Is my professor this petty or am I losing it?

Long story short. I started FR in February 2025 in preparation for the June exam 2025. I started studying the lectures with a female teacher who insisted that we follow her method and « trust » her process. We were three weeks in and had covered cash flows, consolidations and had just moved onto interpretations. I answered a question in one of her lectures verbally, and said the word « interest payable » instead of « Interest charge ». She freaked out and tore me a new one in front of the whole class, I was beyond embarrassed, and ended the lecture mid-lesson and never returned.

My mistake was from reading from the Open Tuition notes which listed the denominator for the Interest cover ratio as « Interest payable », and I think she took offense to my using multiple sources of learning as me implying that her manual wasn’t good enough for me by itself.

I have trust issues.. that’s true. I studied each and every exam to this point completely alone. I happened to get a good deal with a local college that were providing the 5 skills exams if we had an ACCA transcript showing BT, MA, FA and LW as passed (which I did), so I applied and luckily got in. I make my own flashcards, do all my own notes, make my own schedule, self-study you name it, but I needed a course provider for the variant exams which led me to this.

My reason for studying ACCA is to make a good wage to support my family, and do a job that’s interesting, varied and to the benefit of others. I won’t let my dream be sullied by anything. I will pull from every available source there is, College provider, Open tuition, Study hub, Youtube, you name it; why shouldn’t I? Why should I put all my eggs in one basket? That just seems dumb to me.

So Wednesday (the day right before we were all due to sit our exams) she sent us all a group email… and I lost it.

Quote – « Well done for those who stuck with me all the way. I set out a plan in week 1 and asked for you to trust me, follow my instructions, follow my classes and I will get you to where you need to be. »

Is that a dig at me? Personally?

When I read it, I glared at the screen and said, watch me pass the bloody thing!!!!! I feel good about the exam I sat, and I know I passed, and I feel even better knowing I did it without her so called help!

Am I tripping, or this professor that petty?