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Originally Posted by nikki1920
The point I was trying to make was, that I had been an "A/B" student before, and to suddenly receive a D, and no sufficient explanation from the teacher as to why this was the grade I received. When I explained to my mom what happened, she met with the teacher, got the same response and THEN went to the principal. For me and my mom, it was a fight that needed to be fought because this grade could have kept me from going to high school on time. Apparently there were other "issues" involved with this particular teacher regarding certain students. 
If I did poorly on the paper, I would have accepted that and moved on. But to be consistently told that one is a decent writer (for middle school) and never having received a D in any English class before, and doing well in the class until then, and having a teacher tell me "well, that's the grade I am giving you, so just take it and sit down," that was a bit of a confidence breaker for me.
Apparently, I didn't communicate that well enough, so I apologize for the mix up.  And yes, those were the only two times my parents intervened. And I did learn to speak up for myself from that experience. |
Sorry for going off on the situation earlier. Particularly if this episode was middle school too, it make more sense that your mom took it up for you. I thought it happened in high school, and the same teacher from whom you have previously earned As scored one paper a D and your mom kept fighting it all the way to the principal. That seemed a bit much.
I apologize for rushing to GreekChat judgment.