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[quote=Anonymous]Something tells me this wasn’t an A student before AP bio.

OP, not every kid CAN do well in AP classes.  Be honest: was your daughter really prepared for AP bio?

And, do you have a pattern of blaming the teacher when your daughter struggles?  Be honest.  It is interesting that your response to your daughter’s failing grade is to blame the teacher.

My son is an A student, and we have always emphasized to him that he is responsible for his grades.  We don’t listen to excuses about teachers and he knows that if he mentioned his friends’ grades, we would tell him that we are not his friends’ parents and their grades are not relevant to our discussion.  As a result, our kid advocates for himself and would have come to us for help (or even a tutor) long before a poor grade at the end of the quarter.  There are always some parents griping about teachers on our mom chat group, but my son usually confirms to me that these kids aren’t submitting work or aren’t working at the level their mommies believe them to be, so I stay out of it.

Did you get your daughter a tutor early in the quarter?  Did you check her progress regularly to make sure all was well, or is this grade a complete surprise to you?  If it is a surprise, that’s most likely on your daughter.[/quote]

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