Final grade A- - 92.4%

[Anonymous]

In math Algebra 2 Honors, missed by 0.1 to get A .

I am not sure if it matters, but, Is there something that can be asked about to improve on the percentage with counselor, teacher, etc ?

[Anonymous]

Omg. Is this a serious post? If so, please leave it alone.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In math Algebra 2 Honors, missed by 0.1 to get A .

I am not sure if it matters, but, Is there something that can be asked about to improve on the percentage with counselor, teacher, etc ?

What kinds of things are you thinking of, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg. Is this a serious post? If so, please leave it alone.

Yep it is serious post.. by a helicopter parent.

[Anonymous]

move to MCPS, where an 89.5 is an "A"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In math Algebra 2 Honors, missed by 0.1 to get A .

I am not sure if it matters, but, Is there something that can be asked about to improve on the percentage with counselor, teacher, etc ?

What kinds of things are you thinking of, OP?

I don't know, waiting to see if there are any more helicopter parents here, who can respond.

[Anonymous]

Op, your lost is my gain! DC got B- at 79%, yah!

[Anonymous]

It happens. Where ever there is a line, there will be people just below it. To be an Honor's Graduate at my DC's HS, the student has to have a 4.000 or higher. My older DC had a 3.997. It was frustratingly close, but he is doing very well in college and it really does not matter in the end.

[Anonymous]

Maybe 2.5% extra were already a stretch

[Anonymous]

If your kid is old enough to be in A2, your kid can talk to the teacher and see if there is something that they can do to earn the extra .1-- extra credit, test corrections or the like. In DC's school, some teachers will give extra work or just bump closed grades because they take pity on your kid-- although that might depend on whether you kid gave 100% vs missing the cutoff because of a lot of missing homework. Some teachers will not bump grades ever. It is entirely teacher dependent and entirely the teacher's call.

Your kid can try. But, he should ask for extra work, and not just a grade bump. And it must be your kid who talks to the teacher and works it out. You need to stay out of it. And under no circumstances do you go over the teacher's head. You want the principal or counselor to do what-- change the FCPS grading scale? Your kid earned an A- Good lesson for next time not to cut it so close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid is old enough to be in A2, your kid can talk to the teacher and see if there is something that they can do to earn the extra .1-- extra credit, test corrections or the like. In DC's school, some teachers will give extra work or just bump closed grades because they take pity on your kid-- although that might depend on whether you kid gave 100% vs missing the cutoff because of a lot of missing homework. Some teachers will not bump grades ever. It is entirely teacher dependent and entirely the teacher's call.

Your kid can try. But, he should ask for extra work, and not just a grade bump. And it must be your kid who talks to the teacher and works it out. You need to stay out of it. And under no circumstances do you go over the teacher's head. You want the principal or counselor to do what-- change the FCPS grading scale? Your kid earned an A- Good lesson for next time not to cut it so close.

This is all great advice. Go on SIS and see if there were any missing assignments or anything specific that could have made the difference

[Anonymous]

I'm a college professor and every semester there's a student or two in this situation. It is what it is. There's a line and you have to draw it somewhere. If you move it down there's a whole new group of students in the same situation. It's an important life lesson: you can't manipulate or fake your way around a credit score, right?

Let your kid use this as a life experience. They did well. Almost an A. Congratulate them for this. But teach them that the grade earned is the grade earned. Anything else would be a disservice in the long run, IMO.

[Anonymous]

Everyone I know who knows anyone who went to JMU says they all love it! So there's that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a college professor and every semester there's a student or two in this situation. It is what it is. There's a line and you have to draw it somewhere. If you move it down there's a whole new group of students in the same situation. It's an important life lesson: you can't manipulate or fake your way around a credit score, right?

Let your kid use this as a life experience. They did well. Almost an A. Congratulate them for this. But teach them that the grade earned is the grade earned. Anything else would be a disservice in the long run, IMO.

+100 That is life.