Hello,
I'm a mainly Literature student who is currently doing five subjects in Year 11. While this option is not the best, I chose it due to extreme personal circumstance that has disabled me from full ability to dedicate to six subjects. However, to fill the gap, I chose to take Year 12 HHD (Health and Human Development) and have recently encountered some issues with this.
I do not have any friends in the class and the teacher is a bit "underobservant." She likes to suddenly and randomly spring due dates on students, and while I could handle that at the start of this year, the influx of work required for my mid-year examinations, on top of personal home drama, threw me of course.
Today, after doing my SAC a few days late (due to being sick on the date she chose, which was changed two times, and originally scheduled DURING my exam week, then on a public holiday!) she informed me a certain slab of work was due in tonight, or it was an "N" for this term, I'm assuming. All she told me was I would "get an N."
Now, this particular part is a few bits of overdue work I have since completed. However, it also includes two chapters that were completed in class, without anyone informing me or without my knowledge. There was no teacher-student communication, we have not recieved any notes or letters as warnings or work requirements, it was simply, "by the way, you might fail."
I rushed home during my spare to check my book, and, despite working my butt off, there is no possible way I can complete all this when I have a double Literature block up next, and an English oral presentation after school. I'm quite scared right now because right after getting back outstanding exam and book results, I have been informed by this singular teacher I may be failing her subject, without any room for argument because "I should have known" or I "should have asked."
My current plan is to complete the work tonight and hand my book in tomorrow, explaining I had a doctor appointment I could not skip, as we had been waiting on it awhile. That's not a lie. I have reasonably severe depression/anxiety, and have not slept for several days as this post is written. This kind of stress is not helping, but she was not open for arguments, and did not want to hear my reasons.
My question ultimately is, does this mean my education, or chance of passing Year 11 the first time, is over and out the window?
I am a B+ to A(+) student in almost all other classes. This is the only N I am aware I will be recieving for this term's work, and I had no written warning regarding the matter, and honestly, no verbal warning either. My first time back in class since my exams I'm dumped with a SAC and a work requirement studying disabled me to meet. I am concerned that, despite my average to very impressive grades, this singular N may gravely affect my future education, particularly considering I am only taking 5 subjects this year.
I and my friends are unaware (my school sucks...) whether or not getting one N for the second term's work (I'm presuming she will stamp all of it with an N and neglect to acknowledge my previous work efforts) means I have already failed Year 11, have no chance of passing, or must repeat the year.
I am a very intelligent student, and I don't see why I should deserve this. I fully admit there could have been more effort from my end, but I was distracted by efforts put into my exams, and never once considered the class would jump two chapters ahead without a single notice flung in my direction.
Without any official warning, can a teacher really give me an N? If so, with only five subjects and this being a Year 12 subject, am I screwed?
All and any help appreciated ASAP.
Thank you,
-OP.
I'm a mainly Literature student who is currently doing five subjects in Year 11. While this option is not the best, I chose it due to extreme personal circumstance that has disabled me from full ability to dedicate to six subjects. However, to fill the gap, I chose to take Year 12 HHD (Health and Human Development) and have recently encountered some issues with this.
I do not have any friends in the class and the teacher is a bit "underobservant." She likes to suddenly and randomly spring due dates on students, and while I could handle that at the start of this year, the influx of work required for my mid-year examinations, on top of personal home drama, threw me of course.
Today, after doing my SAC a few days late (due to being sick on the date she chose, which was changed two times, and originally scheduled DURING my exam week, then on a public holiday!) she informed me a certain slab of work was due in tonight, or it was an "N" for this term, I'm assuming. All she told me was I would "get an N."
Now, this particular part is a few bits of overdue work I have since completed. However, it also includes two chapters that were completed in class, without anyone informing me or without my knowledge. There was no teacher-student communication, we have not recieved any notes or letters as warnings or work requirements, it was simply, "by the way, you might fail."
I rushed home during my spare to check my book, and, despite working my butt off, there is no possible way I can complete all this when I have a double Literature block up next, and an English oral presentation after school. I'm quite scared right now because right after getting back outstanding exam and book results, I have been informed by this singular teacher I may be failing her subject, without any room for argument because "I should have known" or I "should have asked."
My current plan is to complete the work tonight and hand my book in tomorrow, explaining I had a doctor appointment I could not skip, as we had been waiting on it awhile. That's not a lie. I have reasonably severe depression/anxiety, and have not slept for several days as this post is written. This kind of stress is not helping, but she was not open for arguments, and did not want to hear my reasons.
My question ultimately is, does this mean my education, or chance of passing Year 11 the first time, is over and out the window?
I am a B+ to A(+) student in almost all other classes. This is the only N I am aware I will be recieving for this term's work, and I had no written warning regarding the matter, and honestly, no verbal warning either. My first time back in class since my exams I'm dumped with a SAC and a work requirement studying disabled me to meet. I am concerned that, despite my average to very impressive grades, this singular N may gravely affect my future education, particularly considering I am only taking 5 subjects this year.
I and my friends are unaware (my school sucks...) whether or not getting one N for the second term's work (I'm presuming she will stamp all of it with an N and neglect to acknowledge my previous work efforts) means I have already failed Year 11, have no chance of passing, or must repeat the year.
I am a very intelligent student, and I don't see why I should deserve this. I fully admit there could have been more effort from my end, but I was distracted by efforts put into my exams, and never once considered the class would jump two chapters ahead without a single notice flung in my direction.
Without any official warning, can a teacher really give me an N? If so, with only five subjects and this being a Year 12 subject, am I screwed?
All and any help appreciated ASAP.
Thank you,
-OP.