Do I ask teacher to bump up math grade?

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Anonymous wrote:This year, I'd probably assume that the 79.2 was already bending over backwards to help my kid and that he actually deserved a 60.

BS. Who bends over backwards to get somebody just below a threshold? That doesn’t make sense. If I was a teacher, <1 point gets rounded up. Especially if the kid is asking to do extra work. I’d complain like hel. Is there a reason your child may be discriminated against or the teacher wouldn’t like him. Does the teacher have a history of this behavior? Maybe she feels she can screw certain kids over and get away with it. Use any outlet to complain and expose the situation if you feel your son is being done wrong.

You are crazy. As a teacher, I am shocked that so many parents actually seem to believe I punish or "screw over" students simply because I don't like them. I don't know any teachers who think this way about their students.

I used to think the same, then DD had me listen in on a few recording this fall. Teachers can be petty mean and absolutely show favoritism

+1 not to derail, but teachers are humans, not machines. I’m sure bias enters everything they do, just like the rest of us.

In this situation I’d agree the teacher has likely done everything possible throughout the year. The only circumstance for additional flexibility is participation. Attendance and passing in assignments is one thing, engaged learning is another.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I didn’t think I should request the “bump” in grade, but wanted to get some opinions to see if everyone here would say, “yes! You absolutely should help your kid.” As I said, I’m not usually one to intervene in things like this. One comment: my son did do all of the assignments and very few were late. Not sure if the “real” grade was actually lower. But at any rate, it’s done and we shall move on. Thanks for the input.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I didn’t think I should request the “bump” in grade, but wanted to get some opinions to see if everyone here would say, “yes! You absolutely should help your kid.” As I said, I’m not usually one to intervene in things like this. One comment: my son did do all of the assignments and very few were late. Not sure if the “real” grade was actually lower. But at any rate, it’s done and we shall move on. Thanks for the input.

“Very few” assignments were late and you still think the teacher should just hand out a grade bump because Helicopter Parent?

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I’m glad OP isn’t pursuing it but I just want to add “doing all the assignments” doesn’t mean anything. It’s about the accuracy of the assignments. This isn’t a completion grade. If everything was turned in, but only some of it was correct, then why would the grade be higher? That’s how middle schoolers think of grades. “ but I did it so it’s a 100!” It’s not a 100 of you didn’t do it all right ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Screw these nay sayers, this is your kid and their future! Yes, reach out to the teacher and copy the appropriate admin.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and when applying tocolleges, the colleges don't know that you were the squeaker when they make that first cut because of gpa!

LOL, what is it that you expect admin them to do? If the kid didn't get the grade it's pretty unlikely they're going to force a teacher to update and lie about grades because of a super annoying parent. I'm so happy to see that your modeling integrity for your children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My junior son is ending the the year with a 79.2 in an IB math class. He wrote the teacher to see if he could do anything to bump it up to an 80 and the teacher said no. I’m not usually one to intervene, but it’s a pandemic and FCPS has bent over backwards to help kids out, why not one little .8 boost so he can get a B- on his transcript? He’s attended all classes and studied, it’s not like he blew it off. What would you do?

The worse she can say its NO so asked her again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This year, I'd probably assume that the 79.2 was already bending over backwards to help my kid and that he actually deserved a 60.

BS. Who bends over backwards to get somebody just below a threshold? That doesn’t make sense. If I was a teacher, <1 point gets rounded up. Especially if the kid is asking to do extra work. I’d complain like hel. Is there a reason your child may be discriminated against or the teacher wouldn’t like him. Does the teacher have a history of this behavior? Maybe she feels she can screw certain kids over and get away with it. Use any outlet to complain and expose the situation if you feel your son is being done wrong.

Oh my.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This year, I'd probably assume that the 79.2 was already bending over backwards to help my kid and that he actually deserved a 60.

BS. Who bends over backwards to get somebody just below a threshold? That doesn’t make sense. If I was a teacher, <1 point gets rounded up. Especially if the kid is asking to do extra work. I’d complain like hel. Is there a reason your child may be discriminated against or the teacher wouldn’t like him. Does the teacher have a history of this behavior? Maybe she feels she can screw certain kids over and get away with it. Use any outlet to complain and expose the situation if you feel your son is being done wrong.

Oh my.

OH PLEASE

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I didn’t think I should request the “bump” in grade, but wanted to get some opinions to see if everyone here would say, “yes! You absolutely should help your kid.” As I said, I’m not usually one to intervene in things like this. One comment: my son did do all of the assignments and very few were late. Not sure if the “real” grade was actually lower. But at any rate, it’s done and we shall move on. Thanks for the input.

“Very few” assignments were late and you still think the teacher should just hand out a grade bump because Helicopter Parent?

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Please. It sounds to me like the child made their best effort during a hard year. No one is perfect. There are plenty of kids who didn't turn in much and sure as heck didn't turn it in on time. A kid who turned everything in with only a few late is great for this year.

OP: IB in Junior year is difficult and this year had to be even harder. Colleges are going to know that this year was hard and that. A C+ in IB Math during the pandemic is nothing to be ashamed of. I understand that it is hard to be close to that B- and not get it but reinforce that your are proud of your sons effort and the grades he earned during a stupid, hard year for kids and Teachers. This will not tank him for college. He will have great opportunities if had solid grades Freshman and Sophomore year and gets off to a solid start next year. One C+ does not sink college. If he was an A/B student in the IB program before this year, the schools he was looking at for this year should still be available.

[Anonymous]

I think the best thing for your son is to take this as a hard lesson learned. The 79.2 didn’t come out of the blue, it’s the result of a school year’s worth of poor grades. If the issues was that he struggled with the material (since I will take you at your word that he did all the work), the right course would have been to ask for help during the year so he could learn the material and earn better grades, not leave it until the last minute and then beg for a favor. If the teacher boosted his grade now, it would send the wrong message.

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No way. Stay out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the replies. I didn’t think I should request the “bump” in grade, but wanted to get some opinions to see if everyone here would say, “yes! You absolutely should help your kid.” As I said, I’m not usually one to intervene in things like this. One comment: my son did do all of the assignments and very few were late. Not sure if the “real” grade was actually lower. But at any rate, it’s done and we shall move on. Thanks for the input.

“Very few” assignments were late and you still think the teacher should just hand out a grade bump because Helicopter Parent?

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Please. It sounds to me like the child made their best effort during a hard year. No one is perfect. There are plenty of kids who didn't turn in much and sure as heck didn't turn it in on time. A kid who turned everything in with only a few late is great for this year.

OP: IB in Junior year is difficult and this year had to be even harder. Colleges are going to know that this year was hard and that. A C+ in IB Math during the pandemic is nothing to be ashamed of. I understand that it is hard to be close to that B- and not get it but reinforce that your are proud of your sons effort and the grades he earned during a stupid, hard year for kids and Teachers. This will not tank him for college. He will have great opportunities if had solid grades Freshman and Sophomore year and gets off to a solid start next year. One C+ does not sink college. If he was an A/B student in the IB program before this year, the schools he was looking at for this year should still be available.

Junior year is no more difficult for IB students than for AP students. And OP's kid is getting a GPA bump just from taking an IB course course.

Yes, there may be some schools that are not or no longer options for OP's kid, but there are still plenty of other ones out there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Screw these nay sayers, this is your kid and their future! Yes, reach out to the teacher and copy the appropriate admin.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and when applying tocolleges, the colleges don't know that you were the squeaker when they make that first cut because of gpa!

This, look over everything and try to find any error in any graded assignment. We had a teacher who took forever to fix grades after realizing that the name field was being marked as an incorrect answer. If you can find one error, you can go to her and the administration complaining about her sloppy grading - where there is one, there are surely more- hurting your child

Do the same if you find that the teacher was generous in grading. "Teacher gave ds an 80 in this class, my calculations show he actually had 79.6. Please have the teacher correct the error - this is unacceptable!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Screw these nay sayers, this is your kid and their future! Yes, reach out to the teacher and copy the appropriate admin.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and when applying tocolleges, the colleges don't know that you were the squeaker when they make that first cut because of gpa!

And what does that teach your child? That’s it is okay to pressure a teacher to change your grade? Now if there was an error and your child has evidence to back it up, go for it but it sounds like it is the grade the child earned. Work harder next time. That’s a great lesson. Not mommy and daddy will repeatedly ask for the teacher to bump up a crappy grade.

[Anonymous]

OPs kid in two years: https://twitter.com/profannieoakley/status/1402701671197642752?s=19