D for an A paper due to a teacher's negligence and mistake? Fair or Unfair?!
Question: Hey, everyone. I submitted an essay to my teacher that was 865 words long, and exactly a page and a half long.
But my teacher confused the four questions I had to answer in the same Word doc. with the essay and ended up saying my essay was half of 600-800 words long and not in essay form (duh, those are the 4 questions!). All she had to do was scroll down to the next page of the Word document to see the essay (the directions stated I should insert my essay there).
It's not my fault the document said to answer 4 questions and placed them before the essay. So, she gave me a D, and practically said my mom and I don't know how to send homework. So, I e-mailed her again but she hasn't responded.
Five people in my house opened the same document and saw that I followed the directions, that the essay is there, and that I actually did more than what was required of me.
This one grade lowered my score in the class from 100% to 78%. Anyone else think this is unfair? What do I do? T.T
Answers: Hey, everyone. I submitted an essay to my teacher that was 865 words long, and exactly a page and a half long.
But my teacher confused the four questions I had to answer in the same Word doc. with the essay and ended up saying my essay was half of 600-800 words long and not in essay form (duh, those are the 4 questions!). All she had to do was scroll down to the next page of the Word document to see the essay (the directions stated I should insert my essay there).
It's not my fault the document said to answer 4 questions and placed them before the essay. So, she gave me a D, and practically said my mom and I don't know how to send homework. So, I e-mailed her again but she hasn't responded.
Five people in my house opened the same document and saw that I followed the directions, that the essay is there, and that I actually did more than what was required of me.
This one grade lowered my score in the class from 100% to 78%. Anyone else think this is unfair? What do I do? T.T
damn! your teacher sounds like a real tool. if even you parents tried to talk to her and she still doesn't respond... she is most defiantly in the wrong, you have to go straight to your coordinators you cant loss 22 points like that.
go talk to her.
see the department head
Them's the breaks, kid...
i just could not read all that try posting this in a different catagory were people read all that
The teacher is being dumb. Just go to the teacher's face and complain about it
Don't try to take care of this through email. Make an appointment to see her, with your parents in person. She'll take you more seriously. Print out the document as well, to show her. It may not turn out in your favor, but at least you'll be on record as doing the right thing.
Talk to the principal.
Well, if it's your teacher's mistake, she should make good on the grade- it's not your fault you followed her instructions.
If she won't clear things up, e-mail the principal.....just remember, everyone has a boss whom they report to....take it up the chain if you feel you were wronged...
Definitely unfair, don't accept that, do something about it, that was your teacher's mistake, good luck.
You'll have to go over her head to the school administrator. Some teachers are unable to admit they've made a mistake, and the grade she gave you is unacceptable.
if she doesnt do it ,say you are going to speak to the principal.
sounds like it's time to take this to the assistant principal or if there is none to the actual principal...the teacher is just being lazy and doesn't want to admit that she *gasp* made a mistake (as people tend to do not even teachers are perfect) good luck!
take your mom to school and talk to the teacher. if she still wont fix it and agree that you're correct, take it to the principal.
report her to the pricipal
Well, I had a professor in college get me for a run on sentence that was a direct quota from Stephen King!
It matters not to your situation what we say or opine as to your situation. With 100% of us supporting you as the answers community you might feel better, vindicated as it were but you'd be 0% better off. I saw a few answers that headed you in the right direction. You are in the process of growing up and maturing into an adult. It will be interesting to see what you do at this point. Will you satisfy yourself with being mad and having people on your side or will you actually take the only good advice you received; take it to the administration. I happen to know know that at least one the answers came from a very sharp school teacher in her own right. Going to the person's (teacher's) boss with whom you have the (grading) issue is what adults do. Did you ever ask to speak to the manager? If the manager does not give you satisfaction you go to their boss. Why? Because that's how you handle issues like this as an adult. Successful adults solving their own problems waste little time with just being angry and complaining to people that can't help. People don't like you to go to their boss to complain about them, so they try to make you happy (or at least satisfied). Become known as someone that will take your issues to the next level and you will receive better service. Not because they like you more but because they want to avoid your kind of trouble. So here you are, on the cusp of adulthood ready to either face the challenge or fold your arms and sulk. Which will it be? Weather you win or loose the grading battle, you still come out on top for learning the lesson and gaining the experience. Yes . . . it's easier to be a child.
Good Luck~