It has come to my attention-in a rather accusatory manner-that certain individuals who did not complete the Summer Reading Assignments-received an "A" for the First-Marking Period.
This could very well have been true for those who were NOT on the AP English Language and Composition register in June and only discovered that they were in the class upon their return in September.
I will under no circumstances continue to tolerate students "getting in my face" making this accusation. Ironically, this accusation has been made by mediocre performing students. If it continues, your parents and the AP of the Humanities Department will be invited to meet with me to discuss this situation.
Furthermore, I find it disturbing that some of these very same students are not abiding by the "twenty-four" hour rule. Amazingly, immediately upon receiving their graded timed-write, I am approached in a belligerent manner. Why is this so "amazing"? They have done so without carefully re-reading the passage, without carefully re-reading their written response, without reading a classmate's paper that received a higher-grade than they did, and without reviewing the handouts and/or the links provided on nicenet! (Can you name that rhetorical device?)
You are NOT in a "literature" class! You are in a "rhetoric" class. Clearly by now, you have discerned the difference.
