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Thank you. Well, I'm feeling better now. I have to deal with her from now on I guess. The thing is, I now feel very insecure about my English and it makes me anxious that my English is getting worse and worse. I know it's not rational but my subconscious minds says differently. Thoughts?
Not surprising that you would feel this way. A teacher is supposed to know more about her subject than her students, which is why the teacher is teaching and the students are learning, instead of the other way around. Thus, when a teacher says that you are wrong, it's only natural to believe her. But it sounds like you actually know more about English grammar and sentence structure than she does.
If possible, I would try and find another teacher. But if you're stuck with her, try and find outside sources (maybe an online forum for ESL learners) to help you continue learning properly. And in cases where it is demonstrable that you are right and she is wrong (such as the ones mentioned earlier), perhaps it would help to have a meeting with her superior. You should not have your grades penalized when you are right and your teacher is wrong.
Don't mind that anal-retentive teacher. I have a Master's Degree in a STEM area, am a English-native speaking American, and you have better written English than I do. My lawyer wife always makes fun of my bad spelling and grammar. I just never bothered memorizing all the weird formal rules a grammar and the totally random spelling of words (not even the same in English and American and I have had bosses that were American, then British, then Nigerian - how the heck to I write perfect reports!) when I could study "rational" science and technology. One good thing is computer technology helps me a lot in fooling people with spell- and grammar-checks.
Do not be discouraged at all. First of all if English is not your native language then obviously its not your first language. But as i have evaluated from your previous posts your English is quite good. But keep in mind academic English is always different from day to day conversational one. So, try to concentrate what is required for you in the particular test, as in English class you have to be grammatically correct.
I am not a bad student so getting 65/100 on my English exam is really close to the end of the world . It turns out I didn't get anything wrong on my paper, it's just that she was being a hard ass like she's known for and that pisses me off very much.
i.e. "She's been to Paris." is considered wrong, because I was supposed to write "She has" instead of "She's" (I think my teacher just didn't know that though).
"Wearing uniforms helps students..." is considered wrong, because for some reason it's "help" and not "helps". Honestly I don't know why.
Mind you, I don't live in an English-speaking country so I basically have to deal with narcissist teachers on the regular and sometimes downright stupid if I have to use that word. I've been anxious and recently feeling very insecure about my English now. I fear and fear that by feeling insecure all the time my English will get worse. I don't consider myself to be a good writer either but it's ridiculous so I need some opinions here. Thanks.
Teachers are b-holes
Learn Esperanto and start your own intermediate country
F the West
It's not worth your sanity
I am not a bad student so getting 65/100 on my English exam is really close to the end of the world . It turns out I didn't get anything wrong on my paper, it's just that she was being a hard ass like she's known for and that pisses me off very much.
i.e. "She's been to Paris." is considered wrong, because I was supposed to write "She has" instead of "She's" (I think my teacher just didn't know that though).
"Wearing uniforms helps students..." is considered wrong, because for some reason it's "help" and not "helps". Honestly I don't know why.
Mind you, I don't live in an English-speaking country so I basically have to deal with narcissist teachers on the regular and sometimes downright stupid if I have to use that word. I've been anxious and recently feeling very insecure about my English now. I fear and fear that by feeling insecure all the time my English will get worse. I don't consider myself to be a good writer either but it's ridiculous so I need some opinions here. Thanks.
I teach English in the USA and I'm not aware of any rule that says "she's" is incorrect for "she has." If there ever was such a rule, it's long gone now. However, I have heard of English teachers in other countries telling students this rule. I don't know what country they are getting this from, if any, but it's not the USA. For us, "she's" is fine.
Also, in both American and British English, "wearing uniforms help" would be absolutely incorrect. Wearing is a gerund, and gerunds take third person singular verbs. No native English speaker in either of these two countries would use "help" instead of "helps."
As another poster said - your teacher is incorrect about the "wearing uniforms" sentence. YOU are right.
So don't be discouraged. Be happy that your English is so good.
^^^Agree. Your teacher is wrong. I've been an editor for more than 25 years.
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. It turns out I didn't get anything wrong on my paper, it's just that she was being a hard ass like she's known for and that pisses me off very much.
