Exemptions

Another work vent. Bare with me...only 8 more days until summer break :)

At our middle school, if students have an A average for the year at the end of the 4th 9 weeks, they do not have to take the final exam for that class.

The cut off date was last Friday, May 8th. An A average is a 93. We can click on a button and it will show us the end of year average for each student. The final exam is worth 15% of the student's final grade. It is comprehensive. Lots of incentive to work hard all year and be exempt. Being exempt also means they don't have to come to school. Bonus (for all of us involved!)!

If one more student asks me about his or her grade, I'm going to scream.

All I heard all day was, "Can I do anything to bring up my grade?" No, ding dong. It is the end of the year!
"How close am I?" <---this was a question asked 5 times by the SAME STUDENT. He has an 88. He had an 88 on Friday. He still has an 88 today.

And my personal fav, "Why is that my grade?"

I handled this question well until the last period of the day. Then I lost it.

My response to a student: "Because you didn't turn in your homework, you talked while I was teaching, you bombed quizzes and tests, you half-worked your classwork, you didn't make up missing assignments and you had a bad attitude. Now stop asking stupid questions."

Oops.