DD got her teacher to ground up her grade
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Anonymous
Maybe you should teach her to do her work. That would be a better lesson than begging for something you didn’t earn. |
Anonymous
Professor PP and ugh… this is terrible advice from high school teachers. Yes, asking CAN hurt you in college. If you want a recommendation letter from a professor it’s best not to have a reputation of being a grade grubber who cares more about points than the learning. Professors are not customer service representatives. Students who don’t establish good relationships with professors are not going to have good options for rec letters or job references. Many students do not really think about this aspect until it’s too late. |
Anonymous
This is horrible grammar. You really shouldn’t give education advice. |
Anonymous
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This is why everyone hates teachers these days. So ridiculous the comments in here.
OP - good for your girl. You don't know unless you try. College professors do this all the time. Tell her to keep asking. I went to MIT undergrad and Georgetown Law and got many a bump in my day just by asking. Usually, professors were willing to do this because they saw how hard I worked in their classes and they were not so pompous to think their weighing of grades or even calculation was perfect. Even the MIT professors and that's saying a lot because they're usually full of themselves. Your girl will go far in life asking for what she wants. No one ever died by hearing a "no." |
Anonymous
| PP from above ^. I also had no problem getting recommendations to law school. I didn't need any from my law professors. |
Anonymous
Everyone knows grade inflation happens at so-called elite institutions. I interact with plenty of people who went to these institutions and they’re not any smarter or better at their jobs than those of us who went to “ordinary” schools. But some of them sure have an inflated sense of importance. |
Anonymous
| Everyone knows the first round of grades you get are just a jumping off point to start negotiations. Never accept a first offer when the teachers are trying to low-ball you. |
Anonymous
My DS told me grades are pretty much just given out....so are we really acting impressed with A's in FCPS. Not a lot of weight in grades these days. Some kids are working hard-meeting deadlines, studying, and getting B's and A's while others are handing things in late and half done still pulling that B. I'm not impressed with A's or B's in FCPS. Just saying. |
Anonymous
| I’d be proud of her too OP! Don’t get all the bitter responses here - this is very much how the world works. |
Anonymous
Spoken like someone who isn’t in the position to field all of these requests. Often they requested by students who did not put in the effort and are in no way deserving of a bump. The entitlement around here is ridiculous. There is also a problematic race and class component to this. Kids who are first gen, ethnic minority, or from a lower SES background are less likely to make these requests. I don’t care if others are willing to reward a sense of entitlement I’m not going to do it. |
Anonymous
Agree! What I am surprised about is that she asked in writing on email and the teacher responded in writing that she made the change. But I guess no one is auditing grades etc. Just thought it would be an after class talk or something, but that also takes more courage. If it were my kid, I would have recommended they ask if there’s anything they can do to raise the grade, given how close it is. I did that a couple times in HS. Both times, teacher said, oh I didn’t realize it was that close. I’ll just move it. But I wouldn’t have just asked for the bump outright. |
Anonymous
I'd be ashamed of my kid if they asked for a higher grade than they deserved. I'd be proud of them if they worked harder to achieve a higher grade. |
Anonymous
| Why are you proud of this? DS was complaining his teachers wouldn’t round his .4 up when asked. My husband and I explained to him that he doesn’t understand rounding and there is no such thing as rounding up. We aren’t happy he even tried for last minute grade grubbing. |
Anonymous
| No such thing as rounding up with a .4, that is. That rounds down. |
Anonymous
Hope the class wasn't math, lol |