Generally speaking (take it from a Junior to be), your grade matches the effort you put in (unless you're really smart). 75% is a C.
However, I'd like to say that English being the subject that it is, your piece could've been great, but if the teacher doesn't like your writing style, you'll get a bad grade.
Hello people, it's da Oinksta here. Recently, my life has changed for the worse and I'm stuck in a pretty awful situation at the moment. I thought I would ask for your advice.
So, I've been an A student all my life. I had never received anything lower than an A- before Grade 7. I was constantly getting school prizes, and I won "most outstanding student" for five years straight, from Grade 2 to Grade 6, at my primary school (Yes, this is Australian). But once I hit high school, things changed. I started getting some B's, mainly B+'s for the subjects I don't like, like English and Art. My parents expected better of me, and gave me some "advice" for improving. Yet, this year, in Grade 8, I've averaged a B for the subjects I hate, and an A- for the rest.
Here's the game changer. Everything's going fine, I'm in Term 2 of the school year (it's winter break for me, summer break for all you 'Mericans) and I rock up to an English exam. It's an essay, comparing The Happiest Refugee, a memoir of a refugee's life (not @Refugeecrafter) and an article on the Australia public's views on refugees. I think, this isn't too hard. I should scrape an A here. So, I sit the exam and feel pretty good after it's done.
Two weeks later, my parents receive a phone call from my English teacher, saying that I received a C- for my English essay. My teacher wanted me and my parents for an interview, so we go to that. I deny anything that I've done wrong in my exam, and that's the truth. I felt like I did pretty good. At the interview, my teacher tells me that I've done horribly, and that she knows this isn't my best. I admit, it wasn't my best, I probably gave 75% effort. But I didn't expect a C-. She tells us that I've just been cruising along for the past couple of years, and that's why my grades are slipping. My parents tell me to put more effort in.
My punishment? I'm not allowed on Meepcraft until I get an A for English.
This will be easy, considering next term is a spoken task on the Hobbit, but a whole three months without Meep. I mean, is that a bit over the top? I'm asking for your opinion on whether or not that was harsh enough/not harsh enough, and what I should do right now.
