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[quote=Anonymous]My MS kid had to do a classroom assignment with a partner--it was not a written one, it was to do an oral presentation. I saw my kid practice-his content was polished and seemed fine to me.  But my kid said that the other kid refused to practice and learn any of their part of the presentation that my kid developed, and danced around during the presentation, saying nothing but making all the kids laugh.

My kid did the presentation, but ended up with a C...by far the worst grade they've gotten all year.  It was enough to knock their MP4 grade down from A to B.  However, with the MCPS generous grading, my kid still gets an A for the semester since the MP3 grade was an A.

I'm familiar with the perils of group work, and having to cover for slacker team members, and know it's part of having kids "navigate social dynamics" to finish work that others don't do.  But this time, my kid couldn't have covered for a half of live presentation.

Any words of wisdom or suggestions?  Unfortunately it just happened last week, I know grades were probably due on Friday, and I don't want to be "that parent" who complains about something that in the end will not be changed, so assume I should should just let it go.  But my kid was pretty discouraged, and to me, it doesn't sound fair.  You have to be pretty bad in MCPS to get a C from what I've seen, and my kid doesn't have the ability to control another student who doesn't want to participate in the way the grading rubric requires.[/quote]

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