JessicaR
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OK I am going to explain the situation with as many details and I can. I am trying to get a feel for how this should be handled. My instincts may be incorrect.
My son is a junior in high school. He is a good student. Friday, his English teacher said he was getting an F for the third quarter. The first two quarters he got an A and a B+. She said he didn't turn in three assignments. These were graded as tests this quarter.
He told her the assignments were all handed in and proceeded to tell her the subject of each assignment.
A little back story - this teacher came to the school after his initial English teacher had to leave suddenly in February. The present teacher came into the class more than half way through the year.
During the class on Friday the teacher told him she found one of his assignments so she raised his grade to a D. He still insisted the other assignments were handed in.
The end of class on Friday they spoke again. She told him to go home and look for the assignments. He told her they were never returned to him he wouldnt find them at home.
So, he comes home Friday and he is obviously upset and frustrated. We discuss what took place.
I tried to catch her at school. No luck. I emailed her Friday afternoon.
More back story - I have instilled a, its your responsibility and your job to resolve your issues with your teachers since he was little. He is 17 so far so good. We have had maybe two issues where I have had to intervene.
So then over the weekend I tell him he has to spend the weekend re-doing the two assignments. He does. All weekend long he checks to see if she has returned the email. No. I didn't expect her to sine it was the wekend.
Today comes and he goes to her class early to talk. He said she was annoyed with him. Referencing the email from me. He tells her he re-did the work. She said do you have it on you now? He said yes. He believed she would not accept the work but she did. She told him the best he can hope for is a C-. He tells her that the D kept him off honor roll. She tells him well the C- is the best since the work is late. My son said its isn't late it was handed in on time the first time. She said if you are implying that I lost your work you are wrong. He said but you found one assignment that you originally said was lost. With that he got a, sit in your seat class is starting.
So class is over they speak again briefly.Basically she said I will grade these assignments and talk to you tomorrow.
I'm a bit ticked that I received no reply. I'm a parent that contacted my child's teacher and asked questions politely. I feel a reply to at least say you received an email would be a good start. Nothing?
So tomorrow is another day and we'll see what happens.
Thoughts? Please.
My son is a junior in high school. He is a good student. Friday, his English teacher said he was getting an F for the third quarter. The first two quarters he got an A and a B+. She said he didn't turn in three assignments. These were graded as tests this quarter.
He told her the assignments were all handed in and proceeded to tell her the subject of each assignment.
A little back story - this teacher came to the school after his initial English teacher had to leave suddenly in February. The present teacher came into the class more than half way through the year.
During the class on Friday the teacher told him she found one of his assignments so she raised his grade to a D. He still insisted the other assignments were handed in.
The end of class on Friday they spoke again. She told him to go home and look for the assignments. He told her they were never returned to him he wouldnt find them at home.
So, he comes home Friday and he is obviously upset and frustrated. We discuss what took place.
I tried to catch her at school. No luck. I emailed her Friday afternoon.
More back story - I have instilled a, its your responsibility and your job to resolve your issues with your teachers since he was little. He is 17 so far so good. We have had maybe two issues where I have had to intervene.
So then over the weekend I tell him he has to spend the weekend re-doing the two assignments. He does. All weekend long he checks to see if she has returned the email. No. I didn't expect her to sine it was the wekend.
Today comes and he goes to her class early to talk. He said she was annoyed with him. Referencing the email from me. He tells her he re-did the work. She said do you have it on you now? He said yes. He believed she would not accept the work but she did. She told him the best he can hope for is a C-. He tells her that the D kept him off honor roll. She tells him well the C- is the best since the work is late. My son said its isn't late it was handed in on time the first time. She said if you are implying that I lost your work you are wrong. He said but you found one assignment that you originally said was lost. With that he got a, sit in your seat class is starting.
So class is over they speak again briefly.Basically she said I will grade these assignments and talk to you tomorrow.
I'm a bit ticked that I received no reply. I'm a parent that contacted my child's teacher and asked questions politely. I feel a reply to at least say you received an email would be a good start. Nothing?
So tomorrow is another day and we'll see what happens.
Thoughts? Please.
Verbatim almost! The works werent saved because they had to be hand written. The prior teacher did not hand work back. This teacher did. I questioned why he didn't notice. He said he didn't notice because she collects homework as well and hands that back so he was under the impression it was just other work being handed back collectively.
