Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+

[Anonymous]

DC couldn't figure out where points got deducted, thought it's a A.

[Anonymous]

These grades aren't effort grades. They reflect the quality of the work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These grades aren't effort grades. They reflect the quality of the work.

This. Sometimes doing your best work is still not enough for an A.

[Anonymous]

What class? There is no context here. What about the tests and final exam?

[Anonymous]

Your kid needs to talk to the teachers if he doesn't understand the grade he's receiving. This was DD this year. After a few assignments where she got a B when she thought it was an A, she approached her teacher and asked if they could meet to go over the assignment and grade. They did, and the teacher pointed out why she gave the grade she did and explained. It took a couple tries but by the end, she was getting As.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC couldn't figure out where points got deducted, thought it's a A.

Send your child's advisor an email asking for more info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC couldn't figure out where points got deducted, thought it's a A.

Send your child's advisor an email asking for more info.

If your kid is in 7th or higher, certainly if they are in HS, the kid should be asking for clarification. Parents should only step in if there’s an issue the child has tried to address with the teacher and has been unable to resolve.

Agree w pp who said to have your child talk to the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Maybe, you know, they deserved a B+. If your kid was genuinely confused as to where and why points were deducted, ask. But it kind of reads “my kid is so smart and always got As and now has a B+ and it’s not fair.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your kid needs to talk to the teachers if he doesn't understand the grade he's receiving. This was DD this year. After a few assignments where she got a B when she thought it was an A, she approached her teacher and asked if they could meet to go over the assignment and grade. They did, and the teacher pointed out why she gave the grade she did and explained. It took a couple tries but by the end, she was getting As.

This is great advice, and good for your DD for meeting with the teacher. You can't improve if you have a blind spot about where you came up short. For OP's child who believes their best effort was already A quality but found out it wasn't, if DC can figure out that last incremental skill (whether it's something broadly applicable like critical thinking, recall, writing, time management, study habits, application of knowledge to new facts, reading comprehension for the questions on the exam/assignment, etc. or something not clicking about the subject matter itself), then DC can work to improve to an A.

[Anonymous]

Maybe your kid is not as brilliant as you think he is. Effort alone is not enough to get an A.

[Anonymous]

Don't you have a system where they see their assignments and grades (not you, the kid)? They should absolutely know what they earned on each assignment. It's pretty easy to figure out what they didn't earn an A on. Beyond that, they (again, not you) need to talk to the teacher to see why they earned what they did.

[Anonymous]

DC is a B+ student

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't you have a system where they see their assignments and grades (not you, the kid)? They should absolutely know what they earned on each assignment. It's pretty easy to figure out what they didn't earn an A on. Beyond that, they (again, not you) need to talk to the teacher to see why they earned what they did.

There’s a couple schools around here that refuse to use learning management systems and have no accountability for the teachers to return grades or have transparency in any way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't you have a system where they see their assignments and grades (not you, the kid)? They should absolutely know what they earned on each assignment. It's pretty easy to figure out what they didn't earn an A on. Beyond that, they (again, not you) need to talk to the teacher to see why they earned what they did.

There’s a couple schools around here that refuse to use learning management systems and have no accountability for the teachers to return grades or have transparency in any way

Ugh, really? Can you say which ones you know of? I think it’s important for students to have as much feedback and transparency as possible about their grades and progress in class, but it honestly didn’t occur to me that not all schools provide that (I’m aware that many schools don’t have *parent* access to this granular info—I’m talking about student access).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC couldn't figure out where points got deducted, thought it's a A.

Send your child's advisor an email asking for more info.

Jesus please DO NOT. A B+, as stated it is not an effort grade, it isn't A work. Have you CHILD ask the TEACHER him or herself.