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Should I challenge this grade?

I took Honors English this semester. The teacher seemed nice and so did the class. Then my papers came in back and forth, rewrite after rewrite, and I keep asking her how my grades were. She said they were fine and she only cared about me learning something. Towards the end of the year, I was caught by surprise. She was showing favoritism to girls who weren't even putting effort in the group work; they weren't talking about the assignments but only how they were going to spend their weekends. My peers never wanted to talk to me. I always got the blame for not participating, even though I participated tremendously outside of groups by raising my hand. I also had perfect attendance. One day I meet with her and she flat out says my papers weren't A material and far from it. So I'm ticked she wasn't warning me about my papers. So I end up getting a B because of her mistake. If I must deal with a B I will. I'm mostly an A student, majoring in English, so this kinda bothers me. Should I challenge it or no? If so, what do I say to argue my grade?

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  • 8 years ago
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    Challenge it! What the other girls did or did not do IS NOT of issue here. In fact, if you bring that in, it will seem like you are jealous, so don't even mention them. What you need to do is ask your teacher for a grading breakdown-- you want to know how she arrived at your grade. You then need to cross check that with the papers she gave back to you. She may be missing a grade or two. How to challenge a grade...Read my response to another yahoo question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201212...

    Good luck!

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