<p>Okay, so many of you on CC know me, and i have always tried my best to help you all with your problems and i have always tried to be nice and all that, however, now i have a major issue and i really need your help.</p>
<p>So, in Pre-calculus this semester, I have a 87% in the class. I didn't do well on my identities test and since tests are weighted big time, My grade dropped majorly. So, I studies my ass off throughout for the next chapter test so that I would do well on it and improve my grade so that I would have an A for the semester. The test was spread over yesterday and today, however when class was over I wasn't done with the test (there were 4 problems left worth a lot of points each). I pleaded with my teacher to allow me extra time to finish my test. He did not budge and as of right now I probably got a C or D on the test.</p>
<p>Now I know you will all say that I sohuld've finished on time and that if i really kne the material then I would have finished and all that, however i am not done yet. The thing is that from the first day of school until today, he never had a time limit on any of his tests. He always let his students stay for lunch and/or after school to finish their tests. This has been his policy the entire school year and today he just up and quit it. I have always been a good student in his class, I do not make trouble and he knows that i am one of the smartest students in his class. I even had him write me a recomendation for a job and he gave me great remarks. I do not know what has gotten into him but i really need all your help this one time.</p>
<p>On Monday, I will ask him politely and be very nice about wanting to finish the test, however I just want some help on how to go through with it. And also some help on what to do if he still refuses.</p>
<p>Some side info:
I have never had a B in high school before.
I have had him for three earlier semesters and have gotten an A in all the semseters.
My rank will drop about 30 places if i get a B in this class.
Math is my favorite subject and I am actually good at it, I just emssed up ona test. I want to be an engineer/economist and seeinga B in a Math class that isn't even Calculus may hurt my chances for acceptances.
I am a nice person and just want some help if you can help.</p>
<p>I AM NOT A TROll, and please do not leave cynical remarks. I just want a little help if you have any.</p>
<p>Thank you all very much for your help, I know your just trying to help a fellow CC, mate out.</p>
<p>1) Chill
2) Tell him what you just said: "During this entire school year, you've never had a time limit for tests and because you didn't tell us when for the first time there was one, I assumed the usual and proceeded to work at my regular pace. If I were told there was a time limit, I would've certainly worked faster. Can I please take a few minutes to finish my test?"</p>
<p>Ask for a few minutes. If you've taken psychology, you should know foot-in-the-door.</p>
<p>Have one of your parents schedule a conference for the three of you to "check on your progress" because they are "concerned about your performance." At the conference, have your parent bring up the testing situation and see if anything can be done. Teachers don't relish the thought of parents and conferences cluttering up their classroom.</p>
<p>Live with it. Loosen up. One B in high school will still get you into the best schools in this country. Honestly, I have been reviewing a lot of senior transcripts and even people getting in to the top schools have a B on their transcript.</p>
<p>Get a tutor and get a great grade on your final for the low A.</p>
<p>Dangit I forgot about that. Thank you bessie.</p>
<p>HAVE YOUR PARENTS INTERFERE. I know this one guy who got a B+ in Cal AB, but his mother called the teacher and SOMEHOW persuaded him to bump it up to an A-. I heard that she told him that her son tried extremely hard to learn the material or something. Definitely, an adult presence can help tremendously.</p>
<p>I you get a B and that drop you 30 places, your school is just bizarre....</p>
<p>A B is OKAY for heavens sake, and what difference does your rank make, in all honestly...how many are in your class, and if you are saying that there are dozens and dozens of kids who get straight As, I see grade inflation all over the place</p>
<p>Thank you all for your advice, I will definitely try and "Chill" and try to include all of your advice. (lol, but me getting mad gave me a little incentive to play harder at my AAU game, I scored a career high 36 points...holla, a shining point in my dark armor)</p>
<p>Any more advice is welcome...and the B isn't the main thing i am amd about, I am mad because i studied more for this test then any other test this year, and i didn't have to time to show what i've learned. I know that if there was a time limit i would get at least an A- had i known..but who knows now..</p>
<p>questin, how would have knowing about a time limit, when you KNEW the test was over two days made any difference at all> you should always be prepared to finish any test during the alloted time</p>
<p>did you think it was just one day, then, i ask because, how long did you think the teacher was going to give you?</p>
<p>were his other tests that you said he gave extra time for one day or two day tests?</p>
<p>this is important, btw</p>
<p>if he usually gives one day for a test, and then allows some extra time,and this for this test he give 2 days, what is the problem?</p>
<p>you say you didn't know it was a 2 day test....huh? when did you find it was a two day test? becuase if you are going to go complain, and it turns out that 2 days was a nice thing to do, instead of just extra time on the first day, you sound just whiney</p>
<p>Wow - this is a tough one. So sorry for your stress Sheed30. While most of us certainly have gotten B's, good for you for not doing so. If it truly was clear that all along these were untimed tests, and this test was timed (without notification of the change), then I think you have a case. I don't agree with other posters that everyone should be able to finish within a changed alotted time period. We begin tests by strategizing and if you think you have more time than you actually have it throws everything off. </p>
<p>A bit of a stray off topic here but some people get accomodations for untimed tests because of cognitive or physical limitations (and some of those people are brilliant students). The Queen Mary II and a world class speedboat - both ride on the water and are expensive and wonderful (but are very different in terms of 0-60). </p>
<p>In any case, if a timing change was sprung on you from left field I would have a heart to heart with the teacher first. Don't start with parents - teachers don't usually respond positively to that. A meeting with just you, a parent, and the teacher could be next. This still lets the teacher save face. Going beyond the teacher gets the wagons circling (very tricky).</p>
<p>There are more things that happened but its too confusing to explain. ** All that matters is that we never had a time limit and then Yesterday he didn't let me finish my test. **</p>
<p>If that is the situation I think you have a case. Chill out over the weekend (a blessing) and go into school on Monday with a cool head and a plan. You may want to approach the teacher with a bunch of ideas of what could happen next. Extra credit? A new test? If you brain storm with him and ask what he thinks is fair, maybe he will focus on the options rather than the "NO". Good luck in your efforts to self-advocate! I hope you are successful. Just remember that whatever happens, you are clearly a highly motivated and bright person. The outcome of this situation will not diminish that, and even if your rank drops you will still get into a fine school.</p>
<p>The time limit argument makes sense if you normally have all of class and he suddenly told you you would only have just one hour to do it. If you had two days this complaint is approaching the ridiculous...also, what about the curve? If all the other kids in the class had the same "time limits" and were as adversely affected as you then it should all even out...</p>
<p>An untimed two-day test should mean just that. Also, time limits effect students differently. Some brains are brilliant and quick, some are even more brilliant and...not so quick. In some real world environments speed is a benefit, others not. If the standards were changed at the last minute without warning, I still think this student has a case.</p>