<p>As school starts up again, senior year for me, the worry about grades spark up again. According to a slew of past students and other classmates, one of my next year teachers literally makes it impossible to get a grade over 95. He actually tells his students you can’t get a grade over 95, regardless of how good your work is. Ignoring how fair or not fair the issue is, is this even legal/allowed. Can a teacher grade top students with nothing more than a 95 while other teachers in the same course would give a 100. I need a 97 to maintain my 4.0 GPA (terrible freshmen year). Should I request a change in teachers?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it’s not legal for a teacher to give you a grade he/she felt like giving for the sake of you not getting a 95 or higher instead of giving you a grade you EARN.</p>
<p>@bvo112 it is definitely not illegal, but it maybe unethical. Teachers can grade however they want- there are no laws on that. </p>
<p>Just deal with it. There are classes in college where the top 10% of students get an A. Even if you have an 98%, you could still get a B if 10% of the class has a 99. You need to learn to respect and live with teachers’ grading policies</p>
<p>I have had numerous teachers who did this - one made their own grading scale where an A+ was equivalent to a 93 and no higher so that was the highest mark anyone could get. </p>
<p>I talked to this teacher and this is how I found this information out. So I went to my guidance councillor who said if I wanted to change it or do something about it my parents and the teacher would have to have a conversation, but I didn’t think it was worth it.</p>