“But at least I will try,” I replied to my new classmates in Dr. W.’s ELL class, who informed me that she was a real witch and no matter how insistently I would work, it was useless to expect to have anything higher than “C.” Without any hope to convince them, I spent all my time to prepare for English classes, and, to everyone's surprise, after two months I was on the way to a stable “B.”
Right after the New Year vacation Dr. W. decided to give us a test, but, coincidentally, my father was going to have a complicated surgery that day. After taking him to the hospital, my mother and I waited there for 10 hours until he regained consciousness.
When I came home that night, I checked my Schoolnet account and found out that Dr. W. gave me a zero for the missed test, so, my current grade fell down to “F”.
The next day, when I met Dr. W., I asked her about a makeup test. “What was your excuse for missing yesterday’s test?” she asked me sarcastically. “My father had a surgery,” I replied. “It was so convenient to use such sorrowful event as an excuse to miss the test,” Dr. W. resumed. In a desperate attempt to explain away, I said: “Believe me; I could not think of anything else but my father.” “Nothing personal, sweetheart, but in order to have a satisfactory grade in my class, you should have cared only about the test.” Looking at her dazedly, I …show more content…
Although the situation seemed irredeemable, I decided not to surrender. A few days later I wrote a petition, which listed several cases of Dr. W.’s bias against pupils including me, and asked the administration to replace Dr. W. by another teacher. After I had read the petition to my classmates, I asked them if they would join me in signing it. As I expected, the only words I heard were: “There is no way you will succeed.” “Probably,” I replied. “But at least I will
Right after the New Year vacation Dr. W. decided to give us a test, but, coincidentally, my father was going to have a complicated surgery that day. After taking him to the hospital, my mother and I waited there for 10 hours until he regained consciousness.
When I came home that night, I checked my Schoolnet account and found out that Dr. W. gave me a zero for the missed test, so, my current grade fell down to “F”.
The next day, when I met Dr. W., I asked her about a makeup test. “What was your excuse for missing yesterday’s test?” she asked me sarcastically. “My father had a surgery,” I replied. “It was so convenient to use such sorrowful event as an excuse to miss the test,” Dr. W. resumed. In a desperate attempt to explain away, I said: “Believe me; I could not think of anything else but my father.” “Nothing personal, sweetheart, but in order to have a satisfactory grade in my class, you should have cared only about the test.” Looking at her dazedly, I …show more content…
Although the situation seemed irredeemable, I decided not to surrender. A few days later I wrote a petition, which listed several cases of Dr. W.’s bias against pupils including me, and asked the administration to replace Dr. W. by another teacher. After I had read the petition to my classmates, I asked them if they would join me in signing it. As I expected, the only words I heard were: “There is no way you will succeed.” “Probably,” I replied. “But at least I will