<p>I see the issue has been resolved, which is great, but the initial post did raise some interesting issues. I was on the verge of thinking that the teacher may have a valid point in his effort to demphasize the importance of grades, but then I thought of the analogy:</p>
<p>Why not give the teacher a 50% paycut so he can learn not to place too much importance on money? :D</p>
<p>joining the chorus of congratulations. This must have been a very empowering experience for your daughter!</p>
<p>JNSQ, I am now more emboldened to approach my D’s English teacher’s dept head. She has a bad habit of failing to return graded papers. The kids never know what their grade is, and how are they supposed to learn and improve if they don’t get feedback on what they turn in? Kind of hard to prove a negative, though - she didn’t give the graded assignments back to the students so we can’t show him what we don’t have!</p>
<p>Congrats anyway, your D may have saved many more students from unneccessary pain!</p>
<p>Adding my kudos to you & your D!</p>
<p>S had a teacher in 5th grade that enjoyed giving lower grades than kids deserved. S’s class had her for science. S’s friend had all A’s on assignments and tests. The teacher gave him a B on his report card. She told his mom that he wasn’t working up to his potential. Huh??!! The mom let it go, saying that a 5th grade science grade was not worth getting upset over. I wish she had pushed the issue, because this teacher often picks certain kids to “teach a lesson to.” I hope that someday a parent and child will stick up for themselves as j<em>n</em>s_q and her D did. It’s never too young to stand up for what is right.</p>
<p>Good for you guys! Congrats all around!!</p>