@DiscovererJay, Were you at home when your WiFi went out? What did you do to try to fix it? Did you contact your service provider to see if they were having issues? Did you try restarting your computer or resetting your modem? I think you need to figure out why it happened, see if there’s anything you can do to prevent it, and create a game plan for dealing with it if it happens again.
OP is simply going to retake the class next year to avoid getting a possible B versus an A. I dont think the teacher needs to allow a retake of a test for every student who gets GI issues with stress. As OP said, it appears they go to a very competitive high school and I’m guessing the teachers have heard many excuses. I truly do feel for OP and the losses in their family. It is very hard and I do think allowing themselves some grace and finding new ways to deal with stress will be pivotal in their success in the future.
As a teacher myself I am open to helping my students succeed in times of stress. But I dont think I should have to recreate an entire test to allow one student a retake because they had stress related GI issues who regardless will get a more than passing grade in the class. I shouldn’t have to put in hours of work so that one student might get a .01% chance higher of getting into an Ivy based off of a single test they took their junior year in high school.
Did OP even consider talking to the teacher to ask if there was any possible extra credit or anything they could do to bring the grade up other than the test? Sorry but the stress of maintaining perfection is not healthy for anyone.
eta: Its also our job as educators to guide these young adults. Maybe someone needed to stand up and say “hey, you’ve lost 2 family members this year. Perhaps its best to drop this insanely hard course load and decrease your stress while you work through this.” Continuing to allow a student to put themselves into physical discomfort over tests is not okay.
Zoom issues are widespread with students from what I hear. Teachers need to have alternatives for students who miss time in a class or test.
I would contact a lawyer, but I don’t have enough time to do this, since there are only a couple of more weeks left in the semester, nor do I have the financial capability to hire one sadly. The most I could do is contact higher officials.
This is what my math teacher told me a few days ago.
Thank you guys so much for your responses. I really appreciate it.
This is my case right now.
I have successfully moved into MA CP, with a transfer grade of an 83.3% (since I got 100% for every other test there was in the honors course.) I have not had the opportunity to contact higher officials about this. This transfer will NOT show up on my transcript, and colleges will only see my situation as if I had chosen to take the CP class when registering for classes.
I noticed a few comments about this not affecting my college application too much, as long as all of my other aspects are competitive. How specifically will this situation affect my chances at, say suppose, a T20 school, considering I still am taking 5 other AP courses?
Thank you once again.
It shouldn’t affect admissions.
Your admissions at T20 schools will not be affected by one grade or one course choice.
But do keep in mind…even with perfect A grades across the board, these schools have extremely low acceptance rates…like under 10% at many. That means 90% who apply do not get accepted.
Make sure your college application list includes a variety of colleges, some with more likelihood of acceptance.
It could if an admissions reader wonders why you are in a regular math course instead of an honors math course.
@ucbalumnus it’s ONE course in this student’s entire HS transcript. ONE COURSE.
I think you are totally frightening this student unnecessarily.
Fact is…if he doesn’t get accepted to a top 20 school in a couple of years, he will never know the actual reason why. BUT thousands of applicants to top 20 schools don’t have all honors or AP courses.