My senior has less than 4 weeks of school left. She has finals this week, then two weeks of AP testing (5 of them), and then senior week activities. D’s AP Physics teacher told the class that if they had a 90% or higher going into the final, she wouldn’t count it (Apparently she’s using a previously released AP test for the final). D had a 92.45 (A-) going into the final with all but one assignment not yet graded and entered. (Teacher said she would have all grades in but apparently went on vacation and was absent on the first of two planned final review days). So last assignment is still not in, and my D waits to see if today’s final will count or not, possibly dropping her final grade to a B. She has a 4.7 GPA, and a B will not get her college acceptance rescinded by any means. It just smacks of a mental mind game IMO. D’s at peace with it, but I’m just a little perturbed by this. Would you be? No snarky comments wanted, just your simple thoughts.
Eh, if it doesn’t matter either way, and as you say she’s wont be rescinded, and most importantly your D is at peace with it, I wouldn’t worry about it.
Since it makes no real difference in the big scheme of things…I would just forget about it.
ETA…no, I would not be irritated and I would tell my kid not to worry about it either.
No it wouldn’t bother me.
Just focus on the big scheme: your kid is a fabulous student.
Yes, it would irritate me, but, if your D is ‘at peace with it’, then I think you should be as well. Your D has done an amazing job of succeeding in HS, these final weeks should be enjoyable are care free; I’m not even sure if ter APs matter all that much.
Final quarter grades, college locked in? No, wouldn’t bother me a bit. My D got the only C of her K-12 career the final 9 week grading period and I couldn’t have cared less.
Curious,how much is the final assignment worth? 2.5 points is a lot to drop an average at the end of the grading period.
Is there some history that causes you to think a teacher is playing “mental mind games” with students?
Final semester grade. Never had a B in her life on a progress report or final grade. This class has challenged her academically unlike any other as she is not drawn to a STEM path, and she has busted her butt to get and keep this grade. She has a 100% in the category that the final assignment goes into, so her grade can only go down if she receives anything else. I think it just bothered me because the teacher told them she would have the assignment in (assignment was turned in 2 1/2 weeks ago and it’s a small class), and the kids knew staying above 90% for the final was critical. She’s a new teacher, no bad intent, but ditching work to go to Coachella a week before the final just didn’t sit well with me. It will be fine and I will get over it. Sucks that my kid is constantly checking her grade to see the final result. Small potatoes in the grand scheme. Just venting. Thanks for indulging me.
It would bother me that the teacher is changing the rules at the last minute. Have the final or don’t have it, for all the students or for none of them.
No. Only on CC does B=Bad. A B is a fine grade.
It would more than irritate me. There’s something to accomplishing straight "A"s. Yeah it will change in college, but what a nice accomplishment in HS to remember.
When we had issues with a new HS teacher’s teaching methods, we talked with the principle (after first giving the feedback to the teacher personally). Integrity in the teaching process is important and if the teacher said one thing and did something else, it is good feedback for them that this isn’t acceptable - especially with regard to grades. It may not matter in the great scheme of things, but you don’t have to stay silent. I’m sure to some this is being a helicopter parent. But I also teach and so receive feedback on the other end from parents. Feedback delivered with tact and openness has the potential to help the teacher and their future students.
Couldn’t this make a difference if there happened to be two students in the class competing for the final class rank? I agree - count the final or don’t but stick to the rules and make it the same for all students.
She can grade the assignments from Coachella!
Agree it’s annoying but not a huge big deal. Let your daughter study for it and be pleasantly surprised if she doesn’t need to take it.
This close to college, this is a battle your daughter should fight. If she’s OK with it, I would let it go.
And if she has a 92.5 average, and worked hard on the assignment, is there any reason to think she would score so low on that last assignment that it would bring her average down 2.5 points? This late in the marking period she would probably have to score considerably lower than her typical grade to bring it down that far. Likewise, there’s every reason to believe that if she prepared for today’s final, it will bring her final grade up, not down.
And that “apparent” vacation might very well be something else. I missed two days of school this year. My brother in law died. Yes, it was inconvenient for my Precalc kids. And some of their parents might have thought it was an “apparent” two day vacation-- and just 2 weeks before exams too. Sorry. If I could have kept him alive until a more convenient time, I would have.
Someday, you may laugh at this or at least remember it with a roll of the eyes… She did her best, in what she could control. Time to look forward.
Given where she’s going to college this fall, it’s not a bad thing that she has the experience of working her butt off, receiving a B and yet living through it. 
Why do you think it will drop her grade? If the grade reflects her work, it would not bother me.
It’s fine.
I won’t contact the teacher or admin about it (never done that in high school as I believe it is my kid’s responsibility).
The deal was made to all students at the beginning of the year,. Being gone for a planned final review day stinks.
She was seen at Coachella, so pretty sure no one died, but I’m truly sorry for your loss.,
I’m almost ltie point of eye roll, but not yet.
Yes it can affect an award she is in the running for.
She is expecting lots of Bs next year 
I saw the title of the thread and thought, “I don’t even know what the question is, but I know the answer!” Yes, I’d be irritated by pretty much anything.
LOL @Hanna. Actually, this falls in the “whatever *******” category.