<p>So a few years ago while I was in highschool I took math analysis and my teacher told me to not show up to the final because I was going to receive a C in the class regardless. However, the next day he said would bump everyone who had a C to a B..is this fair? He strictly told me not to go..I am thinking of going to the head of our math department to sort this out. Do I have a shot? btw, this is the only C I have ever received in any course at my CC.</p>
<p>No, you almost certainly won’t get any satisfaction in this situation. You waited too long to bring this to the administration’s attention (as you stated that this happened a number of years ago). There is a very small window of opportunity to file a grievance. Check with your cc’s records office, but the deadline to contest grades is usually only a few weeks after they are posted.</p>
<p>I believe there is a one year deadline if the teacher made a mistake. However, my counselor told me if it was something immoral/unethical then you may still be able to change it a number of years later.</p>
<p>so you are mad because you did not go to the finals, although you should have anyways?
now you’re trying to rain on your fellow student’s parade?</p>
<p>No, i’m not mad about that. I’m mad about the fact that he told me not to go.</p>
<p>Well it seems to me that you were fine with getting a C in the first place because that’s the grade he said you would get regardless… and you’re bringing it up a few years after it happened.</p>
<p>well since you’re in the transfer forum I dont see why this would even matter now…you obviously are looking to transfer from a CC so that makes your HS grades moot anyways. So, I say if you want revenge or something write your teacher a condescending letter after you get accepted to a UC since they obviously didnt think you could do such a thing and then leave at that. As they always say, “success is the best revenge.” However, even that is a little childish, so really I’d say just ignore the whole situation. I still dont understand why this matters now. lol</p>
<p>^i think OP took this class while in highschool, but at a CC. no?</p>
<p>I wouldnt even bother if I was you. The dean will only change a grade if you can show you deserved a higher grade than you got…which is not the case since the grade you got was the one you earned. Unless you present all your test scores and homework scores which would show you deserved a B in the class, he/she will just laugh at you. </p>
<p>Not being mean just telling it how it is.</p>
<p>Yeah I took the class at a CC while I was in highschool. It drops my UC transferable gpa to a 3.8, smh…the weird thing about this teacher was that he didn’t really have any clear guidelines as to what was an A/B/C…this guy was crazy lol.</p>
<p>Ohhh kk. Well, teachers are required to keep all student papers and tests (that they don’t hand back for your records of course) for a number or years…I want to say 5…before they can discard them. My father is a teacher at a CC and he told me this once. So, you can always present your old paperwork and any paperwork that your teacher was supposed to present to prove that you deserved a higher grade, if you really did. If the teacher didn’t follow the rules and through away papers that he claimed to have kept (aka never handed back and you have proof somehow) then sometimes your department dean will rule in your favor and grant the grade change since the teacher didn’t keep the paperwork to prove otherwise. On the other hand though, your teacher probably told you that you would get a “C” either way because the test wasn’t worth enough points to put you above a “C” and he just didn’t want to fail you so he gave you a passing grade despite the fact that you didn’t take the final. This sounds more plausible, and in that regards he was actually being nice. Think about it this way: How many points had you accumulated in the class up until the final? how many points was available in the total class? And how many points was the final worth? If you had these three answers than we could fingure out exactly why your teacher did what he did, and exactly what your options were/if any at the time. Either way, if you have a legit case you could still appeal your grade but it has to be proven by points and shown work that this is the case.</p>
<p>Well all of our tests were group tests I believe and the major problem was that, many of the other students in the class had the same points as me but still received a B whereas I received a C. That’s my concern and complaint. I have several people that can vouch for me as well.</p>
<p>unless you have proof that they had the EXACT same amount of points then it doesn’t matter (actually proof not just people saying they did). You have to remember that grades are a points game. Maybe those people were one or two points ahead of you and those one or two points are what you needed to push your grade up one grade. I really don’t think your teacher was just trying to scam you. Either you miss understood what they were saying or your teacher was just being nice in saying he’ll give you a C since thats the best you can get with the final and he just wanted to pass you whether you take the final or not.</p>
<p>This reminds me of a programming class I had once.</p>
<p>I know he intentionally didn’t mean to scam me, but I believe he did. I’m going to speak to him tomorrow afternoon, we’ll see how it goes. </p>
<p>@wwlink what did you do about your class?</p>