<p>why would your friend accept this situation without direct phone contact with the Director of Admissions and or direct face to face contact…its just too important.She should be sitting outside his office on Monday morning or at least be his first phone call of the day.</p>
<p>idad, it sounds like your child’s teacher was more likely to quote George Bush: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice?..duhhhhhhhhhh…well just don’t do it.” What did this teacher have against your son? Why is this teacher still teaching? The entire documentation should be sent to the school board to get rid of her; she has no business teaching if she cannot assist a student who was recovering from surgery.</p>
<p>The more I think about this friend’s story, the more I think there is more to it than just the one “D” in one class. One “D” would not dramatically change an overall GPA, or keep a student from graduating. I suspect that there is more to this “withdrawal” story than is being told to you. Possibilities include: other class grades being affected by the absences, or overall GPA was on the low side to begin with and this made it below the threshold.</p>
<p>giltguru: The teacher has a rep for having a “labile” personality. That is why my son took the precautions he did. The school was informed, I don’t know what happened.</p>
<p>the good thing about finishing high school is that you really do get to wipe the slate clean and start again --a D in high school cannot follow you to the end of time, thankfully… even where it is causing difficulty in the transition there will come a day, and soon, when it will mean less than zero to anyone evaluating your record and skills.</p>
<p>Did your friend receive low grades in her other classes?</p>