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What can I do about an unfair teacher at school?
My English professor has favorites and gives her favorite students more freedoms. He favors one student who has what he calls "A writer's voice" because his voice basically sounds like a professional narrator. I'm good friends with the student and we often show what grades we made after our grades are given and he currently has an A, and I have a C in that class.
I was puzzled at HOW he received an A overall because I read over his work and it really was bad. The majority of the English papers he showed me were grammatically incorrect and he had misspelling that the teacher didn't even notice apparently.
But the teacher constantly compliments him on how he presents itself to the point where I'm like "What?" because it's obvious he favors him because of his writer's voice. I work very hard on my English assignments yet I'm very shy and awkward when I approach the teacher but my work is great and I really see an unfair side to how my teacher is judging my work.......
What are your opinions?
2 Answers
- mrs. mikeLv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
Hi Malcolm,
Probably the first place to start is by talking to your professor, even though it's uncomfortable for you. With the right approach, you may be able to figure out exactly what's going on.
You can start the conversation by telling him you work very hard on your assignments and that you're wondering what you can do to improve your grade. Although you feel you deserve a better mark, don't bring that into the conversation, at least not yet. You can tell him you WANT to get higher marks, just don't tell him you feel you DESERVE a higher mark - that way you won't be putting him on the defense. Teachers and professors don't usually take too kindly to their students putting them in the position of having to defend themselves.
By asking him what you can do to raise your grades, he'll tell you what it is he's looking for in assignments and offer some suggestions - at least he SHOULD tell you because that's his job. Then you'll have a better idea of what it is that's causing him to give your friend the A - kind of a "comparing notes" type thing.
After your next assignment is graded and you still feel he's being unfair, talk to your mom about this and get her opinion (if you haven't already). Since she taught you, she might have some pretty good advice for you.
And by the way, I'm very happy for you that you're making connections with people at school.
Deb
- 8 years ago
you could always talk to your teacher about rethinking your grade or if that dosent work you could take it to your principal and have a talk they wont probly do anything but you could always try
