So, I just ended my high school finals and realize that in math I have a 78.9% and need a 79.5% for a B-, what should I do? How should i reason with my teacher? I doubt he'll just raise my grade or give me extra-credit.
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slimmagic
ANSWERS: 6
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If he won't raise your grade or give you a chance to earn extra credit, I don't see what can be done unless a mistake was made or you can present some reasonable explanation why your grade should be highter.
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I don't mean to sound harsh, but you deserve the grade that you made. It wouldn't be fair for your teacher to give your grade a boost without doing it for everyone else, as well. It would be worth a try to *nicely* ask if there is anything you could do to push you over the threshold. Just don't whine...that will get you nowhere. I'm a teacher, and if I think my students have been applying themselves adequately, I always round them up.
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if you are struggling tell your teacher that you need a little help and ask if you can do extra work to bring your grade up. Good Luck!
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u should have studied!!
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This teacher ALREADY rounds up - A 75.5% rounds up to an 80%, which has been a B for most scales for quite a long time. When I was in h.s., many moons ago, a B was 84%, and the nuns wouldn't have even considered rounding up. Also, it's easier to get 80% than it used to be - this is grade inflation. Of course grading, in itself, is a whole separate subject for discussion. I'm a retired professor. Believe me when I tell you that grading was for me the LEAST pleasant aspect of teaching. I wanted to be generous but one MUST be fair.
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Sorry, but since you obviously can do enough math to figure out percentages, you should have figured out what grade you needed a few weeks ago, when there was still an opportunity to do something about it--like study harder. Waiting until after the class is over doesn't seem like the best time to try and do something.
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