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[quote=Anonymous]Hello, my question is pretty straightforward.

I live in a country where when I was in high school at the end of each semester, all our teachers would have one-on-one time with each and every student regarding their grade.

So, we would get our grades on paper but prior there would be time alone with your teacher where you would basically haggle for your grade.

I don't know how else to describe it other than the word "haggle".

For example, I'd walk into my teachers classroom and we would sit down and she would straight up ask me "What grade do you think you deserve?" or "What grade do you think you're going to get?". And I remember one time I responded "an A" to my teacher and she laughed in my face. I was 14 years old haha.

Now, the reason I used the word "haggle" is because I would hear other students come out of their "meetings" with the teacher and say something like, "OMG she was gonna give me a C but I persuaded her to give me a B!" This happened a lot. Whereas I myself had no haggling skills.

This would bother me so much because I would think, well if at the end of the semester if the teacher thinks a student deserves a C, HOW could they change their mind? You're the teacher!

Anyway I'm really curious to know if this was the case for you too, or if this doesn't happen at all in the US? Because where I'm from this is their method.

Thank you[/quote]

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