English: a Subjective Class and a Subjective Teacher

milkweed
Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:09:20 +0000

Ask for help. Meet with your teacher. Tell her that you are trying hard and want to succeed. Ask for pointers, suggestions. Ask if she’ll look at your rough drafts with you. If she agrees, your grades will most likely go up. Teachers like to help and when they help, they like to see improvement. I do not mean to imply that your papers aren’t fine, but obviously they are not what the teacher wants.

Good luck!

This worked for my son who got a B and C on 2 papers from an English teacher and had always received As from other teachers. He met with the teacher 5 to 10 minutes a week for a few weeks and they developed mutual respect for each other, and his final grade was an A.