I have never experienced this type of pressure from a parent in the 8 years that I have been teaching, but I have experienced parents who were concerned about their child's grade. One incident I can remember a parent who challenged me on how I graded quizzes. She wanted to know why I scored some quizzes 20 out of 20 and others 100 out of 100. She felt that her child could have gotten a better grade if I did not have various points assigned to different quizzes. I had to explain to her that some quizzes were worth more than others and that I did a point system, therefore it did not make any difference one way or the other. I did stress to the parent that her child was welcome to retake the quiz; an opportunity that I give all of my students
