My teacher is my classmate!

I don't know about your country, but here, the pressure is on. For my B. S., I had to have a C in all subjects and a B or A in my Teaching Major. Then I had to have B or better for my Masters. Not sure if I went on if I would have to have an A for my Doctorate. So the pressure may be on the teacher, too. Here you get hired with a Masters and have only so long to get your Doctorate. 4 in a class can be a problem. Partners and groups can be a pain. For my Masters, my college professor got the bright Idea to put two of us with learning disabilites in the same group. That was awful and we almost failed with our first submission (by fail, I mean a C in a Masters class). So our meetings were with the tutoring center. That was frustrating. But we did pass. In my B. S. class, we had groups and the group I was in, two people started fighting and yelling. I tried to calm them down and get them back on track. In a real situation in a school, you have to work with people with very different ideas, but you have to get along for the sake of the children. I tried to create a compromise. There was no compromising with these two. They screamed at each other and stormed out. Both accusing me of taking the other side. Have I told you how much I hate groups? Not normally, but in college, I have not been very successful.

Yikes! That was really awkward! But still hoping you could finish up your master's degree without frustrations in the end. You'll get used to her in time, don't worry. Just don't think of her as your teacher before so you can perform well in your studies. Much more, be wiser than her taking up doctorate.

It would be more awkward if your former classmate is now your teacher. I mean in my case, for being in college for too long now, I fear that it won't be long until I finally get to this situation, where a former classmate would then be my teacher. I don't think I could stand being in that class. It's humiliating enough to be in college for this long, 9 years, and I don't think I could take more.

Wow, I had that exact problem once. There was one teacher I had in high school who was just awful and being a kid I had no idea that she hadn't completed all her units toward the teaching degree. They were letting her work and go to school at the same time. So after I graduated and started college there she was in one of my classes and I'll tell you she was really dumb. Then I started thinking, "That explains a lot."

That can be an awkward situation. I hope your teacher does not give you another group project.

A good experience, though it may not be the best. I understand how it felt when you were classmates. I was there before. I can sense the feeling and the drama that unfolds whenever you have interaction in your class. I can imagine how your former teacher wants to manipulate the discussion so that you will notice her cleverness. She wants probably to dominate your discussion and for you to appreciate her. At least, you had the experience and in the long run, you will remember them in your later years. Enjoy the experience.

I guess that is a strange turn of events. But when I was going to College I had several teachers that weren't much older than I was, and many teachers in college are working on another degree at the same time as teaching, so its entirely possible to end up in a class that your teacher is taking, provided they are furthering their education at the same school. I would actually take advantage of this, especially since there aren't many students in this class. I would look to your teacher for study techniques and better understanding of the material. Since she is already a teacher, its most likely that she would have some advanced techniques, or maybe just techniques that you haven't thought of, to help you understand the material better.

That would be a very uncomfortable situation.....one that I also wouldn't like! Hopefully it won't happen again in another class....

lol:D From teacher to classmate? It's really not easy and it's indeed awkward! What's more with only 4 of u in the class, there's no way to avoid her at all.. haha I can only wish u good luck and all the best, secret .

Hehe! I am one the way to take my PHD degree. But i have to been a supervisor of a master degree student in the lab. But I soon find out that we are at the same age, and she is a month older than me. To me, I have a great press, for I do not know how to deal with that. And we take Germany class together. So I decided to treat her as a friend not a student. But it is wired when she asked me to make out her research plan. I know I have the responsibility to make sure that she can finish her study, but i really want to get the same thing from others too.

that is really awkward.,lol!! but what a nice experience you know.,

wow! That's really awkward. Well, you can't do anything about it anymore since you really have no choice. But it's good that semester's almost over.

wow..hehe..awkward -__- I can stand it if there more than 10 students in class include my teacher if we have to stuck in the same subject, but 4 is so scare,,lol,, if theres more students atleast u can talk to others and can ignore him/her sometimes. Anyway its a good condition to test your confidence, show her/him that u also gt brilliant idea..

I am so sorry to you, It must be hard in your position. I hope everything gonna be alright to you..., :D