Today, I met my teacher after school to talk about a paper on which he gave me a low grade. I told him that I felt it was wrongly graded and he agreed. He lowered my score. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML
Today, I convinced my teacher to let me resit a very important test I failed. I got a lower score the second time around. FML
Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML
Today, I confirmed that my professor hates me. Weeks ago, I failed a paper for the first time, so I went to my professor, apologized profusely, and discussed my revision plan. I got his approval on my conclusions and added all the details he suggested. I then submitted my paper. I got my grade this morning: C-. FML
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
Today, I asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." FML
Today, I passed my math test with flying colors. My dad thought I had cheated, so he emailed the school and told them that I had. They lowered my grade. FML
Today, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." FML
Today, I finished an exam in physics class. It counts for 40% of our grade. As I handed my paper in to my teacher, she said to the whole class while talking about me, "You did this wrong; this isn't how you do it." FML
Today, I got my grades back. I got a very poor evaluation for my lit class, which was odd because it didn't match the impression from my end-of-class meeting with the professor. It does, however, include a nod to the supposedly-anonymous negative class review I gave her, though. FML
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istayfd 4
Your use of "wrongly" explains the low grade.
RichardPencil 32
I did that to a student last semester. When you get a crappy grade, the teacher often gives you some pity points to soften the blow. You whine and the bottom drops out.
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istayfd 4
Your use of "wrongly" explains the low grade.
RichardPencil 32
I did that to a student last semester. When you get a crappy grade, the teacher often gives you some pity points to soften the blow. You whine and the bottom drops out.
Sheepiebeepie 26
You sound like an asshole. There was a time when I went to a professor to ask him to read a paper that the TA graded. It was graded lower than any paper I'd written, and especially lower than the amount of effort I'd put into it. It's possible to have respectful interaction between professor and student, and he did raise my grade.
Sheepiebeepie 26
Power crazy, pathetic teacher. Way to encourage them to never come back to you for anything ever again, which was probably your goal.
eyal282 0
If he were to check his mistakes, he would learn something. He didn't do it and just went to the teacher.
Brandi_Faith 34
I think there's a major difference between whining about a grade (as in complaining about it without asking for the teachers reasons, refusing to listen to your teachers explanation and refusing to accept the mark) versus having a mature discussion about the grade with your teacher (as in asking why your teacher felt his grade was deserved, asking the teacher what they thought could've been done better, explaining why you feel a higher grade would've been more appropriate, and re-examining the papers requirements together). To just immediately knock down the grade without listening to your students thoughts or explaining why you feel the mark given was appropriate is just rude and makes you the teacher seem power hungry and like you don't care about your students improvement or to have any communication or rapport with your students.
unsealingkale 18
You're the type of teacher I would be afraid to have. The original poster wasn't "whining" at all. All you've done for your students is prevented them from seeking help on a paper they may have done poorly on. I'm not the type to say, "You should lose your job!" ...but that is a terrible philosophy that you impose.
tantanpanda 26
Oh calm down people, he said "a" student last semester, meaning one. For all we know, OP could have been very bitchy and rudely assertive. The fml could have been worded to change the tone of the event. I believe that teachers should be supportive to an extent, but some students have their heads so far up their ass that they think they actually wrote a good essay when, in face, it was utter garbage. I've seen a student literally yell at the professor that their essay didn't deserve a D. At that point, she tore into the essay stating everything that made it a 5th grade paper. Their parents probably pampered them with too much false positive support. OP should have gotten a second opinion from another teacher or asked what they could do to improve the paper. If it was indeed graded lower than it should have been, it would have been apparent in the feedback from the teacher about the paper.
alternative-facts 6
How do you know that OP isn't one of those grade-grubbing, overly entitled, pampered assholes who whine if they get anything less than an "A", which they feel they obviously deserve because they "worked so hard"? Just playing devil's advocate, but you really don't know the true circumstances.
Tripartita 45
"I feel as though my paper was wrongly graded." "I couldn't agree more; that's exactly how you feel. You hit the nail on the head!"
kangx1 28
This really depends on how you acted. If you were whining and bitching then YDI. If you were trying to have a normal teacher student relationship about your grades and your teacher decided to power trip and be a ******* asshole when FYL
OhPuhleeze 23
I'm not sure they can lower a grade after it's been published. Unless you put in an application for revision of grade, and in that case they generally don't meet you. Appeal to the Dean or VC.
k_cummins 21
That's for final class grades, this was just an assignment
Exaspera 55
It's not a used car lot. You don't haggle for grades.
sasquatchius 3
I don't blame them. It's disrespectful to say it was wrongly graded, and it sets a negative tone to the conversation from the get go, not a smart idea with someone who might have hundreds of students which they may not want. The smart, respectful thing is to ask why it was graded that way, then to take that knowledge to your next assignment. You're very unlikely to get your grade increased, what you can do is do better next time.
jcash52426 5
You are telling me I don't know how to grade my own papers great now 10 points off. #howdoyoulokeyourgradenow!
Tess Messelink 16
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TheyCallMeDamien 18
Always double check answers first.