59% in Spanish Class

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Anonymous wrote:If it were my kid, I would have her take it over the summer. It is on zoom and will help reinforce the concepts.

You don't get an E for just comprehension. If you try even the *slightest* you can get a C/D. This kid DGAF and didn't even try. No way to zoom that into them.

Penty of uninformed and mean posters on this thread. MCPS has a problem hiring decent language teachers. Some of them are truly terrible. My friend's daughter had a year-long sub who didn't even *speak the language she was supposed to teach*. There are many instances where a bad grade in language classes is not the fault of the student. This is just to warn you going forward, OP.

I suppose this is middle school? The grade doesn't matter as much for college applications if that's the case, but language classes build on the previous year, so your child will be behind next year if you don't get her a tutor. This is the most important thing you need to get out of this situation! Also, your child can always ask politely whether the teacher can be kind enough to save her from the D. You never know, sometimes it works, and it's part of learning social skills and how to get on in the world.

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D students unite!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If it were my kid, I would have her take it over the summer. It is on zoom and will help reinforce the concepts.

I was going to recommend the same. And maybe a tutor for next year.

I'd have her completely retake the class next year. Sounds like she is not getting it al all. Don't think summer school will help.

[Anonymous]

Retake 2B (or A and B) in hopes of a better grade and stop Spanish at that point. They have the grad requirement. Focus on strengths.

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Is there any assessment your dd can retake? An assignment she can resubmit? Something she can do for extra credit? I think instead of asking for a grade she hasn’t earned, she should ask what, if anything, she can do to raise her grade herself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any assessment your dd can retake? An assignment she can resubmit? Something she can do for extra credit? I think instead of asking for a grade she hasn’t earned, she should ask what, if anything, she can do to raise her grade herself.

She should have been asking those questions weeks ago....not now with 2 days left before school lets out....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any assessment your dd can retake? An assignment she can resubmit? Something she can do for extra credit? I think instead of asking for a grade she hasn’t earned, she should ask what, if anything, she can do to raise her grade herself.

She should have been asking those questions weeks ago....not now with 2 days left before school lets out....

I agree totally agree…but I’m assuming she doesn’t have access to a time machine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She receives the grade she earned

+1

On a similar note, I promised my daughter an incentive for getting straight A’s but in her Spanish class she is an 89.4%. Does not look like show get an a. I could encourage her to appeal to her teacher to bump her up, but that wouldn’t be fair since she didn’t earn that grade. Sometimes life is not fair.

It never hurts to ask, as a teacher I will change the grade only IF they asked me.

I would change it only if there were some extenuating circumstances that kept the student from taking advantage of reassessment opportunities, tutorials, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there any assessment your dd can retake? An assignment she can resubmit? Something she can do for extra credit? I think instead of asking for a grade she hasn’t earned, she should ask what, if anything, she can do to raise her grade herself.

No extra credit in MCPS. How about a missed graded assignment that can still be turned in?

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The way that MCSP works these days, I think that if the kid pled with the teacher to re-do an assessment, the teacher would let her.

Teachers are under a lot of pressure to pass kids through. Maybe teacher won't just bump the grade up, but if the kid took the initiative to ask about submitting some prior work, I think the teacher would jump at the chance not to submit a failing grade.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She can ask. The teacher can always say no. Unless you feel there’s been an injustice, please let your child advocate for themselves.
Also, get your child a tutor over the summer, otherwise it will only get worse.

I don't fell injustice was done at all, but that is a good idea and I will let her know.

Ex-teacher here. OP if your DD is half a point away from a different grade, the teacher doesn't need you to inform them. They'll already know. And +1 Your child needs to work with a tutor this summer. Have you considered summer school, or having them repeat the class next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it were my kid, I would have her take it over the summer. It is on zoom and will help reinforce the concepts.

You don't get an E for just comprehension. If you try even the *slightest* you can get a C/D. This kid DGAF and didn't even try. No way to zoom that into them.

Wow! How do you know this? DS almost got an F in honors geometry. At the last minute he pulled it up and scraped by with a D. He worked very hard in the class, went for extra help, turned in every assignment, worked with a tutor 2x a week. He simply didn’t get it. Now he will attend summer school and try again. He works really hard. And that grade was completely out of the ordinary for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She receives the grade she earned

+1

On a similar note, I promised my daughter an incentive for getting straight A’s but in her Spanish class she is an 89.4%. Does not look like show get an a. I could encourage her to appeal to her teacher to bump her up, but that wouldn’t be fair since she didn’t earn that grade. Sometimes life is not fair.

It never hurts to ask, as a teacher I will change the grade only IF they asked me.

That seems a little unfair.

Don't you think that teachers have already tried to cut your daughter slack and help her to pass? Teachers don't like to fail students who are trying. If she still ends up with a failing grade, she probably deserves it.

[Anonymous]

Grade changed to D

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MY Daughter had a D for the 3rd quarter and 59 E for the 4th quarter. Since she is less than half point away from getting the credit for Spanish 2B for the course, should the teacher changed the grade to D?

I really don't know if I should say anything knowing she didn't do any extra credit or anything, but it likely for the teacher to fail a student by just one point?

Why do you want to save your daughter from her poor choices? Let her get the E. I think a D + E is still a D for the semester grade anyway.

But regardless, you should not be MORE concerned about your daughter "failing by 1 point" than by the fact that she is failing at all, and that you didn't catch this beforehand. Accountability matters.

What an ableist. Assuming it is poor choices when there could be a disability and the difference between a D and an F could mean the difference between a HS diploma and not. Which is the difference between a living wage and health insurance or not.