I go to a competitive school where many have a 4.0. I had a 4.0 until Chemistry Honors teacher gave me a false B. He marked me down on homework, when I should have gotten 100%, but he never notified to me that he took down points in the homework. And he took my homework points away and gave me my first B. I do know that he did not like me for some random reason, all of my other teachers are completely fine with me. I did not deserve the B he gave me at all, and when my parents and I met up with him, he made up several lies that almost made me want to kill him right then and there. He mentioned new rules like homework must be written neatly in order to receive full credit, when I believe my handwriting was actually quite good(No other teacher said anything about it, and he claims that my handwriting was bad, my parents even said that my handwriting was completely readable). Moreover, students have video recordings of him failing to teach, and not coming back to class until the last 5 minutes. He would NEVER teach, but I never complained about that unlike other students. Many students who realized he wasn’t going to teach decided to make a cheating system for the class, and it worked out ridiculously well. They never got caught, and they passed answers from period to period, in fact, it was quite evident that the first period had the lowest average and that the last period had the highest average. I did not join because I didn’t want to cheat and because I had an A for most of the semester, but i REGRET this decision. I feel that cheating in the class would have helped me a lot more than working hard to get a B. I also realized from a certain date, he stopped answering my questions; he would usually say “Im busy” and walk out the classroom (students have video proof of this). In fact, my friends and I noticed something peculiar about him; some of the (cute*) girls he was willing to help out. One girl in particular was given an A at the end of the semester when she had a C before.(the math doesn’t work out… final was worth 20% and she had a 74% and her grade jumped to 90.02%).
Back to the homework… I turned in all the homework for all my other classes and received full credit, except for chem. I talked to him with my parents regarding this, and he exhibited extreme b*tch like behavior. So what do I do now?
Please note that I go to a competitive school and getting a 4.0 is imperative + I am asian, so colleges would "discriminate"since there is a large pool of asian applicants. So whats next? Principal? District board? Government?
I wouldn’t worry about it too much. It’s definitely frustrating to have a difficult teacher, but almost everyone has encountered one at some point in their high school career. There will be bad teachers in college, rude coworkers in your future career, etc. etc. One B will not destroy your GPA, and I don’t think that one grade will make the difference between an acceptance and rejection. If you aren’t exaggerating and the teacher truly is terrible, and that is a fact that other students can attest to, your counselor can mention it in their letter.
I would advise you against bringing it up in an essay, or in an interview, because you will just come across as whiny (which is how you sound right now).
Even more important than a 4.0 GPA is how you deal with obstacles. Based on what you have written, I don’t have a very favorable impression of you. Between now and college, you need to find a better away to deal with difficult people— aside from: “made me want to kill him right then and there.”
I know it can be really really frustrating when someone jeopardizes what you have worked so hard for, but you just need to be able to deal with it! At the end of the day, asian or not, I really don’t think that one B will be the reason that you are rejected from any school. Good luck
It’s a “false B” because you didn’t hand in your homework and he didn’t warn you it would count against you? And the fact that he was collecting it didn’t hint that he was counting it?? And his not counting homework you didn’t do makes his behavior “b*tch like”??
And you didn’t cheat but now wish you had? Like those who did secretly videotaped your teacher?
And you almost wanted to kill your teacher ?
Boy, am I glad I don’t teach in your school.
What you perhaps SHOULD have done was go to administration when you realized your teacher wasn’t doing a good job.
What you do now is accept the B. You didn’t do the work and you didn’t get credit, Asian or not.
I would so like to believe you’re making this up. If you aren’t, please read your first post again while trying to put yourself in the position of a college adcom. There is no sense of perspective, maturity, or even baseline ethics in it. You wish now you’d cheated? You almost wanted to kill this teacher because you earned a B instead of an A? Your scenario comes across as a disturbing, extended tantrum.
If you’re ranting because life isn’t fair (which we all do at times), you’ll help yourself most by moving on. You can learn several things from this situation: you don’t always get what you think you deserve; homework often counts, and neatness sometimes does; occasionally smart people work hard and receive only a B; your parents can’t always rescue you; there are viewpoints other than your own.
The “government”? Who are you going to report him to, your town board? They have no authority at the school and they won’t care.
What exactly are you accusing this man of doing? He gave you a “B” and explained why he felt you earned it. Nothing improper there. The same can’t be said for the students. If you go to your principal or school board what do you think is going to happen when you tell them your class taped the teacher without his permission, that you knew about longterm/widespread cheating but didn’t report it, accuse your teacher of lying and admit to wanting to “kill” him, accuse him of being sexist and favoring “cute” girls, and accuse him of “b*tchy” behavior because you don’t like your grade?
I don’t like your attitude towards women and I doubt they will either. B*tch is a deragatory word used to describe women. That’s offensive. I get the impression that you think the girls succeeded only because they got special treatment. That’s also offensive. How would you even know what another student’s average was at any point in the year or her final average down to the hundredths? Did she call you over the summer to discuss her grades? The board will want to know how you came by private information about another student.
Sure, go to your school board. Then start work on a supplemental college essay explaining why you have an honor’s violation for cheating on your school record, because that’s the likely outcome of your complaint.
Rigorous hs tend to be, well, rigorous. You thought you were headed for an A and were totally blindsided, never checked the homework status? Now it’s…all…his…fault?
And at this “rigorous” hs with common cheating, you have no guidance?
Wow. Frankly, what you’re describing is very disturbing – about you. Getting your parents to talk to the guy about a single B? That’s must have gone well in the teacher’s lounge. When your name is mentioned, I bet many teachers’ eyes roll. That doesn’t portend well for those required recommendation letters…
