Grades are in

Finals are over and I have my grades for both Trig and Brit Lit. My Trig grade is right where I expected it to be - an A. Even though we rushed the last week, we left quite a bit out, which made the final easier.

Brit Lit, however, was a different story. After the final yesterday, I received my grade - a B. Looking back over my grades, I could not figure out how my grades came to a B. I averaged them several different ways and still couldn't come up with a B. I had a 92, 94, 100, and 83 for my test grades and an A, A, A, and a B for equally weighted essays. There were no other grades.

I asked the teacher how she graded but she gave me a vague answer, saying that's the way she has graded for ten years. She told me that a B was still a good grade for a college course. I replied that it may be good but it was not what I was aiming for., what I deserved, or what other schools want to see when considering my application. Too bad; it's not getting changed. It just does not seem like fair grading to me.