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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She should have everything in writing emails if possible and write detailed and dated notes when having office hours.

Then I would go to the department chair and maybe a Dean?  I don’t know what university she is at, but some have a class Dean for each year, college Deans, Dean of the Faculty?  Dean of Student Wellness? I would go to one of those, but she needs concrete examples of what happened not just the professor doesn’t like me and won’t give me an A.

I had this once and as much as the Dean and others tried to help me (this was decades ago) the professor had too much sway.  I ended up transferring universities ( was not my senior year and was not related to a grade but the actions of this person). I did great at my next university and went on to an excellent graduate school.  My family who had gone to this university for a long time has not sent any family members since my leaving.  My grandparents still gave $ (because they are old and I was blamed for a bit), but my aunts and uncles saw what happened to me and wouldn’t even let their kids apply!  Again this was decades ago and the person isn’t there anymore.

I survived and it was a life lesson and a lesson that when someone tells you who they are believe them and you’ll have to navigate situations in life and your career that aren’t fair but that person has more “seniority”
Than you do that is how it goes sometimes. Doesn’t mean you should take it, but only your daughter knows what is happening.  Some kids freak out if they are A students and they don’t get an A.  Or they took a graduate level class in some department they had never studied before.  Being interested in the material and themes doesn’t mean you actually are retaining the material/ doing what the course requires.

There is no pass/ fail she can switch the grade too and it is too late to drop the course?  Ask her those questions too.

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Thanks, PP. This is definitely not about getting an A. I wish I'd known earlier in the year about the situation. Thanks for sharing your perspective.[/quote]

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