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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My student is a straight A student and we still have AP teachers who don’t return essays in a timely manner. It’s not fair. [/quote]

If that’s the worst thing happening in her and your life right now, you are blessed, indeed.[/quote]

Touché. And if having a too much to grade is the worst thing in your life, consider yourself blessed. [/quote]

Why are you trying to start a parent/ teacher conflict?  Find a better way.  [/quote]

I simply stated it wasn’t fair for my child to not get back their grades in a timely manner. Someone (presumably a teacher) responded with if that’s the worst thing in your life, consider yourself blessed. I responded in kind.

See how that works?[/quote]

Retaliation?  You just deepen the hurt.  Be the better person.[/quote]

You literally accused me of starting a conflict when I did nothing of the sort. The teacher started the conflict. lol.

Can the teacher be a better person and not respond to my simple statement about grades without retaliation? [/quote]

But the person responding isn’t the AP teacher you’re having a problem with. Take it to that teacher. There are many teachers on this forum and we are doing the best we can in an impossible situation. [b]When you criticize our profession, we tend to get defensive because we work hard and we care. [/b]We have to be the better person all the time because both admin and students love to pin us as the problem.

So yes, a teacher took too long getting a grade back to your child. Yes, that’s a problem and that’s unfair. But we also see the reason why: that teacher has to grade at home so they may have other circumstances (family, health) that have to come first. Not an excuse. Just reality. [/quote]

I made one post and didn’t criticize the progression whatsoever. All I said was it isn’t fair for my child to not get feedback in a timely manner. 3 months is ridiculous.

A simple response of “you’re right, it’s not,” would be appropriate. Instead I got, “if that’s the only thing bad in your life you are blessed.” I don’t see teachers trying to understand the parents’ view at all. And for what it’s worth, I was an FCPS teacher so I know what’s possible. And 3 months to get something back graded for anyone isn’t ok. Period. That’s a fact and that’s not “criticizing the profession.”[/quote]

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