Hey everyone. How are you all? Hope everyone is well.
I am in English 9 Honors, and I am a freshman. We recently had a vocabulary quiz which I studied a lot for. I took the quiz, without knowing there was a back. Therefore, I only did the front which had 26 questions when the quiz itself was 44 questions. There were only 20 words which made me believe the 26 questions were reasonable. I wasn’t the first to turn in my quiz either, so I didn’t think anything of it.
I checked my SIS page to find my English class dropped from an A to a B- because of my grade on the quiz as quizzes and tests are 65% of our quarter grade.
For us, Quarter 1 is almost over, and my teacher said I can not do anything to make up my lost points, even if I did the front very well. What should I do? Sorry if this is a rude or crazy question.
I know I made a giant mistake and that is probably why my teacher is not giving me any chances to bump my grade.
Thanks for answering and have a good day!
You made a mistake. Be more careful in the future. Get over it. It was you fault.
Since you have already talked to the teacher, I can’t think of much else you could do. I agree that they are being unreasonable, but teachers generally get to set their own standards on this. If you complain to the administration, likely this teacher will have it out for you going forward – and English has subjective grading, so it could ding your grade in the future even if you won this skirmish.
Do formal transcripts from your school show quarter grades, or only semesters? The good news is that colleges don’t look at freshman grades as much as later ones even if it will show up.
@TomSrOfBoston Thanks for your answer. I know I made a mistake. A big one. But I still want to know if there is any other thing I can do that will help me find a solution to this.
@intparent Thank you for your answer. My school shows final grades on the official transcript, I believe. However, I may need to check on that.
Have a good day!
The solution is to accept it and move on. there is nothing you can do.
@TomSrOfBoston I do understand that, and I thank you for your help, but having a B- is going to greatly impact my GPA. I do not know how to bump my GPA up in a short amount of time.
Have a good day!
Bottom line - you can’t. Move on. GPA is not everything, especially freshman year.
@intparent Thank you. I will take you and @TomSrOfBoston’s advice. Thank you guys.
Have a good day!
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