| Overly strict (grading) in an AP Class
As our final exam, my AP world teacher gave our class a practice AP exam. I thought it was alright for the most part, but the entire class got dominated on the Compare/Contrast. It was on the aftermath of WWI and its effect on regions (e.g. Indian subcontinent, SE Asia). That might have been good and all, but we spent all of 1 or 2 days on WWI, mostly on its causes and almost nothing on the aftermath. So I hear scores of like 3/9 on it from classmates, and my score was not too great either. I knew little about what to write, so I at least tried to give what I knew (why the war started, the economic consequences, etc) and my teacher still grades overly harsh. This isn't the first case of grading like this........I rarely get above 7 for essays, and no one else does either (even when I include an indepth and analytical thesis, include 3+ groupings, etc). Anyone else have this type of teacher? | 
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