So a while back in my AP Stats class I was accused of cheating off another student. The only evidence was that we both had the same wrong answers. However, my teacher is not looking at any reasoning beyond what is on the paper. I literally went up to him right after the test and discussed the problem with him and TOLD him I did it wrong. It does not make sense for me to copy given that I knew it was wrong. 2nd, I was literally teaching that student probability for the problems he could not solve on the test and that I could. I got all the problems nobody else got correct, and to be honest, accusing a USAMO qualifier of cheating on a probability test is a bit of an insult.
This isn’t even the main thing though. He gave me a zero on the test. OK, fine, he is the teacher, and can judge the scenario to his will. The semester just ended, and I should have received an A, even with the zero, but he docked me on some random homework assignments (that which I don’t even know which), and now I am 0.2 percent away from an A. I tried asking him what assignments I was missing, but he refuses to tell me. My parents want to talk to him, but he does not want to waste his time, and threatens to turn in the disciplinary referral if I do. I am simply at a loss of words and do not know what to do.
I think the time to talk would have been mid-semester when he gave you a zero on the exam. Accepting it without protest probably comes across as an admission of guilt to him. Now, many weeks later you want to quibble over .02 of a point. An AP class is high school, right? Unless you want a disciplinary record on your transcript that you’ll have to explain on your college applications I’d take the A-.
It sounds more likely that your teacher thought you let the other student copy from you. Next time you have an exam, don’t sit next to the student you’ve been tutoring. Teachers don’t like it when a tutor and the student they’ve been tutoring have the “same wrong answers” on an exam.
I don’t think there’s anything you can do. It’s moved past a kid fixing it. If your parents can get involved let them. Is the teacher really threatening you about getting your parents involved?
If not, is it really just that you’re getting an A-? Learn to live with an A- that is so far from the end of the world.
It kind of seems like the teacher is trying to spite you.
I agree with this . The teacher probably thinks you really are guilty and maybe doesn’t want you to get an A in the class as a result. I agree that the time to fight this would have been when you received the 0 on the exam. If I were in that situation, I probably would have fought harder for that. It’s pretty impressive, though, that you managed to boundce back from a 0.
Now, if you received 100 on the homework assignments, would it be enough to bump you up that .2%? Can you ask the teacher if you can make up any work? You could try to get your parents involved, and if the teacher does threaten with a disciplinary referral regarding the cheating, then that would be your time to fight the referral and hopefully get your grade back up.
Is it .2 from an A giving you an A- or .2 from an A giving you a B?
No one needs to remind you to turn in homework.
No but “refusing to tell” a student which assignments he or she is missing is spiteful and wholly inappropriate.
Wow, I would thank your lucky stars that you’re just getting an A- (or even a B ) and let it go. And yes, it’s 100% your responsibility to turn in your homework. It doesn’t matter which assignments they were.
This is trying to close the barn door after the cows are gone.
Brand new member, one post, no info about what college targets, stats, scores, or other factors that matter more.
And about AP stats, not considered a core or particularly rigorous. OPs ‘rest of the story,’ the rest of his record, is far more important.
My eight grader can’t turn in homework late. If he misses turning it in it is a zero. There is no making it up. That’s just the way it is.
One side of the story. It’s still the student’s responsibility to know what is due when.
Regardless, OP created yet another account to ask the question, which violates ToS. Closing.