Hi, everyone.
I love English. It’s one of the classes that comes easy to me, because I love it so much. I, however, really dislike my teacher. I tolerated her for the most of it, but she would yell at me for barely talking (like saying “okay”) while others would be much louder, with full blown discussions and drama. I tolerated it, and I shut up in the class, so once I finished the assignments, I read a book. I try to think that I give my full effort in the class, a lot of my classmates don’t really work hard so I often “hard carry” or basically save everyone when it comes to required group projects. I put up with my teacher. Somehow, I managed to get the As until now, and I think I worked my hardest. Now, this teacher— I don’t know where to begin with her.
When I looked at my grade near the end of the school week, she JUST started putting grades in (wow!) and she actually took off points for me not “paying attention/working” in her class although I finished the assignments quickly (with effort) and just read a book after. I never actually didn’t listen in the class. It lowered my grade a little, but not so much to drop me to a B.
The previous Wednesday or so before school ended (so the Wednesday of the prior week of the last week, idk how to phrase it) she assigned a project of 8 pages, which I could do. However, that week, I was out a lot-- I had to makeup my AP exam on May 19, and was out May 18, and etc. Apparently it was due May 19, but she still took it on Monday. I didn’t have it done by that time, so I said I would try to turn it in by that week. Unfortunately, that week I was out a lot too, since the days I didn’t have end of course exams, I had to stay home. So I wasn’t able to turn it in. I wasn’t able to comprehend the seriousness of how much this would be worth at the time, so I thought I would be able to turn it in on that Friday, but didn’t go to school since I had no exams. That day, my mom lashed out on me and I was practically unable to send it to her through email since I was forcefully locked out of my room (grounded, you could say). Saturday and Sunday, although I insisted I stay home to turn something in (the project), I was sent to stay with a few friends with nothing but my phone, so there was another 2 days that I couldn’t submit. That week, also, a family member died. As if it couldn’t get worse, I was completely upset and it left my mind until I got it together that week’s Friday morning and sent it with an explanation. She saw it. She did nothing.
Today I got a email back saying that it was due “two weeks ago”, grades were already finalized, and that there’s nothing that she can do about it. She put in a fat 0, and it lowered my grade to a 73-- a C. I don’t think the last part is right though, last year, a teacher had given me a 50 instead by accident and was able to modify the grade. I turned it in on Friday thinking that the entire week was available for teachers to grade, but I don’t know anymore. None of what I wrote is false, and I just don’t think I deserve this. It dropped so suddenly, that all my tolerating her, went down the drain. I know I should never blame teachers, but some just have prejudice against some students, and she just doesn’t like me for some reason; so I don’t think she’ll budge. It’s still possible to change it, but it probably won’t work through her. Tell me if I’m being the one at wrong here, I’ll understand and accept it.
(*also, I think it’s really important to note that I was absent a lot near the days she gave us to work. I was aware of the assignment, but she did go over things I was not aware of during that time. The days I was out, I was not able to work on the project. Our school gives a “3 day extra to turn in” policy for absences, each day).
Thanks.