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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid at Potomac had this issue and discussed it with me.  Pretty similar scenario as OP describes.  I encouraged talking to their advisor. Advisor agreed it was unacceptable and counseled kid to go to Virchow. Virchow set up an in person meeting with kid - discussed issue in depth. Virchow was open and receptive, acknowledged it was not okay, and agreed to address issue with teacher. Everything worked out fine. There are proper ways to handle these things and posting on DCUM isn’t it - won’t help your kid one bit.

Plus, OP’s saying she needs to have access to an online record of every grade her kid gets in a class is absurd unless she has reason not to trust her kid. By upper school if you still feel the need, or your kid actually needs, you to watch for every single grade they receive all year long, you have a problem.  By upper school a kid needs to have some independence and accountability. [b]One of the strengths of Potomac is their belief that a kid needs to learn to self advocate - and not just with the teacher but all the way to the top - Virchow in this case.[/b] Support your kid, give him advice, but let him handle it. [/quote]

This whole “self advocacy” thing is great in theory, but doesn’t always work. Some kids just aren’t good at it and don’t want to come across in a negative way to a teacher. And to be honest, if a teacher waits until semester’s end to grade pretty much everything, or assigns a different weighting to a grade than a child or parent expects, it often winds up a surprise low grade that the kid/parent doesn’t expect. It looks shady and subjective on the teacher’s part. This has happened to my DC more than once and not fun. Grades have unfortunately become too important to just let pass by and teachers should be able to provide some transparency to the process.[/quote]

So if your kid wants to be a lawyer, Potomac is great school. If the admin does not respond to their concerns, the students (not the parents) should sue the school. Any student that starts the suit should get a great reference for college.[/quote][/quote]

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