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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. DD has repeatedly asked for feedback and been ignored or scolded. That's why I am asking for advice: DD is doing all the things she ought to be doing and getting nowhere. At my suggestion, she has recently been ccing her advisor on all emails to this teacher. Her advisor is aware that this teacher flies off the handle with kids and apparently the teacher has been counseled about it... I had hoped that the problem was resolved, but apparently not.

Unfortunately, there are many assignments where completely "objective" assessments are difficult. This is a language class and there are rarely multiple choice tests. More typically it's "write an essay about how you would spend a weekend with friends" or "Make a video presentation of a tour through your neighborhood" or whatever. Often there are group projects. That is to say, lots of room for subjectivity in assessments.[/quote]

You say this, but think of it from a teacher's perspective.

I cannot TELL you how many times a parent claimed that their child had "asked for feedback."  Which in reality, was when the assignment was handed back, and 35 kids are asking questions about their grades, the student said "Why did I get a C?" while all other students are also talking and asking questions, and we are reviewing the questions,  or whatever.  That's not asking for feedback.  That's complaining.  [/quote]

OP here. DD's class has six students in it. Six. I have a ton of sympathy for teachers who are juggling 35 kids, but... this teacher should have time to help a student who is struggling. And I have read all DD's emails to this teacher. They are appropriate and specific. She just does not respond. And I am definitely not a helicopter parent: over more than a decade with three kids, I have intervened maybe twice when I thought something was seriously, seriously off the rails. My default is "work it out, suck it up." In fact, If this was my younger child saying what DD is saying, I'd be thinking, "it is probably her own fault." But with his teacher, and this child, I am concerned.[/quote]

You sound completely reasonable. I get that older high schoolers need to be able to advocate on their own, but this is beyond that.

Good luck OP.[/quote]

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