(July 13, 2017 at 2:34 pm)Cecelia Wrote:(July 13, 2017 at 2:10 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: LOL, I'm sure he/she earned it! So what did you change the grade to? Did this make any kind of lasting impression on the kid or the parents?
Oh they definitely earned it. I stood my ground and refused to change the grade. The Principal didn't like it very much. He wanted me to change the grade. He took the parents side in the meeting. My department head at the time DID back me up at least. I gave the student ample opportunity to do a new paper--but they didn't want to do that.
Kind of funny story actually. A friend of mine who's an English teacher (we were friends back in college too) is a very harsh (but mostly fair) grader. By that I mean you pretty much can't get a 100% on anything unless it's straight facts. (Like a spelling quiz for example) So she's had a few parents complain about her grading too. Afterwards, she told me she'd have given the student a negative grade. (She actually has given a student a negative grade before.) She said "Change the grade. Make it a -10%"
So I take it that the kid continued to be a slacker. Ever hear from the parents again?
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
