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AS script returned - school not particularly interested.

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mrsrhodgilbert · 21/09/2011 15:19

Dd1 didn't do as expected in the summer but was only 4 marks off the predicted grade. Through school we got the script back and last week she showed it to her old English teacher (different ones this year). I thought the teacher would spend a little time looking through it with her, 10 minutes maybe. Not so, just a quick 2 minute chat before a lesson to say it will be easy to make up 4 marks next summer, not to worry. Is this normal? Thanks

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mrsrhodgilbert · 21/09/2011 17:28

The teacher took the script home to read and dd arranged to see her after school the next day. During the next day the teacher spotted dd in school and had a 2 minute chat then instead of after school. I am not expecting her to resit, just thought, as the teacher was happy to look through it that she might have given a few pointers. I was merely wondering what other schools do.

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TeamDamon · 21/09/2011 17:22

Did your DD make an appointment to see this teacher? If she did, and specified that it was to go through her script to work out where she went wrong and to discuss whether she should resit, then it does seem a little unreasonable of the teacher not to give her ten minutes or so.

If your DD just caught her between classes and thrust the script into her hand, expecting feedback there and then, then I'm not surprised she only got a quick two minute chat.

For what it's worth, I would not advise a student who missed the grade above by four marks to resit. If a student is continuing to A2, AS grades are irrelevant - it's the number of marks that matters. And the teacher is quite right; your DD's time is better spent on focusing on her A2 study.

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mrsrhodgilbert · 21/09/2011 17:14

If I wasn't clear, she went to find her old teacher, the one who taught her last year. She has 2 new teachers this year and wouldn't think of asking those in the first instance. I thought the point of getting a script back was so the student and teacher could look through it to see what the issue was or indeed if it had been fairly marked/ a resit was advisable.

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Cartoonjane · 21/09/2011 17:08

Personally I would always find time to go through a paper in these circumstances but there are many who wouldn't, sometimes for reasons mentioned above such as lack of confidence doing so. Your DD could ask explicitly, or ask someone else if there's someone she knows and feels comfortable asking.

mnistooaddictive · 21/09/2011 17:05

Well, this is my view. A teacher does not have to give up their time to go through the paper with your daughter, partcuarly as she didnt prepare her for this exam. The vast majority of teachers would do this however. It could be that the teacher is new and inexperienced and doesn't have experience of this module and doesn't feel confident to give advice. They could also be extremely busy and not have the time. It may only be 10 minutes but if they do this for everyone then it very quickly adds up. It may be worth getting a tutor to go through in detail what went wrong.

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