<p>I had a similar APUSH teacher. I didn’t learn didily-squat in the class except that I wasn’t going to pass that AP test and I would have had a better chance studying by myself for the AP test. You could try to do that yourself but I do see that you do get an extra point for the AP class. Also, AP Lang, isn’t really all that hard. Rhetoric was one of my favorite things to do. Some advice, make sure you find like a dozen prompts and find numerous sample essays answering that prompt. You should do a timed write on the prompt then compare your essay to high, middle and low scoring essays. You’ll know instantly in what range you’re writing in and you’ll see what you’re doing right and what you’re not doing right. Best of luck!</p>
<p>You deserve to take that quiz. You were at a funeral, you were not aware of any 48 hour policy, and you deserve to take that quiz. Go to your guidance counselor, have your parents contact her, do everything you can until she lets you take it. You’re right and she’s wrong. “Educational value” is irrelevant. Someone died and you missed school and you would like to take your quiz. End of story.</p>
<p>I talked to my principal about this.
He said it’s not his jurisdiction to interfere, and he can only enforce her policies.</p>
<p>Who’s in charge? Him or her?</p>
<p>He has the right to tell a teacher that she has implemented an unfair policy!</p>
<p>I have a question. Was the policy on the syllabus? Is the policy a schoolwide policy (it might be if it was in the handbook)? If it’s not on the syllabus, POLITELY ask her to reconsider because of the funeral. If it was in the syllabus or handbook, the principal will back her up. Plenty of schools have a make-up policy that is talked about at the beginning and never brought up again, and that doesn’t make it any less right. Additionally, was the absence marked as excused through the school?</p>
<p>Honestly, at this point, you might not be able to get the quiz made-up. If you are, understand that it’s going to be because she lets you. Throughout your posts, unfairly or fairly, you’ve been fairly dismissive and derogatory of her. Maybe it is deserved, but I can assure you that it colors the way you talk to her, and she senses that you don’t respect her. </p>
<p>Your principal possibly also heard a lot of the exaggeration and anger in your posts. If you addressed it like that, you come off as a whining kid trying to get more points. That’s probably not the case, but if you approach the princiapl or gc, be rational, bring documentation, and make a point to understand what the teacher is going through (whether you care or not), and admit your own fault. “I know this is late in the year, and you must be extremely busy. As you may know, my grandfather died earlier this year, and I had to go to his funeral in CA. I let my teachers know ahead of schedule, and most of them let me make up my assignments for an excused absence. Unfortunately, I missed a major quiz in AP LAC with Ms. XXX, and she’s not letting me make it up. I know that there was a policy/I didn’t let her know early enough/I’ve waited too long to address it, but the missing grade affects my average substantially, and I was wondering if we could all talk together about it.”</p>
<p>At this point, understand that she holds all the power, and if you want to replace that quiz, you need to come in with a copy of the email or note you had telling her about your absence or a school record that the absence was excused, and your apologies. Be gracious, be humble, and make it as easy as you can for her to say yes. The school year is almost over, she’s slammed with grading and records, and if you want those points, you need her to make it easy to say yes.</p>
<p>Or you can be upset with her, be right, and not have the grade made up. Good luck.</p>