Diana,

I enjoyed reading this post and found it to be interesting. In a few of my education courses we discussed the concept of failure. Why are we so afraid to fail? You may enjoy reading an article from About Campus that focuses on this topic.

Brown, B. (2016). Brené Brown encourages educators to normalize the discomfort of learning and reframe failure as learning. About Campus, 20(6), 3-7. doi:10.1002/abc.21224

I agree that faculty evaluations and surveys can be subjective in determining whether students are learning and if faculty are teaching material in a way that promotes learning. I too wonder if there is much value in these evaluations, especially if schools do not have policies against administering evaluations as extra credit. Likert scale responses do not provide the most thoughtful feedback and faculty should take time to do a mid-semester check-in with students.