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[quote=Anonymous]A pp is correct; giving D’s to failing students in Spanish 1 ensures that they will enter Spanish 2 knowing nothing. If your child is in middle school, don’t worry about the grade; you don’t have to include it on the high school transcript. Your child will need to repeat Spanish 1 or try a different language. Some kids switch to American Sign Language in high school to meet their world language requirement for graduation and find it easier.

My dd took Spanish 1A in 6th grade and earned B’s and the occasional C. She was in Spanish 1B in 7th grade during the pandemic virtual learning year. She learned nothing and had tons of missing assignments. She technically passed (D), but I knew she wasn’t prepared for Spanish 2, so I had her retake Spanish 1B as an 8th grader. She got C’s and still didn’t seem to know the material, so we had a come to Jesus meeting and I told her she would retake Spanish 1 her freshman year and she’d better really work at it because it was her FOURTH consecutive year taking it and her last shot. She mostly got B’s and occasional C’s. She’s a sophomore in Spanish 2 this year and she’s a straight C student in that class, but she’s passing and doesn’t have to take a world language after this year.

I understand your desire for a teacher to boost a grade. DD had a 79.46 in a class and asked the teacher if there was anything she (dd) could do to get up to a B and her teacher said no. It was disappointing because dd had worked really hard in that class, but she just came up short. That happens sometimes in life, but instead of being bitter about it, she needs to learn to use that experience as motivation to work even harder.[/quote]

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