<p>My school received progress reports today, and to my horror I received my lowest grade in a subject that I generally consider by best (english). Even though it was a 90 I am still somewhat disappointed in myself. Then I heard what the other "honors" English III class got back. They were all in the high nineties. Generally I wouldn't be mad; however the race for class rank is starting to heat up. It really irritates me to have the teacher that refuses to give anything above a ninety. Is it ridiculous to get angry over something like this? Has anyone hear ever gotten the "hard teacher"?</p>
<p>I think I may have gotten the hardest Hnrs English IV this year. I’ve gotten an 89 (Haven’t seen a B in semesters, albeit English is not my strong point, being a second language and all.) while another girl got a 99 at another Hnrs English IV class. I mean, she’s the valedictorian, but I really doubt that my grade and hers would have so much difference if we were in the same classroom. Anyway, I did dodge the bullet during my Hnrs Civics course, where I got the lax teacher (There were only two people that had Bs, and they never did their homework and always slept in class, the rest had As.) while there was another Hnrs Civics course where most got Cs and Ds, and few got Bs.</p>
<p>The good thing about my school is we usually only have one teacher for honors classes (per subject). Maybe two different sections, but only one teacher.
Everyone says the honors English teacher is really difficult, but I haven’t seen it much. The most important things with her seem to be correct grammar/spelling and actually reading the books. In my experience, if you have those and do the work to the best of your ability, you’re fine.
I think in regular classes the average grade is probably a C or low B, but in honors it’s an A or B because better students take those classes. The work is harder, but the ambiance is better.</p>
<p>I have been lucky (at least in some ways) and actually had the “easy” teacher several times (honors civics, honors world history, honors pre-calculus, honors biology). With the exception of world history (where the hard teacher was supposed to be crazy) I wish I had gotten the harder teacher. They tend to under-prepare you for the classes you will take in the future. Be happy that you are being challenged and just try your hardest.</p>
<p>I encountered a similar scenario last year, during English Honors as well. I was barely scraping by with a low A (93), as opposed to one of my friend’s whom had a different teacher and a substantially higher grade (98). Often we’ve compared samples of our writing and they are a more mathematically-inclined person (they’re currently in AP Calc while I’m in Pre-Calc H/AP Stats) while I prefer the humanities. Unfortunately, English is very subjective in terms of grading and as you said, different teachers have different standards and levels of “difficulty”.</p>
<p>My English teacher used to be in the Army and is really Army-like…she gets mad really easily, doesn’t take BS from anyone, fine with me, but she also grades assignments really hard, but it makes me a better student because I’m not used to having to work so hard in English. I usually make a 98-100 no problem in English, now I have a 95. It doesn’t matter, but is just interesting.</p>
<p>A would-be valedictorian in my grade got a 92 in religion. That teacher was not meant to teach in the first place.</p>
<p>Ugh so in 9th grade there were 5 9th grade honors english teachers and of course I got the hardest teacher. I got a B while most of my friends got A’s with less effort. My only B 
But I got one of the easier teachers in 10th grade out of 6 AP English teachers so it’s ok :)</p>
<p>Don’t feel bad. The only B I ever got…was in gym.</p>
<p>My sophomore year it probably would have been more beneficial to me to take Honors English. I would’ve gotten honors credit, and probably a comparable grade.
The teacher that year was crazy hard.</p>
<p>My APUSH teacher is the easy teacher. She curves everything, and gives us answer before quizzes and exams. I’m going to get an A in an AP, omg my weighted GPA is going to love me.</p>
<p>I personally like having the harder teacher. I take classes to learn, and I will learn more from being challenged. Honestly, GPA and class rank are just side effects of learning and enjoying learning. Why is being unprepared a good thing? Why is it bad to finally have to actually do some work in your life? It isn’t. Whine now, but later on, you’ll know that having the “hard” teacher was actually a blessing.</p>
<p>If your GPA and class rank are bad, the college you end up at will be less challenging. College admissions people don’t know or care that one of the teachers was harder than the other.
I’ve never felt I actually learned more from teachers who are tougher with grading. It’s the same material. All I got was more headaches. (Sometimes the tough grading is because of nitpicking.)
I learn more from <em>better</em> teachers, who care about their subject and give engaging lectures and do more than give us photocopied worksheets from some prepackaged curriculum.</p>
<p>^ Exactly. The same APUSH teacher I talked about, while she’s easier on grading, is still preparing us perfectly. I understand the material and I don’t feel at any type of disadvantage oppose to other students with the hard APUSH teacher.</p>
<p>How about you all stop comparing yourselves to other people and focus on yourself.</p>
<p>How can anyone do that when the whole point of college admissions is to make yourself look good at the inevitable expense of someone else?</p>
<p>While that may be true @halcyonheather, you’ll only do better if you focus on yourself and stop trying to complain and waste time on a forum ;)</p>
<p>Bl4Ke is mad. STAY AWAY.
To most of you:</p>
<p>Just because your grade is low does not mean the teacher is evil, sucks, or hates you.</p>
<p>IT COULD MEAN:
<em>GASP</em>
<em>THE HORROR</em>
You Didnt understand it!
or
YOU Didnt Try hard!</p>
<p>However, of course you didnt do that. You were perfect
its just your Teacher:
Sucks/Never Deserves to teach/ Evil/ Hates your guts/ IS the AntiChrist/ Is a jihadist</p>