<p>My physics teacher is a OK teacher. He teaches 'well' and does what a good teacher is suppose to do, but doesn't try to help the students outside of class at all. He's quite intimidating, is pretty darn strict about grades, and he's a teacher that's fresh out of college.</p>
<p>He's ruining my chance of getting into a good college.</p>
<p>I just took my finals for his class, and his class is pretty hard. It's a mixture between AP, IB and Honors, and also, I'm taking a class that usually upperclassmen take. We only do notes and worksheets and lab reports and take tests in his class, and if you turn in ANYTHING late, even if by just a day, he takes off HALF of the points.</p>
<p>At my school, what is considered a A- is a 89.9%. I was standing at an edge. 90.09% on my current grade, and then, I had to take his final. It was harder than I expected. I got a 84% on it. And now, I'm standing a 89.48%. And he won't give me the rest of the .42% I need in order to get an A-. I'm standing at a B+ because of it. I am so angry.</p>
<p>I know it's not exactly a big difference if I was to explain it to the interviewers, but I'm afraid they will reject me before I get a chance to explain.</p>
<p>I'm aiming for an ivy-league college or a good private college, and now by getting a B+ in that class may just ruin my chances. I officially hate that teacher.</p>
<p>I really don't think it's fair, since I'm taking an upperclassmen class and I'm an underclassmen, it's an IB and AP and Honors mixed course, and the way he grades is rather harsh as well(marking off for a slight mistake in units). I was just wondering if anyone else has experience something similar and if they would also like to share their sob story :(</p>
<p>OHMAHGAWD I GAWT A B+ I CNAT GO TO DUH HAHVAHD NAO?!?!?!? I HAET MY TAECHUR?!!111@@@23224</p>
<p>Quit *****ing. It’s not your teacher’s fault that you’re not smart enough to get an A in his class. Plus, it’s just a B+, I don’t know why you think it’s such a big deal because it’s not. CC kids these days…</p>
<p>If you signed up for the class you should have known the procedures and difficulties of the class. You took the class, so deal with it. Don’t throw out the “I’m underclassmen taking really hard AP-tier course” card. I don’t see how this teacher did anything wrong. He’s preparing you for the real world and college, where it will NOT be easy (if you’re aiming at high-tier colleges and Ivies). </p>
<p>tl;dr, QQ more. I’m sure students have solid As in that class…</p>
<p>also at above, I’m sure somebody has an A…if not then there’s a legitimate questioning to do. Also, cheating is bad.</p>
<p>High school is tough, college is competitive. The average GPA for any of the Ivy League school is a 4.0. By getting a B from one lousy teacher who doesn’t know how to grade fairly is not fair to me. If he graded fairly, and I still got the same grade, I would not be complaining right now.</p>
<p>I still don’t see how he didn’t grade fairly. It seems to me that you did okay on the work during the assignment, underestimated the final, and now are trying to justify bumping up a grade. </p>
<p>And if avg gpa for Ivy is 4.00 you should be fine as long as you take a few APs or weighted classes? Also I believe college > high school in terms of difficulties if we’re talking upper-tier schools.</p>
<p>Actually, @HarveyMuddLove, that’s the worst part. I didn’t sign up for the class. They place me in there because they messed up the schedule. I complained several times to the office, yet they still didn’t change it.</p>
<p>I’m an overachiever, I’ll say it out right if it isn’t obvious enough already. I have A’s in just about every class, except for his. I’m not even particularly bad at physics. It’s just the teacher that isn’t fair.</p>
<p>I still don’t understand how the teacher graded unfairly. Just because you got an 84 on the final, it doesn’t mean he graded unfairly. And regarding his late policy, there’s nothing wrong with that. If you don’t adhere to the policy, it’s your fault and no one else’s. From what you said in your original post, your teacher is in no way being “unfair” besides not giving you extra points that you don’t deserve. </p>
<p>Rough that you got placed in a class you weren’t supposed to be in, but that’s life. You’ll have to deal with difficult classes someday and at least now you know how it feels.</p>
<p>He gives us notes everyday on the board. If we don’t understand a problem, he doesn’t go over it. I come in during lunch to ask for help, he’s not there.</p>
<p>On a 100 point test, you can miss over 20 points for not writing ‘properly’, a.k.a the way he wants you to, on a physics test.</p>
<p>I don’t see anything in your post that indicated “unfairness” in his grading. If you’re talking about the taking off points for being late, that’s not unfair. He’s telling you that he’s going to take off points, and if you still hand whatever it is in late, that’s your fault for being irresponsible. I don’t get why you would be mad that he didn’t bump your grade up. Life’s not fair, and you have to get used to it. College professors aren’t going to give out any extra points either. Stop being overly-dramatic, one B won’t “ruin your chances of getting into a good college.” You said the final was harder than you expected, maybe next time study a little more instead of worrying about what GPA you need for ivy league schools.</p>
<p>Your teacher definitely isn’t the least fair teacher in the world. I got a B (flat) in Freshman regular English, and still got and a B+ in AP English Language this year, and still got into good colleges. Both weren’t the fairest people, but they certainly aren’t the worst either.</p>
Not for physics apparently.
You can’t grade something like physics unfairly. When it’s 20N or w/e, it’s a fact, not some subjective thing like an english essay where they can grade based on their opinions.
<p>Actually, you can grade things in physics unfairly. He took off points on a physics test for slight punctuation errors.</p>
<p>And I write 20kgm/s, he tells me he only accepts the Newton Second. They are the same thing.</p>
<p>Also, if you missed one of his classes because you were throwing up sick, and you turned in homework the next day, he would still count it as 50%.</p>
<p>Where did you hear the avg. gpa for the Ivy League is a 4.0?</p>
<p>Also, if I were an interviewer, and you tried explaining to me why you got a B+ in a class, I would give you a confused look and change the subject.</p>