Anonymous
06/14/2026 10:22
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, we had to intervene last semester for our daughter with her AP Calc grade. She had a B+ for the semester and needed just 2/10 of a point to make it an A-. Daughter asked teacher who refused the option of doing some extra work for the bump. Daughter was deferred to her dream school and felt the B+ would hurt her chances. College counselor was unsuccessful at convincing teacher to help DD. Got the HOS involved, who was able to get the job done. Teacher is just an awful witch and we are glad to be done with her. Bottom line, have your kid try first and then if all fails, get involved.
what a terrible life lesson
Not at all when you have a witch as a teacher.
Did all the kids in the class - with the same teacher - have their grade raised by admin? Or just OP’s (your?) kid? Have you shared this with all the other parents and/or students?
Didn’t think so.
OP here...because it was a razor thin difference, it made total sense for my kid. I believe there was probably others, and honestly, we didn't even bring it up initially. The college counselor working with my kid is the one who initiated it all, likely because this teacher is such a horrible person.
Riiight. The counselor initiated. Totally believable.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 10:22
Subject: Re:Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Are you for real? I’m trying to imagine asking NCS, STA, Sidwell to change a grade bc parent feels kid is an A- vs B+ student.
Um this definitely happens there. Entitled families.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 10:18
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, we had to intervene last semester for our daughter with her AP Calc grade. She had a B+ for the semester and needed just 2/10 of a point to make it an A-. Daughter asked teacher who refused the option of doing some extra work for the bump. Daughter was deferred to her dream school and felt the B+ would hurt her chances. College counselor was unsuccessful at convincing teacher to help DD. Got the HOS involved, who was able to get the job done. Teacher is just an awful witch and we are glad to be done with her. Bottom line, have your kid try first and then if all fails, get involved.
what a terrible life lesson
Not at all when you have a witch as a teacher.
Did all the kids in the class - with the same teacher - have their grade raised by admin? Or just OP’s (your?) kid? Have you shared this with all the other parents and/or students?
Didn’t think so.
OP here...because it was a razor thin difference, it made total sense for my kid. I believe there was probably others, and honestly, we didn't even bring it up initially. The college counselor working with my kid is the one who initiated it all, likely because this teacher is such a horrible person.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 10:12
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We had an enormous problem with a teacher who gave my DC a B+ on essay that should have been an A+. We even pointed her to the school magazine which showed that we were a top donor for three years running - AND STILL SHE DIDN'T budge. Adding insult to injury, in a meeting with the teacher and the HOS, the teacher said she had given my DC a break since she didn't take off for factual errors and a grammar problem. This is still an unresolved issue. Left with no other recourse, we are considering a lawsuit.
Nope. Don’t believe this.
Really?
Anonymous
06/14/2026 10:01
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We had an enormous problem with a teacher who gave my DC a B+ on essay that should have been an A+. We even pointed her to the school magazine which showed that we were a top donor for three years running - AND STILL SHE DIDN'T budge. Adding insult to injury, in a meeting with the teacher and the HOS, the teacher said she had given my DC a break since she didn't take off for factual errors and a grammar problem. This is still an unresolved issue. Left with no other recourse, we are considering a lawsuit.
Nope. Don’t believe this.
Granted it’s laborious but it’s obv sarcasm
Anonymous
06/14/2026 09:59
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:We had an enormous problem with a teacher who gave my DC a B+ on essay that should have been an A+. We even pointed her to the school magazine which showed that we were a top donor for three years running - AND STILL SHE DIDN'T budge. Adding insult to injury, in a meeting with the teacher and the HOS, the teacher said she had given my DC a break since she didn't take off for factual errors and a grammar problem. This is still an unresolved issue. Left with no other recourse, we are considering a lawsuit.
Nope. Don’t believe this.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 09:55
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
We had an enormous problem with a teacher who gave my DC a B+ on essay that should have been an A+. We even pointed her to the school magazine which showed that we were a top donor for three years running - AND STILL SHE DIDN'T budge. Adding insult to injury, in a meeting with the teacher and the HOS, the teacher said she had given my DC a break since she didn't take off for factual errors and a grammar problem. This is still an unresolved issue. Left with no other recourse, we are considering a lawsuit.
Anonymous
06/14/2026 09:46
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
This thread is tragic.
Anonymous
06/13/2026 23:08
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:OP, I discreetly offered the teacher some trim and they accepted. Everybody ended up ahead.
I’ll take fiction for $200, Alex.
Anonymous
06/13/2026 22:44
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
OP, I discreetly offered the teacher some trim and they accepted. Everybody ended up ahead.
Anonymous
06/13/2026 22:01
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, we had to intervene last semester for our daughter with her AP Calc grade. She had a B+ for the semester and needed just 2/10 of a point to make it an A-. Daughter asked teacher who refused the option of doing some extra work for the bump. Daughter was deferred to her dream school and felt the B+ would hurt her chances. College counselor was unsuccessful at convincing teacher to help DD. Got the HOS involved, who was able to get the job done. Teacher is just an awful witch and we are glad to be done with her. Bottom line, have your kid try first and then if all fails, get involved.
what a terrible life lesson
Not at all when you have a witch as a teacher.
Did all the kids in the class - with the same teacher - have their grade raised by admin? Or just OP’s (your?) kid? Have you shared this with all the other parents and/or students?
Didn’t think so.
Anonymous
06/13/2026 21:30
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Sometimes you something well and still don’t get the outcome you want. Sometimes life is unfair. The answer isn’t always to fight harder. Sometimes it’s to accept it, learn from it, and move forward.
Have your daughter use the situation to her advantage. One day it may become a great answer to a job interview question, a story about resilience, perspective, and handling disappointment with grace.
I would never hire someone who talked about grade grubbing in high school in a job interview.
Anonymous
06/13/2026 18:21
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Sometimes you something well and still don’t get the outcome you want. Sometimes life is unfair. The answer isn’t always to fight harder. Sometimes it’s to accept it, learn from it, and move forward.
Have your daughter use the situation to her advantage. One day it may become a great answer to a job interview question, a story about resilience, perspective, and handling disappointment with grace.
Have your daughter use the situation to her advantage. One day it may become a great answer to a job interview question, a story about resilience, perspective, and handling disappointment with grace.
Anonymous
06/13/2026 17:25
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, we had to intervene last semester for our daughter with her AP Calc grade. She had a B+ for the semester and needed just 2/10 of a point to make it an A-. Daughter asked teacher who refused the option of doing some extra work for the bump. Daughter was deferred to her dream school and felt the B+ would hurt her chances. College counselor was unsuccessful at convincing teacher to help DD. Got the HOS involved, who was able to get the job done. Teacher is just an awful witch and we are glad to be done with her. Bottom line, have your kid try first and then if all fails, get involved.
Did she get in to the dream school after she was gifted the higher grade?
Great question.
So the parent bullied the teacher and got admin to change the grade just to appease and calm them down. “Gift” is too kind of a word. I’d say this parent simply “took” the grade they wanted. Ugh. That’s gross, actually.
It also means the kid didn’t really deserve the dream school admission if this fake grade was the deciding factor. I doubt the parent cares, though.
Anonymous
06/13/2026 17:13
Subject: Best way to get grades changed?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, we had to intervene last semester for our daughter with her AP Calc grade. She had a B+ for the semester and needed just 2/10 of a point to make it an A-. Daughter asked teacher who refused the option of doing some extra work for the bump. Daughter was deferred to her dream school and felt the B+ would hurt her chances. College counselor was unsuccessful at convincing teacher to help DD. Got the HOS involved, who was able to get the job done. Teacher is just an awful witch and we are glad to be done with her. Bottom line, have your kid try first and then if all fails, get involved.
what a terrible life lesson
Not at all when you have a witch as a teacher.
as with real life ....