DD got her teacher to ground up her grade

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Love the Clueless quote!

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Anonymous wrote: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."

They do? Little harsh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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."

They do? Little harsh.

I think that was a little window into PP’s mindset. Someone should probably tell them what the world thinks of lawyers…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Oh, my God. I am totally buggin’.

[Anonymous]

What are you proud of? Grade grubbing?

My DS got 92.8% in Algebra I, 8th grade. It's an A-. No way will he ask for a round up.

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Not going to work well once she gets into college..

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I say good for your DD. There are so many studies about men getting paid more than women for the same work because (1) men ASK for more more money, unlike women, who are taught not to ask for more than they are offered and (2) they apply for jobs with higher salaries than they are technically qualified for, unlike women, who if they can't meet the written expectations of the job, don't throw their hat in the ring. It is the way the world works.

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Anonymous wrote:What are you proud of? Grade grubbing?

My DS got 92.8% in Algebra I, 8th grade. It's an A-. No way will he ask for a round up.

Are you sure? My FCPS 11th grader has a 92.5 with an 'A' in SIS.

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Anonymous wrote:What are you proud of? Grade grubbing?

My DS got 92.8% in Algebra I, 8th grade. It's an A-. No way will he ask for a round up.

I thought most schools rounded up automatically?

Either way I think it’s a mistake to now ask. This is t college so that isn’t relevant to this conversation. This is high school (or if Algebra 1 in MS, it’s a high school letter grade). Your son is only screwing himself by not asking for something his peers may be asking for - and they are his college competition.

I’ve told DD to always ask for what she wants. The worst answer she will get is “no.” I mean, if it’s clear ahead of time the teacher is like PP and will hold it against the student, they definitely should not ask. But in my daughter’s experience, she has never had a teacher who is unwilling to work with her or offer her options. She had a 4.8 GPA this year and is getting some amazing letters of recommendation for college, so I don’t think she was hurt by asking.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so strange. Your daughter asked for a grade based on no work and you’re proud? My son was .1 away from the next grade a couple of years ago and didn’t even think to ask for free points.

Also provides more evidence that GPAs should not be valued as much as they are in admissions. Standardized tests are much more fair than this sort of teacher and student dependent grading.

Why not? "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" One of her teacher's taught her to asked it doesn't hurt.

It is clear your high school English teachers also gave you fake grades. Your writing style is the reason it isn’t a good idea.

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OK, so your daughter wasn’t able to get a B in the class by working hard, so you are now proud that she begged and wheedled for a grade she didn’t earn?

I’m proud of my kid who is capable of earning As because he is hard-working and intelligent.

I’m embarrassed for and disgusted by your low-ability, grade grubbing daughter, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you proud of? Grade grubbing?

My DS got 92.8% in Algebra I, 8th grade. It's an A-. No way will he ask for a round up.

BS 92.8 IS A IN FCPS.





89.49-92.49 A-
92.50 -100 A

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so strange. Your daughter asked for a grade based on no work and you’re proud? My son was .1 away from the next grade a couple of years ago and didn’t even think to ask for free points.

Also provides more evidence that GPAs should not be valued as much as they are in admissions. Standardized tests are much more fair than this sort of teacher and student dependent grading.

Why not? "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" One of her teacher's taught her to asked it doesn't hurt.

It is clear your high school English teachers also gave you fake grades. Your writing style is the reason it isn’t a good idea.

And give credit to Wayne Gretzky for the actual quote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, so your daughter wasn’t able to get a B in the class by working hard, so you are now proud that she begged and wheedled for a grade she didn’t earn?

I’m proud of my kid who is capable of earning As because he is hard-working and intelligent.

I’m embarrassed for and disgusted by your low-ability, grade grubbing daughter, OP.

There are important skills in life beyond IQ and being able to get an A.

Soft interpersonal skills are crucial too, like having the social awareness to assess how and when it’s effective to exert influence or expend social capital to get something you want. OP’s daughter will go far honing that intuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not going to work well once she gets into college..

It willnwork fine and happens all the time.