Homework pass question?

My daughter used a homework pass last week and received a zero as a grade which brought her average down. The teacher noted that a HW pass was used also. Surely this is not right?!? I’m already angry at this teacher so wondering how to approach this appropriately.

Your DD needs to remind the teacher that she used a homework pass for that particular assignment. I would suggest via email first to have a trail of communication. Hopefully it was an oversight on the teacher's part.

At that age, I ask my kids to advocate for themselves twice before I get involved so I wouldn't do anything unless the teacher didn't respond to DD after two attempts.

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Originally Posted by Melaine

My daughter used a homework pass last week and received a zero as a grade which brought her average down. The teacher noted that a HW pass was used also. Surely this is not right?!? I’m already angry at this teacher so wondering how to approach this appropriately.

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If I recall your girls are in 8th grade? You shouldn't approach this. You should let them talk to the teacher and ask what happened.

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Originally Posted by MSWR0319

If I recall your girls are in 8th grade? You shouldn't approach this. You should let them talk to the teacher and ask what happened.

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I was trying to figure out how a HW pass should work. Do you remove the line in the gradebook, does it go in as a 100 or what?

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Originally Posted by Melaine

I was trying to figure out how a HW pass should work. Do you remove the line in the gradebook, does it go in as a 100 or what?

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I'm sure it depends on the teacher, but usually it means no penalty for not doing the assignment, however that works out in their grading system. HW is a completion grade for my kids so it would be a 100.

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Originally Posted by Melaine

I was trying to figure out how a HW pass should work. Do you remove the line in the gradebook, does it go in as a 100 or what?

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It probably depends on the teacher. I would still ask your DD to ask the teacher herself.

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Originally Posted by Melaine

I was trying to figure out how a HW pass should work. Do you remove the line in the gradebook, does it go in as a 100 or what?

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I would guess that varies by teacher. Just have her send the teacher an email asking that, as she noticed her grade went down when the zero was put in. Maybe she meant to put in a 100 and didn't. Or maybe she takes that zero out at the end of the semester which is why she noted a pass was used. It's hard to know.

Have dd ask when the pass was used, per the grade book and then see if she can prove she didn’t use it then.


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Are you looking at the online grading? It could be the system does not allow for the teacher to easily adjust. I would wait a week to see if anything changes the email the teacher. They might need to do a work around they haven’t gotten to yet.

For what it’s worth I firmly believe these online grading things are more of a curse and a benefit for everyone involved.