That is exactly what I am thinking to somehow replace this failing grade, with taking the test elsewhere and I am sure she will pass it. I am even willing to move if I have to, to another school for the last semester so that she can take French 2 test with some other teacher. What I am conflicted with is that this new change will affect her negatively in her other courses.
I will definitely call the new school district to see if they would accept a summer course from concordia.
@angelofdarksideangelfromdarkside Sorry that is the case. I imagine you have asked her guidance counselor if she could drop the class and take it at a CC or with an accredited online high school program.
Let her fail French 2 this year and try doing it over summer at concordia and hope it will "replace" the failing grade on her transcripts so that failing grade never appears anywhere. (wishful thinking i suppose!)
Move to another school and let her take the test with another teacher. Potential risk is doing badly on other subjects due to last minute school change.
Happy1 I guess dropping a class would definitely look better than just failing.
Thank you so much happy 1 and MYOS for brain storming with me. I have been so stressed.
Following the theme of taking the course elsewhere (and getting her out of the class she is in…) Laurel Springs is an accredited online high school program offering French 1-4. They offer full time online programs, but you can sign up for individual courses with them too, after meeting prerequisites, and obtaining your school’s approval to receive credit.
If you are convinced teacher is the problem (which was not clear from the original post), you will have to withdraw her from the class. What the options are will depend very much on the rules of your school district. Maybe a summer class, maybe switching to a different language, maybe an online version of the class.
If your taking a class elsewhere check with the school first. They do not have to accept credit from elsewhere or even if they do may only do it if approved in advance.
If her options are to have an F or a W on her transcript crom this high school, go for the W. She is not going to graduate from this high school, so it doesn’t make sense to try to work out a grade replacement deal with a summer course.
Drop the French for now. Let your kid have a free period for the rest of the semester. She might be able to use that time to do some kind of volunteer work at her high school e.g. helping make photocopies in the office, or in a special education class, or as a peer tutor in section of a class that she has already taken.
Then when you have moved to the new house, she can start all over again with a new language. When it comes time to apply to college, there will be plenty of places that will be happy to admit her with the foreign language credits she has earned by then.
Truly, her mental health is the only thing that matters. She needs to be out of this French class, and to have a change to start regrowing her confidence.
I missed that you were moving school districts and that the new district doesn’t offer French.
I agree – if you can get out of the French class with a W do it now. There is no reason to continue to be with that teacher. Next year start a new language fresh.
When you start to look at colleges check the common data set (google "common data set ) and check section C. It will tell you how many years of foreign language are required/recommended for each college. If more than 2 years are needed discuss options with the new guidance counselor. Certainly the new guidance counselor can include in his/her recommendation to colleges that your child had to change languages at the high school because French isn’t offered there. And there may be a summer/accredited online course in the new language your child can take next summer to get to level 3 of the new language by senior year.
It is possible to have a learning disability show up this late. Slow processing speed, for example, can show up this late and in some cases, only in language classes. My son has it, but was never affected by it until he took Japanese in college. He suffered for two years, then decided not to take any more Japanese.