Question Posted Wednesday December 5 2007, 5:57 am
Well my english teacher is making me type an essay on why he should give me an A. you see i wrote it and i gave it to him and i used because i work hard, i try,and im here everyday.. he said that would benefit me adn not him so he said i have to re write it so that it will benefit him as well. I've been brainstorming for hours nowand i cant think of anything, can you help?
Or maybe he doesn't care about you at all, which is fine, but giving you a A will improve your average, and in that way, his class average, making him appear a more effective teacher to his peers and the school board.
If the you truly deserve an A to assign you less then the grade level A would be a disservice to his profession and would be unjust. It would compromise his integrity to grade you less then you have fairly earned.
How will it benefit him to NOT give you an A?
There are only two ways I can see:
He is sadistic and wants to see you unhappy because it gives him pleasure.
OR
Hhe feels you don't deserve an A and will not compromise himself by assigning an undeserved grade.
Hmm... I realize I just did your homework for you, but that was fun. I do hope you realize though that your teacher is a jackass. He has asked you to do something that doesn't really matter, because he has likely already made up his mind as to whether you will receive an A or not. I doubt what you write will change his mind. You are really only doing this so he will deign to tell you what your grade is. It's munipulative behavior, and the only thing you can really learn from this is that some people are assholes who make you jump through hoops and grade you an A and some people are assholes who make you jump through hoops who don't. It's actually a very valuable lesson. [ Razhie's advice column | Ask Razhie A Question ]
Vegalicious21 answered Wednesday December 5 2007, 6:22 pm: tell him that when you get an A you will go tell everyone else, and they will like him. if you get a bad grade, go tell your friends and they will hate him! [ Vegalicious21's advice column | Ask Vegalicious21 A Question ]
chimpleton answered Wednesday December 5 2007, 5:58 pm: Well, there are several angles you can take on this. You can point out the fact that if he gives you an "A", your GPA will go up, allowing you to get into a better university, allowing you to get a high-paying job which will generate more tax revenue, including for social security. With that, the already doomed social security program may be able to hold out a little while longer, just long enough for this, quite frankly, worthless teacher of yours to collect a small amount of the money that he payed in there his entire life. simple as that. [ chimpleton's advice column | Ask chimpleton A Question ]
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