Anonymous
Post 08/17/2024 06:48     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My niece is starting 11th grade and has never received less than an A since first grade in any subject at her private school. Maybe your kid just isn't good enough?


Your niece probably goes to a third tier private.

OP’s child probably goes to a Big3 at which some teachers refuse to give out As on principle.

Maybe get a life? Insulting children you don’t know is so classy.


You both sound lovely. You’d probably be great friends irl.

Typical.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2024 06:33     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:To OP, you should have your kid communicate with the teachers to see what improvement is needed. Even in big 3, grade inflation is the norm nowadays. They say STA now has average GPA at 3.8. B+ basically means below standard. I would worry if your kid's gpa is much lower than A- consistently.


You posted this about STA in multiple threads and you need to stop. It's not true and STA doesn't even use a 4.0 scale.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2024 04:48     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Don't you have a system where they see their assignments and grades (not you, the kid)? They should absolutely know what they earned on each assignment. It's pretty easy to figure out what they didn't earn an A on. Beyond that, they (again, not you) need to talk to the teacher to see why they earned what they did.


There’s a couple schools around here that refuse to use learning management systems and have no accountability for the teachers to return grades or have transparency in any way

Ugh, really? Can you say which ones you know of? I think it’s important for students to have as much feedback and transparency as possible about their grades and progress in class, but it honestly didn’t occur to me that not all schools provide that (I’m aware that many schools don’t have *parent* access to this granular info—I’m talking about student access).


Potomac lacks an LMS and there is no accountability for how grades are determined or conveyed. Parents and students have no way to track grades other than what the teacher writes in an interim report or conveys verbally. There is no common algorthym used to calculate grades. It's ridiculous and needs to be addressed.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2024 01:35     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
To OP, you should have your kid communicate with the teachers to see what improvement is needed. Even in big 3, grade inflation is the norm nowadays. They say STA now has average GPA at 3.8. B+ basically means below standard. I would worry if your kid's gpa is much lower than A- consistently.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 23:41     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:My niece is starting 11th grade and has never received less than an A since first grade in any subject at her private school. Maybe your kid just isn't good enough?


Your niece probably goes to a third tier private.

OP’s child probably goes to a Big3 at which some teachers refuse to give out As on principle.

Maybe get a life? Insulting children you don’t know is so classy.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 22:48     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC couldn't figure out where points got deducted, thought it's a A.


Enroll in GDS high school where everyone gets all A’s.


Seriously?


Most definitely not. Troll.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 21:23     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Sounds like we need to move to the French system.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 21:21     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC couldn't figure out where points got deducted, thought it's a A.


Enroll in GDS high school where everyone gets all A’s.


Seriously?
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 21:19     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DC couldn't figure out where points got deducted, thought it's a A.


So one of my kid’s friend will write a paper for English like an hour or two before it is due. The kid gets A’s every time. This is at a big3 that many posters complain about the grading being too hard in English.


How in the world would your kid know this for every paper? My high school kids don't know what their best friends get on papers and they certainly don't know exactly when they write them either.

I will say that some kids lie and exaggerate a lot about grades at these schools. Many can't be taken at their word-my kids have learned this over time-especially at college time. Some of the kids who bragged about grades for years actually weren't doing well.


Well you are wrong in this case. Those two are really good friends but competitive with each other.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 18:34     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:These grades aren't effort grades. They reflect the quality of the work.

+1
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 18:10     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:My niece is starting 11th grade and has never received less than an A since first grade in any subject at her private school. Maybe your kid just isn't good enough?


I am always weirded out when anyone knows that much about a niece or nephew.

I don’t have a clue about their grades, nor would I care to ask. Why do you know this or ask about it?
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 17:54     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:My niece is starting 11th grade and has never received less than an A since first grade in any subject at her private school. Maybe your kid just isn't good enough?


You sound like a real treat!
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 17:45     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
"Should I try to be a straight A student? If you are, then you think too much"
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 17:35     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
Anonymous wrote:My niece is starting 11th grade and has never received less than an A since first grade in any subject at her private school. Maybe your kid just isn't good enough?


Really? This is unnecessary, not helpful, and just a way to brag. Of course there are others have children with no B's too, but that doesn't help the OP.
Anonymous
Post 08/16/2024 17:11     Subject: Why is it difficult to get As in private school? DC worked really hard, and all assignments are good, still got a B+
My niece is starting 11th grade and has never received less than an A since first grade in any subject at her private school. Maybe your kid just isn't good enough?