Favoritism

[shadow713]

favoritism.

it exists on many locations among many diffrent people, but one of the places i discover it the most is in school.

Not all teachers do it, but some do and when they do it can get out of hand.

imagine a situation in which a teacher grading two different peoples tests and both fail. The teacher is a sponser of softball at the school.

One of the students is a regular student that does well in school and does not participate in sports or anything after school, but the other is a member of the softball team, and makes below average to average grades and is a very valuable softball player.

Both confront the teacher separately. The person not on the team asks the teacher to bump her up to a D because he needs it to keep a decent grade in class. the teacher refuses.

now the softball player goes to the teacher to ask for a bump on the grade in order to be able to play softball. the teacher just because she wants the girl to play gives her a D.

Now is this fair? i do not. Favoritism at this level should not exist and it hurts peoples transcripts and such. Teachers can have favorites but not if they influence their grades for the better and no one else. it is not fair.

What do you think? favoritism or no favoritism?

i believe, that this favoritism should not be allowed.

[bandnerd]

Prove that it happened using something other than hearsay.

Favoritism happens. It shouldn't. Teachers are supposed to be able to provide proof about why a student received the grade they earned on a test, project, or other assignment.

You're not just talking about broad spectrum favoritism, but favoritism toward atheletes, and this has gone on forever. I know it's unfair, and people are trying to keep it from happening.

I'm sorry if this happened to you or someone you know, but you don't always know all the facts of the situation, either.

[Midtowner]

Also, if you're in a position where you are receiving a "D" or an "F" in Highschool, you have no one to blame but yourself. Pointing the finger at someone else who was 'more fortunate' than you doesn't change the fact that you didn't take care of business in the classroom.

[shadow713]

i was just using this as an example it could be anything but atheletes for all we know and it didnt really happen to me. keep in mind this was an example only and the grades were just an example

[bandnerd]

I have to agree with Midtowner, then. You can only take care of yourself in this situation and try and keep your grades up without worrying about other people.

You wouldn't be worrying about it if you were on the other side of this coin, now would you?

[shadow713]

believe it or not i would. i wouldnt like it if others suffered for it if i were a favorite to a teacher. now if no ones grades or anything were in jeporady then sure i would like to be a favorite

[bandnerd]

Being the favorite sometimes leads to ridicule.

"Teacher's pet, Teacher's pet!"

Gah, those words sound hauntingly familiar...

[shadow713]

Originally Posted by bandnerd

Being the favorite sometimes leads to ridicule.

"Teacher's pet, Teacher's pet!"

Gah, those words sound hauntingly familiar...

i have been called that befoe and i have never been bothered by those things or any other ridicule because i just didnt care and i knew that for the most part it wasnt true

I agree with Midtowner. Yes the teacher may be a jerk but the key is to overcome that and make good grades just to spite them. That is my type of revenge. Someone pisses me off I become better than they are and more or less shove it in their face (selfcentered-yes,really fun-YES!!!). I had a reall bad teacher (only one though) in middle school and grew to be far better than anything they expected. I got straight A's after they told me that I was a bad influence and fail in all my endeaors I proved them wrong and I laughed.

Now in college there isn't much of anything you can do about it. A college professor can fail just because they don't like you. And (especially if it is a private university) there is nothing you can do about it other than become greater.

[shadow713]

La Resistance- heres the problem with that. youre approach just lets tham get to you and it made you do better. that was probably their goal all along despite what you may have heard or think
Also the "in your face" attitude isnt very mature, especially doing it to an adult. YOU should be the adult and just be content that you made a better grade.

Now i think you missed my point. i dont necessarily mean that grades have to be a part of this favoritism topic its just a large part of it. it doesnt have to involve atheletes nor anyone particularly special. I mean favoritism in anyway. i would like you all to show your opinions on several different types pf favoritism under different circumstances involving school.

I think what shadow means is he is talking about the teacher that keeps you from making an A because of favoritism, not a teacher that hates you simply to make someone of your type (immature teenager, with ill show the wiser generation how wrong they are attitude) do better in their class.