teacher doesnt want to show her records...

Obviously the teacher has the right, otherwise you friend was passed now. In all of my lessons in university, I said to myself again and again, never offend against the teacher. Teachers can easily find a reasonable excuse to cover the real ridiculous reason and let you fail. Attitude? WTF!

if that is the case..than maybe the smart students can also failed cuz ya know..not all smart students has a nice attitude..believe me..being part of the students in a boardings school taught me a lot bout people personality..a few of my friends also is like having a 'personality disorder' cuz we can't expect what they will do and sometimes they act weird....well,back to the teachers..they should not do that..supposedly the attitude does matter but in this case..your friend is a victim because just because of his attitude..he got bad thing..that is unfair and so not professional for a teacher to do that..

I think that is pretty unfair of the teacher, to be biased against your friend because of personal issues and not because of grades. Unfortunately, there are teachers who do that. A classmate of mine experienced that but it was really hard to fight against the teacher. How about telling the incident to the principal or dean?

HI P3 You should tell your friend to go to the dean if the teacher won't show him where he passed. Yes, teachers have the right to fail the student. I think that your friend should know what attitude did the teacher mean. Maybe the teacher was just very annoyed or bear grudges with your friend. I hope that it will be okay soon. Take care.

If from the start the teacher already told her class that attitude is also graded then I think the teacher has the right to fail your friend. If not then this is a matter that needs to be escalated to someone higher than the teacher. This would be very unprofessional for the teacher. Show proof that your friend failed. If not then the at least she will pass your friend.

Your friend has the right to see his record. If the teacher doesn't want, your friend can go to the principal/dean and complain so that the teacher will comply on showing his record. Your friend must also have his record of his exam papers as a proof. Attitude alone cannot be the reason to get a fail grade.

The teacher was definitely out of line. A similar thing happened to me when I was a freshman in highschool. The teacher was a total pervert and there was a petition a guy started to get him removed, which didn't work by the way; actually the guy got suspended and I almost did because I was the second or third name on the petition. Anyway, the jerk didn't like me and I got a B in that class...until the next year I got my transcripts and somehow it was an F. I ended up having to pay like a hundred bucks for a packet to get my credit for that course. I'm sick of people abusing the power they never should've been given in the first place. But whatever, I know the truth.

Well there are two sides to this. First, should a teacher be able to fail a student for reason other than the specific work completed? Generally no. I say generally because there are some schools where they try and teach you things other than simply basic knowledge. In those schools, yes, you can, and will, be failed for things beyond test scores and work requirements. But generally, no. However, the other side of this, is important. Sometimes people doing wrong things, can still teach you an important lesson. Attitude is very very important. It's a life skill that can effect every part of your future. I know people who have great work ethic, great performance... but a horrible attitude. They never get promoted, never get a pay raise, never advance in life... because of attitude. This teacher, even while doing something wrong, showed your friend a life lesson. You might by the best worker in the whole company, but if the boss sees you have a bad attitude, you may will get fired. I've seen people fired, who were great at what they did, but they had a bad attitude. I've seen girls who complained they never meet any nice guys, yet they have a horrible attitude. No good guy likes a girl with a bad attitude. So the only guys that come around are other guys with bad attitudes. Then she complains she never meets any good guys. You attitude can effect every aspect of your life. Controlling it, and learning that, could be the best lesson your friend learns from this wrong teacher.

If the subject or the course is about moral values then I think the teacher have a right to fail your friend but if it isn't then the teacher should be transparent with it and show her untampered records

Last semester one of my teacher also warned us that if our learning attitude is bad, he would fail us. And though I think he does not have the right, I think it is good for students to learn to have good attitude which is not only important in school but also important in society. Attitude sometimes represent one's respect for others and one's morality. So I think it will be better for your friend to change his bad attitude instead of complaining or arguing whether the teacher has the right to fail him.

I think the student has the right to know why he failed. He can ask to see his record and the teacher is obliged to show everything to justify the failure. If the teacher refuses to show his records, then the student should go to the principal or dean. If he is a minor, the student should bring his parents with him, but even college students would bring along their parents in cases like this. The teacher cannot keep his records secret. He has to be open to any queries.

The student did not fail based on his attitude. I think his failure is based on the teacher's attitude.

I think the teacher isn't right to fail a student based on an attitude.Your friend did not fail based on her attitude but based on the teacher's attitude.

uhm maybe the teacher is just trying to teach your friend a lesson and show your friends record eventually if he show some initiative, initiative like asking forgiveness to his teacher and try not to do it again maybe he offended his teacher badly for him/her not to show your friend's record or not to let him pass.

Hi P3ks626, Your friend has every right to see his records and to get a straight answer as to why he failed. Attitude is not a reason to fail a person if they have met all the requirements. "Attitude" is too open to personal judgement and has nothing to do with academics. If your friend does in fact have a poor attitude then it will be his own lesson to learn when he is refused or loses jobs as a result of it. I come from a family of teachers and I know that even if in a particular class "attitude" counted toward part of a certain grade such as "participation"....it is only a fraction of the grade. He would have to fail all aspects of the class in order to fairly earn an "F". Your friend needs to go above the teachers head to the principal. If not satisfied there then he needs to go to the superintendent. He should not give up because not only will it hurt him...it will give this teacher the confidence to pull this on another student.

It depends. When classes started, did the teacher give the breakdown as to where your grades will come from? If behavior is part of the grade, then bad luck for your friend. If not, your friend can appeal to the school administration. Grading a student should be left to the whims of the teacher. If it were, might as well give the teacher a dart board instead.

It is the RIGHT of the STUDENTS to know his/her records. If the teacher insisted that the reason for his/her failure was his/her attitude, then better yet ask the that teacher or any one in a higher position from that school, if attitude is really part of the grading system, just like exams, quizzes, attendance, reports, exercises and others. If it is part of the grading system then ask if how many percent does attitude contributes for the total grade. I was a teacher before so I know this things. I never hide my record from my students. I even ask them, if they have questions about their grades, I am pretty much welcome to show them my computations. Everytime I give them their grades, I don't just give them their final grades,I give them also it's break down. And yet in the school that I'd worked before, attitude is not part of the grading system. It is the teachers responsibility to handle and mold his students whatever their attitude is.

It depends on the policy also of the school, if they have given the teachers the prerogative to fail the student because of attitude problem. But for me, from the schools that I've been,it's not right to fail a student just because of attitude problem. There is due process if it's the attitude. There is Guidance Counselling, and that's their role in the school. As long as the student is complying to all the requirements then attitude should be set aside and then settle it at the right time and place..So definitely, the teacher can't show the records because your friend really passed the subject.

I don't believe that is actually allowed. I could be wrong but if he had the grades and was at school most days there should be no way he can fail. He should definetly go to someone with higher authority and straighten it out!

The teacher should have showed the student's records because it is his obligation to do so. There are certain criteria that are usually followed in giving grades. So he has to prove the student that his decision to fail him has a "legal" basis.