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[quote=Anonymous]Is he Japanese?
I am Japanese. Japan has one of the highest rates of student suicides due to academic pressure. 
This teacher, who was likely trained in Japan, and is sensitive to the culture, had difficulty compromising on how he was taught to grade. Americans are known to grade very leniently, but the rest of the world doesn't do that. 
So he's boxed himself in: all he can do is tell kids that all this academic stress is not good for them. In the end, they'll go to college, and get jobs, and if the college is not an Ivy, it doesn't matter. They can still have wonderful careers.

If you really want your kid to have As in his class, you need to hire a tutor. Please do not expect someone who is not culturally American to grade like an American. When I was a teaching assistant in a US university, the professor pointed to all the foreign TAs and told us that she knew we were going to be harsh graders (we came from all over the world). She asked us to be as lenient as possible... because the department did not want to harassed by parents! My jaw dropped to the floor. It was the first time I heard about parents inserting themselves in their kids' education. Where I come from, all respect is given to the sensei.

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