Should I take Spanish 3 if I will get a B or C?

happymomof1
Mon, 14 Dec 2015 04:20:25 +0000

You do need to sort this out with guidance. Your parents need to be able to communicate with the school. Period. If your school district doesn’t have translator service for situations like yours, it is time that was set up. You should not be penalized on a grade because your parents don’t speak English. Period. That is something your guidance counselor needs to hear, and that is something your guidance counselor may be able to help you sort out with your teacher. Yes, your teacher doesn’t want to give you an exam late, but your counselor may be able to help find another work around - an incomplete for the semester or a grade in the course based on your work except for the final, or at least a note in the counselor’s recommendation letter explaining that the C- is not what your grade really should have been because of extenuating circumstances. Ask your counselor specifically to help you with these two things.

Don’t drop the course. Yes you may be stuck with a C- for this semester, but both you and your teacher know that you don’t really have a C- average. Next semester your grade will reflect your real abilities, and that will be part of your permanent school record and your final transcript when you graduate.