'Mock me during class? Get an F': Teacher fails misbehaving student on participation grade despite aceing the final exam

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Dec 2, 2024 2:00 PM EST

Here's a friendly reminder to respect your teachers no matter what or it may end up costing you. Here, we have an immature high school student who frequently mocked his English teacher during class while he was sitting in the back with his mates. After receiving a serious warning, his best friends stopped joining in on the mockery, but the student refused to stop. 

Halfway through the semester, the student had the audacity to sleep through the midterm and ask to retake the exam. His teacher denied him that request, but the student believed he could still receive a passing grade if he got an A on the final exam… which he did. 

However, what the student did not take into account was the participation grade, and the teacher did not show mercy on that front. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about egregious spelling and grammar errors.

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    Mock me during my class? Get an F. I teach English at a university in South Korea. I enjoy the job, and generally have good rapport with my students and very few, if any, complaints.
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    A few years ago, I was teaching a class, and there were three male students who always sat at the back of the class. The ringleader was always making (what appeared to me to be) snide
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    remarks whenever I was speaking, and the other two always laughed at what he said. This happened a lot, over several weeks.
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    One day I'd had enough, and pulled the three of them to one side after class. I told them I was tired of the constant snide remarks, and laughing (it was all
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    in Korean, but all still sounded disrespectful to me with all the laughing and the timing of it all it was always after I'd finished speaking), and that I wouldn't stand for it.
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    The two who were constantly laughing heeded the warning, and stopped. The ringleader continued with the remarks, but the other two stayed stony- faced.
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    The midterm exam came, and the ringleader wasn't there to sit the test. He messaged me the next day saying that he had overslept,
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    and could he take the exam today instead? If he had been sick or something, with legitimate paperwork, fine, I would have made allowances, but he didn't even do that. He expected me to
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    write a new exam (required, as all the other students had already sat the exam) just for him. I said no. He asked if he could still pass the course with 0% midterm score. I said it was possible, if he aced the final exam, and had good attendance.
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    He was actually quite good at English and aced the final exam, and had good attendance. However, part of the grade in Korean universities is 'participation, which combines
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    effort in class, attitude, and so on. Even with his zero for the midterm, he was getting a C grade. I gave him 0/20 for his participation in class, which is entirely my call, which dropped him to 58%, and gave him a F.
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    NiobeTonks • 5h ago . Well, he f found out. ed around and
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    THX39652 • 5h ago . Sweet and well deserved!
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    Brave_Read_85... . 4h ago • As an English teacher myself, this is so satisfying!
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    ArynManDad 4h ago Being a teacher is hard enough without having to deal with this kind of stuff. Good on you OP for standing your ground. What irks me even more is that the students didn't even have the grace to apologize when called out.
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    Greyhound89 • 3h ago That's not revenge. You did what a teacher is supposed to do. It's called a logical consequence.
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    vegasgal 3h ago U/opekta if you want to read or listen to a book about a Japanese 6th grade teacher who was so slick in getting revenge against some of her students who committed the absolute worst crime against
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    her family, you will be amazed by this book written by "Confessions," by Kanae Minato. Brilliant, just brilliant and there will never be any evidence. Thoughts for your next students who are disrespectful to you. Of
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    course I hope that their poor behavior never gets to the level that these students committed. It's a novel. There is a second book in the series but it's just meh. It's titled Penance.
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    M4V3R1C7 2h ago. F is for F around, Find out and Fail your coursework. A very versatile alphabet, if I say so.
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