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[quote=Anonymous]So, your child has a C for the 1st quarter, has a C for the second quarter, and you are hoping to take advantage of grade inflation for your child to have a B on the transcript? Sounds like your child is a C student.

When a borderline student asks me for an extra point or for make up work or to bump their grade, I look at two things. Are there a string of missing assignments? If so, not sympathetic- student dug the hole for themselves. If all work was turned in, what are the test grades? If they are also Cs, then the student is a C student and the grade is appropriate. If test scores are Bs (in both quarters)  but one assessment was poor and is pulling the grade down, I will consider bumping the final semester grade. If your kid didn't turn in all the rest of the work and doesn't have Bs on major assessments, I would accept the C and do better next time.

Grades are supposed to have meaning. Our current grading practices are incredibly flexible and lenient (50% rule, retaking quizzes, turning in makeup work, rounding up letter grades). Kids and parents still grade grub, and it's incredibly irritating. If you still can't manage to get the grade you want, then maybe you don't deserve it.

- HS teacher[/quote]

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