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This teacher now regrets giving me the print out of her grades. I spoke with him and he wanted the hand out back— no way. I found a few inconsistencies with what he had told me and what is on the hand out. I told him I'm fine if my daughter didn't get an A in math, I just want her to get what she earned, not some arbitrary number. He was very short with me and didn't want to answer any of my questions. He said that she's very quiet in class and some times seems to be just staring off into space. I said that maybe she was thinking, and was he basing part of her grade on non-participation in class? He said no, that had nothing to do with it. So that was just a cheap shot. Putting her down because she's quiet? He ended the conversation abruptly by saying that her grade was based on a “weighted” system: homework 20, quiz's 30, that one test 40. It says this on the print out also (in writing). He then ended the conversation. Now, am I wrong or isn't a weighted system of grading based on percentage? If so 40, 30, and 20 only equals 90%. Am I misunderstanding here? Where's the other 10 percent? Or, is he just counting the one test 4x, quiz's 3x and homework 2x and then getting an average from that? Which puts all the more emphasis on a test that I have now found out the class was told they were having 5 days in advance— she was sick that day. Oh, he also claims that even though he told them about the test 5 days in advance, they all “should have known one was coming up”. And that they only “reviewed, no new material” in those days that she was absent so nothing should have been a surprise. Ok, but there was no way she could review with a 104 degree temp and a trip to the ER and the family doc. He also restated if “she had just come to me I could have let her fix some of it and given her, maybe ,a few extra points”. That to me is not even fair to her or any of the other students— points given after the fact? I keep reading posts from people that ask why I even post this personal information. The answer is because I think it sheds some light on an unfair system in addition to giving me some perspective. Thank you to all of you that have replied. We met a very nice couple recently that home school, and I've thought about it but I worry about ME keeping up with my kids needs, I don't want them to fall behind . I majored in history in college, did fine in math but don't know if I remember much past a little geometry. My kids also have some good friends and good teachers. We chose to live here (one reason) for the school system.