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[quote=Anonymous]Teachers have bias. They have political beliefs. This is just reality. Without seeing it, it is impossible for me to tell if the poor grade really is due to the teacher disagreeing with your child’s opinions or if their thesis is unclearly written or the evidence isn’t supporting the thesis or any number of structural errors in the writing. As a teacher, I would encourage you reach out to the teacher to discuss the grade. If they insist the grade stands *because they disagree with your child’s position* then escalate but that may not be the case. Ironically, your teacher friend’s bias towards you may make their judgment on the assignment questionable.

I’m a liberal teacher, I work with conservative and liberal teachers. We can’t shove our beliefs on the kids but they can usually infer and that’s not a terrible thing, even if their beliefs don’t align. So the bias itself isn’t an issue unless it prevents your child from being fairly graded, but it’s unclear if that’s the case here [/quote]

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