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Input: Ok, first some background for the teachers out there who might think this sounds ridiculous. 
This professor (let’s call her B) is a known NIGHTMARE. I have been in her class for only a semester (with another to come) and I’ve been through hell and back trying to stay on her good side. Here are a list of incidents (just in my class alone, I’ve heard horror stories from other periods but I’ll only include mine for credibility’s sake):
A student asked a clarifying question about a mistake the the teacher made in defining the variable type “Integer.” Said student was pulled out of class for 20 minutes (by B) and screamed at emphatically for disrupting the class and “confusing other students” who didn’t have as much experience with programming. Despite the fact that everyone in the class had been in programming classes for at least a year, she refused to acknowledge the fact that she was teaching students something that was blatantly wrong, instead choosing to make an example of the student and send him (crying) to the counselors office. Not only was this hugely disruptive to the class, but it was disgusting to see a kid who has never intentionally disrespected anyone in his life be reprimanded as if he was a multiple-offense derelict set on ruining our learning environment. 
Another offense, happened today. A girl came back from lunch a minute (one single minute) late. Teacher let her back in the classroom and gruffly told her to go to her seat. The girl, let’s call her C, said “I’m sorry I’m late. I was in the bathroom, and I didn’t know when lunch ended until the bell had already rung.” 
This is completely understandable. We were on a different schedule today because of inclement weather, and no one really knew the times. For such a minor transgression, any other teacher would have let it go. Not B, of course. The girl was already visibly upset, as B had been known to blow up on late students in the past. B proceeded to launch into a rant about how inappropriate it was for the girl to try and justify her actions, and C burst into tears. B finished her rant by informing C that she was going to be marked late, unexcused. C continued to cry until B yelled at her to get out of the classroom, which she did, running out sobbing as the other students watched in horror.
For the sake of length, I’ll refrain from telling the other litany of stories I have. But as I tell my piece, keep in mind that upon reporting her to admin I was informed that there are countless other reports being sent in about her.

So, cue me. I love learning, I tend to be an attentive student, generally interested in my classes, and always trying to stay on the right side of my teachers. I’m not disruptive, disrespectful, and I mind the rules of all my teachers, regardless of whether I like them or not. I knew B was going to turn out as a ball-buster from the first day I was in class with her, so I made it my mission to stay above the fray and keep on her good side. 
I get A’s on all my assignments. I bring her gifts (thoughtful ones, in her case I most recently bought her a fuzzy blanket in her favorite color, red), and generally defend her to the other students when I hear them murdering about her temperament. I respect her. Never in my life would I do or say something to cross her, because it would sabotage all the work I’ve done to maintain a good relationship with her. 
Now, the end of the quarter is today (Tuesday) and grades are due this Friday. It was supposed to end last Wednesday, but due to inclement weather it was extended. I was resolving some grade discrepancies with teachers, clarifying my quarter grades with some teachers who hadn’t updated their portal in a while. I was checking my grade in B’s class when I noticed that despite getting a 100 on my final for the semester, my grade had gone down to a 76. Now, I have never brought home a C in my LIFE. My parents are ultra strict, and I fear serious, SERIOUS consequence when I make bad grades. Bad test grades are grounds for severe punishments, but a C for the quarter, immortalized on my transcript forever? Death sentence. Turns out, I had missed several assignments early in the quarter, which she had just put in. I felt blindsided. They were easy to miss, but the worst part was: I had done the work, just not submitted it. I emailed her as respectfully as possible with the work attached. The following exchange is our email correspondence, verbatim.

Me: I know how late these are, and I completely understand if you choose not to accept them. I'm sorry these are so late, some of them I did but never turned in and others I did and didn't scan to turn them in. I know that I've been incredibly irresponsible this quarter when it came to turning in work, and I don't believe any excuse can justify it. My parents are ultra-strict, and I'm only emailing you in the last hope that I can have at least a B this quarter. I don't expect you to adjust my NOVA grade, but it is incredibly important to me that I don't bring home a C this quarter. I'd be happy to talk to you about it in class tomorrow. 
B: I am sorry but grades went in already.
***Okay, pause. This sent off serious alarm bells in my head. If grades are closed already, then all my other grade discrepancies are too late to be resolved. Cue panic mode. I knew the quarter had been extended, but were teachers still closing their grading books at the usual date? No, they weren’t. This was her convoluted way of telling me “no, I’m not going to help you, it’s too late.” I misunderstood. Cue the message that sets her off, which again, had no intention of disrespect.
Me: How is that possible? I was under the impression that the quarter was extended until today.
B fires back minutes later, addressing me by my last name.
B: _______, I will be speaking with you today. I do not appreciate your tone. Expect to hear from your administrator as well.
Wow, that escalated quickly. I had no idea why she was so angry. Immediately I retracted my statement. 
Me: I apologize, I truly did not mean any disrespect.
B: You are panicking for something you did to yourself - please do not take it out on me. 
This confused me even more. How was I supposed to realize, when she hadn’t updated grades in months, that those assignments were ever missing? I take responsibility for not doing the assignments and understand her not wanting to grade them after so long, but I had never before been spoken to by a teacher this way. Take it out on her? I was confused, and upset. I was stressed about facing academic consequences, but now I also had to worry about receiving one of her 20 minute solo scream-sessions in class. I couldn’t handle that. I continued to retract my statement. 
Me: I completely understand. I apologize for bringing it up.
B: It was not you bringing it up - it was your reaction when I told you no.

But that’s just it, she hadn’t told me no. She could’ve stated it that way and I would’ve understood, but she didn’t. I was upset at being reprimanded for a misunderstanding that seemed unavoidable. I had done so much to keep a good track record with her. I had hoped that our good relationship would help her understand the extreme stress and academic pressure I was feeling at home, but I also understood that I wasn’t entitled to it. I’ve considered emailing her again and apologizing further, but talking to her now feels like a minefield. AITA?

To clarify, this is a high school course. It is dual-enrolled through my local community college, and the students who choose to take such courses typically care about their learning and are dedicated to academic success. We’re not derelicts, as she so often treats us. We’re not college students, or adults who should know better. We’re kids. I’m a kid, and I care about respecting authority and maintaining academic integrity and success. I feel truly devastated by this, as I have never been talked to by a teacher this way. I’m genuinely curious to know what you guys think on this, because I’m open to the idea that I’m in the wrong. I’m trying to see it from her side, what do you guys think? AITA?


emailing my teacher asking about last-Minute Grade adjustments