How is this allowed??

Can you believe this is happening?! Yesterday was a wild day. I was in class, sitting next to my boyfriend with our friends around us. The teacher, however, has a serious issue with us for reasons I can’t fathom. I consider myself a good student—decent grades, no troublemaking, and I […]

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Does your college only put letter grades for each class, or exact grades for each class on your transcript?

Does your college transcript reflect letter grades for each class or provide specific numerical grades? My college only lists letter grades—A, B, C, etc.—without any modifiers like A+. For instance, if I earn a 90% in a class, it appears on my transcript as an A, resulting in a 4.0 […]

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Is it ok for a teacher to say, ‘You all come from a working-class background so be grateful I’m teaching you’? Without even knowing her students social class. She was pissed at a few students but then blamed everyone. Then, she started stuttering and tried to change topic when students frowned.

Is it appropriate for a teacher to say, “You all come from a working-class background, so you should be grateful that I’m teaching you”? This comment was made without even knowing her students’ individual social backgrounds. The teacher seemed frustrated with a few students and unfairly generalized her criticism to […]

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