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Admitting to writing negative course evaluation?

Hi all, 

I recently submitted a fairly negative course evaluation and have been contemplating whether or not I should meet with the professor to discuss it.  I sort of feel remorseful and wish I had met with the professor individually to voice my concerns about the course/his approach/the program in general.  

Is it too risky to tell him that I wrote it?  He is also the chair of the department. 

I can answer more questions and/or post the review should either help.  Thanks!
gpt
You don't owe the professor a personal discussion about your course evaluation—submitting the evaluation, alone, is sufficient.  If you:

1. Feel strongly enough that your evaluation requires additional clarification or want to discuss it in more detail with your professor.
2. You want to help your professor make their class better (rather than merely venting on them).
3. You believe your professor will take this discussion seriously.
4. You don't believe that your professor will hold such a discussion against you (assuming you have this discussion after grades for the course are posted—which you should do, at a bare minimum).

Then you should talk to them.  An alternative is to talk to another professor in the department that you do trust to help filter and contextualize your viewpoints.