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Professor Adam Green has not withheld the academic standards at UofT. He is late every single class by 15-30 minutes. He doesn't lecture for the entire designated time. He neglected to inform us that class was cancelled on February 27th and had us waiting for the lecture. This is a bylaw offence since a professor is to inform students class cancellations minimum 4 hours in advancement. The quality of his lecture are extremely poor; he summarizes all lecture notes and doesn't offer any analyses. Furthermore, he neglected to give us any marks before the drop date for the course which is another bylaw offence. Please sign the petition because the week of Monday March 26th, a few students has a meeting with the chair of the department of sociology at St.George informing the department of Adam Green's unprofessionalism. If you are discontent with the class, please sign the petition.
*Disclaimer: I understand people are concerned if the necessary steps were taken in addressing this issue. It has. Another student already approached her registrar and the sociology department registrar and both recommended her to make an appointment with the chair of the department. I, myself, have already spoken with professor Green. After the first lecture, I approached him asking if he was going to continue having such short lectures. He’s assured me that he will lecture for the full two hours. However, he has not withheld such statement. I also emailed him why he didn’t attend class on February 27th. He told me he had the flu and couldn’t make it. A simple email would of saved a lot of people time and money to commute to class. The purpose of this petition is not to protest the marking. No, the petition is for students to come forward if they agree they believe that Professor Green is unprofessional. There’s are standards professors are held to and if you don’t believe he’s held such standards, then you may sign. We are approaching the chair in hopes that something can be done.
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Updates
March 21, 2018
The department chair has acknowledged receipt of our concerns regarding the lack of professional standards in this course. While we await a formal response, the consistency of your feedback confirms that these issues are widespread and significantly impact our academic progress.
March 21, 2018
The response to this petition has been significant and confirms that our concerns regarding the course standards are widely shared. This collective acknowledgment provides the necessary foundation for our upcoming meeting with the department chair. Your commitment to ensuring academic accountability is appreciated.
28 Comments
Definitely the worst course I have ever taken! I am a Sociology Major, and I love Sociology courses but this has been an awful learning experience! Never imagined myself disliking a Sociology course, and the reason behind me disliking the course has nothing to do with the contents, but simply with the lecturer, grader, and the teaching methods.
I am a Sociologist major student who loves Sociology courses, but I had to end up making this course a CR/NCR after seeing the mark on my first midterm which was unfairly and inproperly graded. When I spoke to Prof Green about it in person, I knew right away that it wasn't going anywhere so I had to stick to the mark that I got. His lectures are full of jargons, and he reads off his lecture notes word by word without offering any appropriate explanations. I literally learned zero new things that I didn't know before about Gender Relations. He is always late to class and the quality of his teaching is extremely poor. This is so unfair to students!
I agree that his absence and lateness is unprofessional, but also I agree with Catherine, we are not paying on the basis of how many hours a professor teaches. There are many professors in the psychology department that does not teach for the full lecture period (instead of 3 hours, they teach for 1.5 hours). Professor Green summarizes the readings, like many seminar courses, but he also analyzes the articles as well, and maybe it is not best suited for your style of learning. You may have understood all the articles and able to summarize all the articles, so you don’t believe that is an education. Personally, I found some of the readings a little hard to understand (particularly some of the feminist readings) and Professor Green was able to summarize and help me understand it through email and through class. There are different methods to teaching and education; not solely based on what you experiences. There are many classes where it is similar to Professor Green’s, where you read the articles and in class, we summarize and analyze. From personal experience, I prefer Professor Green’s style of teaching, but it is personal choice, and hopefully in the future, you are able to find more suited lecture styles to you.
I agree Catherine. Very well put.
I really think the problem is with the TA, so what if he ends an hour early? If everything he needs to say is within that hour then so be it. There is major disconnect between the TA and the professor, her marking is unfair. But, if the main goal of this is to have the prof lose his job, or get in trouble its not fair, there many profs out there who are way worse. Many of us have issues with the TA and her hostility towards the students.
Hi Ashia, Thanks for responding to me. I'm not sure if you're aware, but we pay a flat fee for tuition, not on a per-class basis, so unfortunately no matter if we take four 1-hour classes or six 2-hour classes we are paying the same amount. I can understand why this lack of full lecture time is frustrating, however, I personally would rather not sit and listen to points being reiterated multiple times to fill time when a concise explanation would suffice. 35 signatures have been added, you are correct, but unfortunately the way this website is structured it is necessary to sign a petition - even if you don't agree with it - in order to leave a comment. I know this is true for myself, and for several comments underneath mine. Like I stated previously, I agree it was unprofessional for him to not show up to class that one day. You're completely correct! I felt like it was disrespectful to my time. However, I personally believe that other things stated in this petition are not necessary to go to the department for - especially concerning his lecture style. If you want further explanation or clarification, I have no doubts that he would be more than happy to answer any questions you have, whether during lecture, after class, or during office hours. I am of the personal belief that this petition is a gross overreaction, and as I can see through several other comments, others agree with me as well, so please feel free to show the department my comments, as well as others. I am of the personal belief that these complaints would be more well suited to course evaluations rather than a petition to the department.
Because we are paying for a two hour lecture weekly and we are not receiving that. Also I’m not sure if you are content with an education where a professor summarizes the readings where we can read them on our own time, however I don’t believe that’s an education at all. That’s called reading and summarizing, where students can do that on their own time. Furthermore, I don’t want to state what we want from this when I don’t even know what our options are. Hence why we are going to the chair to see what they can do for us. Why would I make a promise I can’t keep? That makes no sense. I understand your frustration but our goal is to see what the department can do for us because as you can see, 35 students have signed the petition because they too are frustrated and want to see what the department can do. I’m not an administrative figure in the department. If I were then I could give you the options. But I’m not. I’m only a student where I decided to take a stand along with other students who don’t agree with the way this course is conducted. Everyone is human, yes. But when you have a commitment to a job, you don’t just not show up for your shift. You call in sick and tell your employer you can’t make it into work. There are standards which are not being withheld. Again Catherine, if you don’t agree with the petition don’t sign it. If you’re content with the way the course is structured then that’s your opinion. 35 students all agree that they don’t like the way the course is structured. And that’s to our liberty to believe so. It’s also our right to petition when we don’t agree with something
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Professor Adam Green has not withheld the academic standards at UofT. He is late every single class by 15-30 minutes. He doesn't lecture for the entire designated time. He neglected to inform us that class was cancelled on February 27th and had us waiting for the lecture. This is a bylaw offence since a professor is to inform students class cancellations minimum 4 hours in advancement. The quality of his lecture are extremely poor; he summarizes all lecture notes and doesn't offer any analyses. Furthermore, he neglected to give us any marks before the drop date for the course which is another bylaw offence. Please sign the petition because the week of Monday March 26th, a few students has a meeting with the chair of the department of sociology at St.George informing the department of Adam Green's unprofessionalism. If you are discontent with the class, please sign the petition.
*Disclaimer: I understand people are concerned if the necessary steps were taken in addressing this issue. It has. Another student already approached her registrar and the sociology department registrar and both recommended her to make an appointment with the chair of the department. I, myself, have already spoken with professor Green. After the first lecture, I approached him asking if he was going to continue having such short lectures. He’s assured me that he will lecture for the full two hours. However, he has not withheld such statement. I also emailed him why he didn’t attend class on February 27th. He told me he had the flu and couldn’t make it. A simple email would of saved a lot of people time and money to commute to class. The purpose of this petition is not to protest the marking. No, the petition is for students to come forward if they agree they believe that Professor Green is unprofessional. There’s are standards professors are held to and if you don’t believe he’s held such standards, then you may sign. We are approaching the chair in hopes that something can be done.
Updates
March 21, 2018
The department chair has acknowledged receipt of our concerns regarding the lack of professional standards in this course. While we await a formal response, the consistency of your feedback confirms that these issues are widespread and significantly impact our academic progress.
March 21, 2018
The response to this petition has been significant and confirms that our concerns regarding the course standards are widely shared. This collective acknowledgment provides the necessary foundation for our upcoming meeting with the department chair. Your commitment to ensuring academic accountability is appreciated.
28 Comments
I think the real disconnect here is between the TA and the professor. Things he stated in class was marked wrong on my test, he is a nice person however, the TA is very rude and unapproachable. My main issue in this class is the grading as I feel it is unfair and even through discussing with the TA it got me no where. Also, I do agree with the lateness, and not informing the class, we should have received an email. There is unfairness to the students and I hope something will we done about this!
Definitely the worst course I have ever taken! I am a Sociology Major, and I love Sociology courses but this has been an awful learning experience! Never imagined myself disliking a Sociology course, and the reason behind me disliking the course has nothing to do with the contents, but simply with the lecturer, grader, and the teaching methods.
I am a Sociologist major student who loves Sociology courses, but I had to end up making this course a CR/NCR after seeing the mark on my first midterm which was unfairly and inproperly graded. When I spoke to Prof Green about it in person, I knew right away that it wasn't going anywhere so I had to stick to the mark that I got. His lectures are full of jargons, and he reads off his lecture notes word by word without offering any appropriate explanations. I literally learned zero new things that I didn't know before about Gender Relations. He is always late to class and the quality of his teaching is extremely poor. This is so unfair to students!
I agree that his absence and lateness is unprofessional, but also I agree with Catherine, we are not paying on the basis of how many hours a professor teaches. There are many professors in the psychology department that does not teach for the full lecture period (instead of 3 hours, they teach for 1.5 hours). Professor Green summarizes the readings, like many seminar courses, but he also analyzes the articles as well, and maybe it is not best suited for your style of learning. You may have understood all the articles and able to summarize all the articles, so you don’t believe that is an education. Personally, I found some of the readings a little hard to understand (particularly some of the feminist readings) and Professor Green was able to summarize and help me understand it through email and through class. There are different methods to teaching and education; not solely based on what you experiences. There are many classes where it is similar to Professor Green’s, where you read the articles and in class, we summarize and analyze. From personal experience, I prefer Professor Green’s style of teaching, but it is personal choice, and hopefully in the future, you are able to find more suited lecture styles to you.
I agree Catherine. Very well put.
I really think the problem is with the TA, so what if he ends an hour early? If everything he needs to say is within that hour then so be it. There is major disconnect between the TA and the professor, her marking is unfair. But, if the main goal of this is to have the prof lose his job, or get in trouble its not fair, there many profs out there who are way worse. Many of us have issues with the TA and her hostility towards the students.
Hi Ashia, Thanks for responding to me. I'm not sure if you're aware, but we pay a flat fee for tuition, not on a per-class basis, so unfortunately no matter if we take four 1-hour classes or six 2-hour classes we are paying the same amount. I can understand why this lack of full lecture time is frustrating, however, I personally would rather not sit and listen to points being reiterated multiple times to fill time when a concise explanation would suffice. 35 signatures have been added, you are correct, but unfortunately the way this website is structured it is necessary to sign a petition - even if you don't agree with it - in order to leave a comment. I know this is true for myself, and for several comments underneath mine. Like I stated previously, I agree it was unprofessional for him to not show up to class that one day. You're completely correct! I felt like it was disrespectful to my time. However, I personally believe that other things stated in this petition are not necessary to go to the department for - especially concerning his lecture style. If you want further explanation or clarification, I have no doubts that he would be more than happy to answer any questions you have, whether during lecture, after class, or during office hours. I am of the personal belief that this petition is a gross overreaction, and as I can see through several other comments, others agree with me as well, so please feel free to show the department my comments, as well as others. I am of the personal belief that these complaints would be more well suited to course evaluations rather than a petition to the department.
Because we are paying for a two hour lecture weekly and we are not receiving that. Also I’m not sure if you are content with an education where a professor summarizes the readings where we can read them on our own time, however I don’t believe that’s an education at all. That’s called reading and summarizing, where students can do that on their own time. Furthermore, I don’t want to state what we want from this when I don’t even know what our options are. Hence why we are going to the chair to see what they can do for us. Why would I make a promise I can’t keep? That makes no sense. I understand your frustration but our goal is to see what the department can do for us because as you can see, 35 students have signed the petition because they too are frustrated and want to see what the department can do. I’m not an administrative figure in the department. If I were then I could give you the options. But I’m not. I’m only a student where I decided to take a stand along with other students who don’t agree with the way this course is conducted. Everyone is human, yes. But when you have a commitment to a job, you don’t just not show up for your shift. You call in sick and tell your employer you can’t make it into work. There are standards which are not being withheld. Again Catherine, if you don’t agree with the petition don’t sign it. If you’re content with the way the course is structured then that’s your opinion. 35 students all agree that they don’t like the way the course is structured. And that’s to our liberty to believe so. It’s also our right to petition when we don’t agree with something
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I think the real disconnect here is between the TA and the professor. Things he stated in class was marked wrong on my test, he is a nice person however, the TA is very rude and unapproachable. My main issue in this class is the grading as I feel it is unfair and even through discussing with the TA it got me no where. Also, I do agree with the lateness, and not informing the class, we should have received an email. There is unfairness to the students and I hope something will we done about this!