Email school or let it go? (grading issue)

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Anonymous wrote:One thing I wonder if OP has considered is he turned it in and the work was terrible so the teacher just let the 50 stand. I have done that. Kids score a 35% on the rubric but I don’t want to score them lower than a kid who did nothing would get so I round it up to a 50. Typically that comes with the chance to redo, but not in the last week of school.

Doubtful as the kid had an A already in the class up to that point.

Yeah but he was absent and it was the last week and he turned it in 2 days later … he might’ve rushed it. Keep in mind, the A could’ve been from the benefit of the retakes we have to allow kids now. You never know.

No because retakes can only earn 80% max - that’s not an A.

Do you not know how averages work? I didn’t say every single thing he ever did was retaken which would then be a B. But he had an A. Not an A+, not a 99%, so it’s possible he did well on some things and redid others. We really don’t know. The most likely scenario is he told mom he turned it in and actually didn’t.

How would you know? It could just as easily be the scenario described earlier. Grades were due Tuesday so she submitted them with the 50% still in there and didn’t change it after he turned in the paper. Either way, why didn’t she respond to the email?

It seems like to already know, so why respond? The assignment was turned in after grades were due.

He had every right to turn it in late as he was sick Tuesday. What is so hard about this?

Once the grades are submitted, the gradebook is locked. A teacher is not gonna go back and update one grade.

That’s why I suggested to email someone in admin who can fix it.

But OP has fled. What do I care?!

But admin is not going to fix it without talking to the teacher. They’re not just going to change a student’s grades because they got an email.

I think they will since it’s literally an A- vs an A and like so many have said, it’s middle school, so who really cares about the grade? They don’t want a parent on their back. Easier to give in at this point.

I disagree. They don't even know if he turned it in...and the kid is leaving.

If OP would update we would see what happens!