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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child returned from being sick and had to immediately take a quiz that day with the class that they had been told when they were absent. My child explained to the teacher they had been sick and didn’t even know about the quiz. Didn’t matter. The teacher made them take it. They failed it. I guess the teacher felt sorry for my child and allowed them to retake it. But what a jerk making them take it in the first place and causing undue stress on my child. [/quote]

Imagine being so addicted to outrage that even when the situation is corrected, you still need strangers to validate your tantrum. Your kid moved on faster than you did.[/quote]

Are you a teacher or something? I can’t imagine getting this worked up about someone else’s experience and trying to invalidate them. I was asked about the details and answered. Some teachers are not compassionate after illnesses, that’s all. This was one example. I have others too. [/quote]

DP.  Former teacher here.

The teacher gave the child a make up quiz.  What is the big deal?
The rest of the class was taking the quiz--maybe the quiz included a lot of earlier information he should have known, maybe not.

And, has PP ever told us how many days the kid was out?  Was this an assigned quiz or a pop quiz?

Nevertheless, the child made up the quiz.  What is the big deal?[/quote]

In that case this could have been a great opportunity for a one on one check in with the student about when they would take the quiz, review any other work missed. Instead the teacher wasted the student’s time, and their own time grading (aren't we always hearing about teachers buried under piles of grading?!?) just to make a kid fail. Is it criminal? [b]No but it’s unprofessional and more to the point violates FCPS polices. You know, like those attendance policies students and parents are supposed to care SO much about.

A culture of not following the rules seems to start with the teacher[/b].[/quote]

This exactly. Thank you.[/quote]

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