point about this class, I think I will probably see what the grade is she has given me at midterms then choose to drop it or ride out a easy A. Either way, if I ever run into a teacher like this again I will switch courses early on. My advice would be to listen closely to the introduction given... If you hear a lot of complaining about their self and their lives... get out quick.