Teacher is not being fair?

Question

My friend and I study for math homeworks together. Whenever I'm confused with something, she also confuse with that same thing. We learned the same materials. We even got almost similar answers. The teacher gave her 92% in her exam and he gave me 61% which means failing.

If I tell the teacher to compare our answers, what if he says, that he made a mistake by giving my friend 92 and what if he drops her grade too?

Answer 1

Back when I went to school, teachers would grade the method used to find the answer. It was more important than the answer itself....Maybe the method you used was not complete?
Or you may have gotten answers that were worth more points wrong and answers that were not worth a lot right. Try comparing your answers with another person.
Goog luck!

Answer 2

Are you saying that your test grade and your friend's have the same, or almost the same answers yet such different grades? That doesn't sound right. How many answers are different? What are their individual values? Perhaps the answers that are similar are for problems that have less point value and the problems with different answers have more value. Usually a teacher will indicate the value of each question. Have you sat down and mathematically calculated your correct and incorrect answers, based on the points allotted to each item, to see where the differences are. Also, check to see if the teacher added up your score correctly.

I do understand your fear about damaging your friends grade, but maybe it's your grade that's been lowered accidently. First do the math. If your grade is accurate, I probably would just drop the issue. But if your grade is not correct, I'd definitely speak up, politely, and point out the error to the teacher. But do something; don't just sit there and stew.

Answer 3

I think Gilson is right. Asking for the right answers is a perfectly good way of addressing the issue. You don't need to bring up someone else's work at all, mainly because that person's work is his/her business, not yours. Let's say your teacher IS unfair and grades one person more leniently than others. That issue is between your teacher and that student. You are concerned with her being fair to YOU. If your answers are correct you should get the appropriate grade. If your answers are wrong, you should know not only what the right answers are, but HOW to get the right answer for a similar problem in the future. You are in the class to learn and she is there to teach. That is what it is all about. Really, you only have a problem if she refuses to teach or if you refuse to learn from her. Unequal treatment is part of life. Look around you. Do you really think George Bush is going to send his kids fight in Iraq? Other kids that age can be forced to go, but not his kids. is that fair? No. But that's life. So, just get over it and learn what you need to learn and move on.

Answer 4

Check your tests. If answers are written the same way, (complete sentences) then maybe you need to get another person's opinion. Sometimes teachers get tired of grading the tests, and after correcting 30 or more they tend to make mistakes. Some teachers even have help correcting them. If you truly believe your answers are right, ask another teacher to check your test. Make an appointment to talk to the teacher. Have your parent ask at conference time.

Answer 5

Take your test to your teacher -

DO NOT ACCUSE HER OF BEING UNFAIR.

Tell her you would like her to go over the test so you can understand what the "right" answer is for each. If she sees you were close, then she may recalculate. You can then compare your corrected answers to your friends and see what the difference is.

If you still think that that you were graded unfairly, you could take your test and a Xerox copy of your friends test with her name blacked out to your guidance counselor for advice as to what you should do. Again, do NOT make accusations, just present the facts and ask for help.

Answer 6

How do you know that your friend's work and answers on the test were the same as yours? And maybe your friend was only confused by your confusion. What I mean is that your friend may have fully understood the problem until you introduced a new question about it. And your question confused your friend rather than the problem itself.

I suggest that if you find something confusing, you ask the teacher about it and not just your friend.

Answer 7

First you compare the work sheets of both by yourself. If you find that the teacher has put more marks for her unknowingly, You can keep quite or report the same. Reporting will be harmful to her. But if you find that your answer is right and the teacher has ignored the correct answer, then go to the teacher and ask for clarification. Then you will get more marks too.

Answer 8

I just wanted to reply to gilson...

that's the advice you're going to give in this situation! what kind of teacher are you!! terrible. you are analyzing this whole thing like you are a CSI detective. take it easy.

lets be human about this. treat it like any other problem you have with another human. talk to them. if they are a reasonable person, they will hear you out and do what it takes to solve the issue. now..."solving" might not mean the teacher gives you the grade you want but at least the teacher will know your feelings and respect you WAY more in the end.

doing all that stuff that gilson told you to do will only feel like an attack to the teacher. if you approach the situation in that way, YOU ARE ACCUSING the teacher of something.

Answer 9

In my humble opinion, there's no right answer to this question... I think you should just let it go, unless this substantially increases your chances of failing the class.

Make sure your answers are actually similar; if I may be blunt, don't be biased and say "oh sure, the answers are pretty much the same". After all, if the answers are not the same, then they are not the same.

Have you tried asking for partial credit?

Good luck.

Answer 10

Well, almost similar answers are not the same as similar answers. Like if you got 5 as your answer but the real answer was 6, you'd be marked wrong for subtracting wrong or something.