<p>So I figured I can get better and more mature responses on the parent forum.</p>
<p>I am actually not the typical student on this forum. i am a jr this year, and got a 2.9 last year, but am actually doin better this year, but please don't say dont worry about it, it's just a B+, cus an A would actually help me gpa a lot.</p>
<p>Our school is only A B C D F, there is no + or -</p>
<p>So, in this one class I got an 89%, that was posted on the wall. And i got a B in the class. An 89, could mean 88.5 or 89.4, anywhere between there. </p>
<p>I know I'll probably get a B, but how should I go about asking the teacher if there was anyway I could get it up to an A. Should I ask to do extra credit? im pretty sure she would say no. anyone have experience on how I can talk a teacher into giving me an A. hahaa. suggestions? thanks!!</p>
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<p>Bluntly - you didn't earn an A. No matter how close to an A you were, you simply didn't make the cut-off. We've all been there, and yes it is frustrating, but there is a point where you just have to accept it. Were your test scores not indicative of your actual knowledge or something?</p>
<p>Just take the direct approach and tell the teacher you'd like to do what you can to improve the grade including extra credit projects. The teacher may or may not go for it and might suggest to you to put in the extra effort all semester if you want an improved grade so be prepared for that. For this current semester keep a close track on your grades and how you're doing as you go along so you have a chance to improve it before it's too late - i.e. after the semester.</p>
<p>My daughter had the same situation..an 89.47 in a class. Still a B. In my kids experience I would not ask for a re-revaluation of work...my son did this in his Junior year. He had two projects for the same teacher, one was a B, one was a C. When he questioned the teacher, the teacher made them both C's because he felt it was rude of my son to ask for the re-evaluation. At that point there was nothing we felt we could do without poisioning the teacher for the rest of the year. There is only one AP teacher for each subject/grade at our school so if you burn the teacher you suffer.</p>
<p>you can ask the teacher if there is any extra credit. she will probably say no, but i say, it never hurts to ask, " as long as you ask politely and all that. </p>
<p>Ask your teacher how you can improve next semester. If she thinks of you as a dedicated student, you'll likely do better next semester than if she thinks you're a grade-grubber. If an 89 is a B+, then that's what you got and you just have to face it (unless you think she made a objective mistake in grading something, in which case it's perfectly all right to politely bring it to her attention).</p>
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<p>Honestly you didn't earn an A, you earned a B. There needs to be a cutoff somewhere and unfortunately that means some will be very close to the cutoff... but they're still below the cutoff. Giving you an A when you didn't earn it would be unfair to those who earned an A on their own. </p>
<p>Your best bet is to focus on earning an A outright in the future. Getting a reputation of asking for your grade to be bumped up is usually not a good thing... it gives the impression that you feel entitled to things you didn't earn. </p>
<p>Instead of asking for your grade to be bumped up, I suggest you simple speak with the teacher and say that you didn't perform as well as you would have liked and would like some suggestions on how to do better in the future. That shows you're actually interested in the material and interested in earning a better grade.</p>
<p>There is no good way of asking a teacher for a better grade, and MOST teachers have no intention in raising your grade, no matter how angelic you were in his/her class. </p>
<p>Attempt 1: Freshman year honors english. I no joke received an 89.7% in first semester. I was one of the teacher's favorites in the class, and I guess I felt entitled to an A just because it was so close. She did agree to go through my grades to see if I was missing any assignments in which she could add a few points for late work (there were none). She explained that a B or an A did not really matter (we did not have +/- at the time either). In the end, it didn't. I just worked hard to keep my English grade the highest grade possible so I would not need to 'beg' my teacher for an A second semester. </p>
<p>Attempt 2: Junior year AP Physics. Short story, the teacher had no intention in adjusting my 77.4% to a B (78%+ was a B). I worked pretty hard for that C and if I would have gotten just one more MC on the final correct, I would have had a B first semester. Sometimes you are just SOOL. </p>
<p>Just goes to show, most teachers don't lose much by adding a few percentages to a student's grade, but they feel like their evaluation is correct and fair, and teachers like this are often inflexible. I would do what Rocketman suggested, which is to have a meeting with your teacher and ask how you can assure yourself an A next semester, even though I bet you already know what you are going to do different. </p>
<p>Putting numbers aside, do you think you deserved an A? If so, then I wouldn't hesitate to talk to the teacher. I would ask if there was anything you could do to improve the grade to an A, such as extra credit. If there was anything blatantly wrong in the grading I might ask for reconsideration (I know my D has gone back to teachers who gave her F's on assignments they claimed not to have after she had turned them in). I would ask her in what area she thought you fell most short in the class and ask for some additional work in that area (even if it's NOT for extra credit - there's no harm in reinforcing the subject matter), and also for advice on what you can do better in the coming semester to make sure you get a better grade. I wouldn't count on the grade moving (in fact I'd be surprised if it did), but if you approach it correctly (looking for ways to improve yourself as opposed to merely grade grubbing), the teacher will know that you're concerned and serious about doing well. That might be helpful down the road if you ever need a recommendation or the like from this teacher.</p>
<p>It would be fine for you to tell the teacher that you are disappointed in the grade because you really really want to do well in the class, and can he/she suggest anything orgive you any pointers. </p>
<p>My son has a problem where if he isn't doing well in a class, he gets depressed and just shuts down. That behavior prompted an email to me from a teacher saying "He isn't doing well and doesn't seem to care." Turned out, he cared a lot, but his behavior didn't show it.</p>
<p>So, it's always good to let a teacher know that you want to do well and are willing to work hard for it. Just don't expect your grade to change.</p>
<p>D got an 89.4 in French one year. An 89.5 would have rounded up to an A. As it was, she got a B. That was her grade and she lived with it. I really don't see an issue. Now, if your teacher made a mistake, or neglected to count something, then you should definitely fight it.</p>
<p>I don't understand why numerical grades are changed to letters in the first place. A teacher adds up all the work for the semester, a specific number grade..why convert it to a less specific letter grade? Doesn't make sense.</p>