I'm so frustrated for DS. It's not the end of the world, but it will run his chance of getting in the top 10%. (Granted, he's only in 7th grade, but it was important for him) His STEM teacher did not grade any of their projects until today. 3 days before the semester is over. DS got B's or C's on most of them because he made the same tiny mistake that he didn't even realize was a mistake, as it was not in any of the directions (these projects are all in a CAD program). Now, if said teacher had grade the projects in a bit more timely fashion, DS would have been alerted to the mistake and made aware that he should not do it for the remaining projects. Instead, his grade has now suffered and there's nothing he can do. He really doesn't even understand why he missed points as the teachers explanation didn't really make much sense. I know teachers are busy, but couldn't he have graded them earlier if he was able to grade all 8 assignments for all of the 25 students in that class in one period??