<p>yeah, in math i had 89.8, he bumped it up</p>
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I have an 88 and it's my first B. I'm really scared to ask the teacher though. It's unlike me to do it and I don't think she likes me very much. But, I seriously tried very very hard to get an A, I'm just not that good at math! Thanks for the input guys, any more?
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<p>Do you deserve an A when you are doing B work? If so, why?</p>
<p>I really put in the effort though! I studied for a really long time for the final and I had an A before the final. The final killed me and dropped me to a B.</p>
<p>I don't think the amount of effort will ever justify the teacher having to somehow "fake" +2% points in your final grade. Just accept it.</p>
<p>"And in AP Bio, the teacher bumps up the grades if a student gets a five on the exam."</p>
<p>I got a 5 on the Eng. Lang exam, and I still have my 2 B's for each semester, and considering 20% of AP bio exams get fives versus the 5% of Eng. Lang. exams getting fives...I would think that would have been worth an A for at least one semester.</p>
<p>Um, how is it possible for a teacher to change the grades if the school year is already finished? These AP score exams are usually sent out during the summer vacation period.</p>
<p>Not to be harsh but you deserve a B. Its not close enough where bumping the grade up to an A would be justified. By your logic work ethic should be waited over performance????</p>
<p>"Um, how is it possible for a teacher to change the grades if the school year is already finished? These AP score exams are usually sent out during the summer vacation period."</p>
<p>Well, I don't how it works elsewhere, but here in Jefferson County a teacher can go back an retroactively change any grade they gave up to a limit of quite a few months.</p>
<p>My 8th grade math teacher gave me a B+ by mistake, so he changed it to an A-. But I don't think that really counts.</p>
<p>And my chem teacher didn't grade my final in time, so when the report cards came out, it said I had an incomplete. By september, it had been changed to an A. That probably doesn't count, either, though. Does it?</p>
<p>Where do you all go to school where 90 is an A-?</p>
<p>Our high school's grading scale:</p>
<p>93-100 A
86-92 B
78-85 C
70-77 D
<70 F</p>
<p>Most of the kids hate it! Too little room for error,
or just having an off day.</p>
<p>i got a C this sem for english and a D in the 2nd quarter. although im usually a good student, lit analysis is simply not my thing.
i pretty much begged the heck out of my teacher.
she said if i pulled As for the next 2 quarters, she can easily go back and change the sem grade
idk to wat, i didnt wanna bug her, but she said she'd change it.</p>
<p>right now, im working my butt off for these 2 As because her C is the reason im sal and not val at the moment when i have been for the past 3.5 years. </p>
<p>it might not be fair for her to do that for me but let's admit that ive worked extremely hard for my entire academic career to develop a reputation and image that would lead her to help me out like that.</p>
<p>JiffsMom, thats the way it is in my school district too. I would love a ten point grading scale, people with it are lucky.</p>
<p>"Not to be harsh but you deserve a B. Its not close enough where bumping the grade up to an A would be justified. By your logic work ethic should be waited over performance????"</p>
<p>"weighted"
I know I deserve a B...thanks. Did I seem really angry over a few B's.</p>
<p>I was more commenting on the fact that redknight is criticizing these people for inflating their grades when his AP bio class does just that. Ive never had to change any of my grades, and Ive never asked...except for this years calc class. </p>
<p>And BirdKiller: Your teacher can see your AP grades and then do a grade change the next year. Obviously this would only be after freshman, sophmore or junior year.</p>
<p>my advice- be a lovely student from day 1. teachers really do appreciate "hello ms. X, how are you today? is your cold better?"
and when you go in to ask about being bumped up say something like
"i've discovered that my grade in this class is not quite where i'd like it to be. is there anything i could do, such as an extra credit project, to help it out?"</p>
<p>You are the type of student that makes me hate IB so much. "Oh Mrs., your skirt is looking wonderful today."</p>
<p>Grade grubbing suck-ups are despicable.</p>
<p>This is truly gay...live with your grades...wow, some people here actually have the inteligence to achieve As without extra help/favors.</p>
<p>Gay is not a synonym for stupid!</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with asking a teacher to improve a grade, as grades are already nothing more than subjective decisions calculated by teachers based on their impressions of you. Even in objective fields such as math and science, subjectivity plays a role, and in English, History, and Foreign Languages...well, if your teacher wants you to fail, you will fail, and if they want you to get an A, you will get an A. I do not blame anyone for sucking up to teachers any more than I would someone in the business world sucking up to a boss, nor do I condemn asking for a better grade any more than I would asking for an undeserved raise.</p>
<p>Remember that high school is not about learning, but about getting into college or getting a diploma. The system mandates this. Your class does not apply to college as group.</p>
<p>I think the problem lies not with the students, who are merely looking out for their best interests in an accepted way, but with the teachers who fudge the grades. At my school I can say teachers are generally too lenient, too sentimental, and too soft-hearted. Also, what they do not realize is that when they raise one students grade, they are cheating every other student who is in competition with the first student. It bothers me when I work hard to get everything in on time and teachers change their late work policies to allow those who slacked off to pass in things at the last minute as squeak by with a passing grade, a B, an A, whatever.</p>
<p>But the mere act of ASKING is not a form of academic dishonesty. I just wish more teachers would laugh in kids' faces when they ask, or at least look for a better reason than "it's almost an A, can't you add a point?"</p>
<p>That said, I have never asked for a free grade bump, although I think I may have received an unrequested one or two.</p>
<p>a 90+</p>
<p>b 80-89</p>
<p>c 70-79</p>
<p>d 60-69</p>
<p>f 59-0</p>
<p>I always thought that was how everyone did it. Any other method just seems stupid to me. On my midterm, I had a *9 and my teacher bumped it up a point, but said she was going to take a point off from the final.</p>
<p>HAHA sweet. I went into midterms with 4 B+s. I got 90s in three of those classes and an 89 which my math teacher bumped up to an A. WOOT, straight As!</p>
<p>Bumping up does happen. Just make sure your teachers like you. They should as long as your a good student who doesn't fret too much or who just sits in his/her corner and not talk the whole semester.</p>
<p>haha that's cool that it worked for you. i asked my calc ab teacher to raise my B+ to an A-, and she wouldn't do it. i made up some really good excuse about how i tired really hard and did everything i could and even cried a little. i even threatened to drop the class! (she can't really afford for people to drop since she's in trouble with the department chair). asked to borrow points from my next semester's grade...nope, nothing worked.</p>
<p>and i was her favorite student. go figure.</p>