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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is only March. Shouldn’t there be more projects to come, that will balance the grade out a bit more? Otherwise what are they doing in that class from now until June?

Maybe she can’t redo the project but could she do some work for extra credit? Something like that? This seems very harsh.

IME most HS electives teachers are reluctant to actually fail a kid, unless there is a severe issue with effort or behavior. One of my own kids also has a horrid experience with ceramics BTW. Also related to big project gone wrong. I think she ended up with a C in there when all was said and done. Maybe even a B-. But, it was very stressful.

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They have 2 terms. Term 1 ends at the end of March and term 2 starts in April so her grade for term 1 will be F. That’s the term she will have to retake next year. Im waiting for the teacher to get back to me on what else she could do but she said the teacher did refuse giving her more time [/quote]

So even if she tries to retake next yr, it’s going to still be there on her transcript when she is applying to colleges in the fall. That is BS.  I’d talk to the teacher and take it to the principal or dean of students if the teacher is not being reasonable.  No one she get an F in ceramics that is showing up and putting in effort. Projects breaking is part of the process in ceramics. This isn’t college, this is a high school elective- meant to expose kids to arts. That is literally the purpose of these electives.  As long as students are following the directions to the best of their ability they should pass with at least a B. It isn’t supposed to be a class that demands proficiency or expertise. [/quote]

Art is not an elective any more than math or PE are electives. You get to choose which one you want to take. But you have to take it. And just like math and PE require proficiency to get a good grade, so does the fine arts class. Its not just About exposure. [/quote]

Ceramics class is absolutely an elective, as is PE[/quote]

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