Teacher out for an emergency family issue- grades?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The retake won't happen, but she might have passed the AT assignment to be graded by someone else.

I wouldn't stress about it. The new quarter starts on Tuesday, and your child can strive for the A next quarter. Please let the teacher have the time and don't put additional strains on her.

This is the most likely case. Happened to my kid last year when the teacher was out a lot on medical leave. It is what it is...

The only B my kid got in 7th grade was a case like this. Teacher was out for a few weeks at the end of the quarter at the end of the year due to illness. No retakes, not as many assignments/tests. There is not much you can do.

Yep, and it's a good life lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the teacher is okay. (That’s missing in your post, OP.)

Not OP, but this is not what OP’s post is about. Would be weird and unnecessarily performative for her to offer her best wishes to the teacher on DCUM. Stop trying to shame her. OP can actually be someone who cares about teachers but is trying to figure out how this type of issue is handled.

No, I don’t think it’s performative to actually state you care about the teacher. That teacher is an actual human, not merely a grading machine.

And OP, of course you care more about your child. It’s possible the teacher is also caring more about her family at this time, and one may argue that’s exactly where her focus should be, too.

[Anonymous]

I understand.

My daughter faced two lengthy teacher absences due to emergencies. The schools ( private, if that matters) put the teachers first, the students’ welfare was distinctly second. Once this had repercussions for DDI would have liked to avert.

Speak reasonably and respectfully to school
Old counselor or principal. Emphasize sympathy for teacher. Ask what provisions are in place for student continuity to allow the teacher all the time needed.

Never ask what emergency is or when teacher will return. The first, they can’t say. The second, they probably don’t know.

[Anonymous]

I think this is a life lesson. Things will happen that will throw a wrench in your plans. You can't control everything. Your DD should not count on retakes and reassessments to get that A. At least with this class/teacher. DD should make sure to turn in her best the first go around. And if that best is a B, it is okay. It is not the end of the world to get a B or a C.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope the teacher is okay. (That’s missing in your post, OP.)

The OP didn’t miss it though. Typical grade grubbing helicopter parent. A fine a dozen around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The retake won't happen, but she might have passed the AT assignment to be graded by someone else.

I wouldn't stress about it. The new quarter starts on Tuesday, and your child can strive for the A next quarter. Please let the teacher have the time and don't put additional strains on her.

This is the most likely case. Happened to my kid last year when the teacher was out a lot on medical leave. It is what it is...

The only B my kid got in 7th grade was a case like this. Teacher was out for a few weeks at the end of the quarter at the end of the year due to illness. No retakes, not as many assignments/tests. There is not much you can do.

Not a B!!!!!!!! Noooooooooo!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a life lesson. Things will happen that will throw a wrench in your plans. You can't control everything. Your DD should not count on retakes and reassessments to get that A. At least with this class/teacher. DD should make sure to turn in her best the first go around. And if that best is a B, it is okay. It is not the end of the world to get a B or a C.

Invest in a time machine. What a brilliant life lesson!

[Anonymous]

Next time let’s try to get an A on our work the first time and not rely on retakes. MmmmK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The retake won't happen, but she might have passed the AT assignment to be graded by someone else.

I wouldn't stress about it. The new quarter starts on Tuesday, and your child can strive for the A next quarter. Please let the teacher have the time and don't put additional strains on her.

This is the most likely case. Happened to my kid last year when the teacher was out a lot on medical leave. It is what it is...

The only B my kid got in 7th grade was a case like this. Teacher was out for a few weeks at the end of the quarter at the end of the year due to illness. No retakes, not as many assignments/tests. There is not much you can do.

Yep, and it's a good life lesson.

WTF? A lesson that schools are horribly run? No this is unacceptable! There are so many administrative positions now that these people should step into these situations and do the grading or proactively communicate to the class that there will be an extension. A teacher should not be allowed to fail to grade assignments collected in early September until November or just fail to include an assignment because they didn’t get around to grading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Next time let’s try to get an A on our work the first time and not rely on retakes. MmmmK?

No, if retakes are allowed in one class with a different teacher then they need to be allowed in all sections of that class. MmmmmK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the teacher is okay. (That’s missing in your post, OP.)

Not OP, but this is not what OP’s post is about. Would be weird and unnecessarily performative for her to offer her best wishes to the teacher on DCUM. Stop trying to shame her. OP can actually be someone who cares about teachers but is trying to figure out how this type of issue is handled.

No, I don’t think it’s performative to actually state you care about the teacher. That teacher is an actual human, not merely a grading machine.

And OP, of course you care more about your child. It’s possible the teacher is also caring more about her family at this time, and one may argue that’s exactly where her focus should be, too.

It is performative to state it to DCUM.

[Anonymous]

It's important for parents to grade grub the teachers because teachers will be fired by there admin if parents are not happy. The kids are perfect and don't need teachers to judge them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a life lesson. Things will happen that will throw a wrench in your plans. You can't control everything. Your DD should not count on retakes and reassessments to get that A. At least with this class/teacher. DD should make sure to turn in her best the first go around. And if that best is a B, it is okay. It is not the end of the world to get a B or a C.

I personally disagree with this. Yes things will happen in life that you can’t control. But no, there are many employees working on a team at the school who should absolutely be responsible for picking up the slack of a colleague such that the grading policy is still followed and students aren’t disproportionately impacted. In your workplace, if this happened, wouldn’t you all figure out a way to get the client what they need, or at least communicate a contingency plan that doesn’t just say too bad so sad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a life lesson. Things will happen that will throw a wrench in your plans. You can't control everything. Your DD should not count on retakes and reassessments to get that A. At least with this class/teacher. DD should make sure to turn in her best the first go around. And if that best is a B, it is okay. It is not the end of the world to get a B or a C.

I personally disagree with this. Yes things will happen in life that you can’t control. But no, there are many employees working on a team at the school who should absolutely be responsible for picking up the slack of a colleague such that the grading policy is still followed and students aren’t disproportionately impacted. In your workplace, if this happened, wouldn’t you all figure out a way to get the client what they need, or at least communicate a contingency plan that doesn’t just say too bad so sad?

Honestly the contingency plan could be to give each student 100 percent on that ungraded assignment in lieu of a retake on earlier ones. It doesn’t need to involve tons of work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is a life lesson. Things will happen that will throw a wrench in your plans. You can't control everything. Your DD should not count on retakes and reassessments to get that A. At least with this class/teacher. DD should make sure to turn in her best the first go around. And if that best is a B, it is okay. It is not the end of the world to get a B or a C.

I personally disagree with this. Yes things will happen in life that you can’t control. But no, there are many employees working on a team at the school who should absolutely be responsible for picking up the slack of a colleague such that the grading policy is still followed and students aren’t disproportionately impacted. In your workplace, if this happened, wouldn’t you all figure out a way to get the client what they need, or at least communicate a contingency plan that doesn’t just say too bad so sad?

Client? This ain’t private school where you are paying $$$