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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me get this straight: you are blaming the teacher because your kid is getting a low-grade?[/quote]

Way too many teachers in FCPS suck, don't grade on a timely basis, and don't provide meaningful feedback over the course of a quarter.  It's sad because it wasn't always this way in FCPS, but the quality of teachers has gone way down and some of these people absolutely would not last more than a few weeks in a typical job.

The only thing that's suspect about OP's post is that it's now past the end of the second quarter [b]so it seems like OP ought to have known there was an issue with the teacher and with her kid's performance prior to now[/b] (unless the teacher did their job in the first quarter and then just dropped the ball in Q2).  [/quote]

I'm sorry but this is just not accurate. My kid is a good student but has a very hard course load this year. It's a lot harder. And 2 of her teachers have not updated grades in weeks, one since the first quarter test in November. I have ZERO idea what the grade will be and neither does my child. Do I think DC failed? No. Because for some reason the HW is going in and DC is turning that in. Ditto the second class. But no quizzes. No tests. So if there was something bombed or less than ideal -it happens and has happened this year- there is no chance to make it up, do test corrections, etc. It is what it is.

And in my kid's case, the semester grades to matter for a specific activity and schools will be seeing them.

Lastly, I don't want to hear about it re: test corrections and the like. I don't like them and DC hasn't needed them before this year. But if they are allowed as a matter of policy, and other kids are taking advantage, then mine will too.  But, it's absurd and a complete dereliction of duty to not grade things in a way that is meaningful or useful. In this case, they were not graded at all, for weeks, over the course of an entire quarter. [b]You want to be treated like professionals? Act like it.[/b] [/quote]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Oh... were you serious? Because you are not the teacher's supervisor. And the teacher really doesn't care what you think about her.
But I hope your little rant felt good.
Maybe channel some of that energy on your super bright snowflake who is earning a D. smh[/quote]

First of all, you need to grow the F up. Again, if you want to be treated like a professional, act like it. I'd never last a day in my field with failing to carry out basic duties of the position, and with comments like your post (and those of some on here).

I never said I was a supervisor but my opinions are not irrelevant either. The teacher may not care, but I know my pyramid and the will def care when I get through talking to the principal. That's a fact, whether you want to accept it or not.

My "super bright snowflake" isn't earning a "D", so you can also check your assumptions. This is about teachers fulfilling the basic requirements of their job. PERIOD. And there is nothing any parent can do in the immediate future to change the "planning time" or whatever it is you think you need to do that. I'm sorry some of you have to work on weekends. JOIN THE CLUB for just about any other profession out there. [/quote]

What in the world made you think a teacher wrote that post? A parent could’ve easily written that. You’re right, nothing is changing, so get used to it.[/quote]

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