Teachers discouraging success

superfly09
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:03:46 +0000

I’m having troubles in AP Calc BC - I have a B+ in that class and it’s my first in high school.
It’s not as though I’m not trying hard or don’t completely understand the material; I actually participate the most in class. But when we take a test, I always end up in the 80s. This would be acceptable to me if I had one of the highest grades in the class, but I don’t; there are 4 kids with As.
I tried to talk to my teacher about this and asked him what I was doing wrong; he basically told me “to be happy with my Bs… this is a very hard class and the reality is that not everyone will get an A.” Is this just me or is he basically telling me to give up? I know he’s right - getting a B is a reality that I have to face - but who tells someone that?