Feb 1, 2010
New Semester: How to Make a Complaint
My daughter Kim is having a difficult time in her media class. There are strict deadlines for submission of videos and my daughter is having trouble meeting these submissions. The students in her group are very lazy, and often let Kim do all the work. Students in the program are also being lazy and selfish with equipment. Most students hardly ever charge video equipment after use. Also, some camera batteries and a camera was lost this year. This has created a shortage of equipment. Although there is a policy requiring students to sign out equipment when they need to use it, most students are not following this policy and are just taking the equipment. When my daughter signs out equipment for a project, it is not available to her, therefore she cannot complete the project on time. Her grade in this class is a C. It is her lowest grade and the rest of her classes are AP classes. What should my daughter do about the situation? What would you do in her situation? She does not want to eat a C in an elective course.
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She should just borrow a video camera from a family member. Or report the students that are not signing the equipment out. Also she should talk to the teacher about her partners that are not helping her at all. She should check to see if the equipment is charged before she takes it home.
I think Kim should talk to the instructor. The teacher probably will understnd her situation and make some adjustments. If she doesn't say anything she will have to deal with the C. The only other thing she can do is deal with it. She will have to try twice as hard to make up for the slack.
First, I would tell whoever is in charge of the equipment to do a better job of the equipment. There is really nothing she can do about other students not being responsible about the media class. Kim should just be more aggressive about her work; meaning that she needs to talk to her media teacher and tell him or her what she needs to do, instead of just accepting a "C".
In ym personal opinion I would go and drop the class after the second trimester is over. While Im still in that class however I would tell on any students that take the equipment or abuse the equipment. I would also talk to the instructor while Im still in the class to see if I could get extra credit in the class.
i think that kim should talk to her teacher about the situation. she also should tell her group that they to participate in work and not have her do all the work on her own.if she dont want to keep the same grade she needs to speak and take care of her responsibility
In my opinion, I think that Kim should have dropped the class when she found out that things were not right. She should have taken matters into her own hands in the beginning to prevent any of this from happening. Yes, the big problem with her grades is with her classmates, but she also needs to realize her part in the situation. I feel that she had an opportunity to fix the problem in the beginning so she should have done it then.
Maybe she should invest in a video camera for the remainder of this class so that she won't have to worry about missing equipment or she can just accept a C in the class because a C is still passing and the class is only an elective class.
I don't know what her personality is, or how she would handle a situation like this, but I would just delete their names from the assignment and take all the credit for myself since they were not contributing to the assignment. If I decide no to do that, I will file a complaint about the incompetent students and finish the assignment myself. I will also file a complaint about that I did not deserve because of lazy group members and arrange a way for the grade to raise. Lastly, as far as the video equipment goes, I will take it upon myself to check to see if the equipment is charged and ready to go. However, like I said that is what I will do. I feel that she should handle this situation in way that is comfortable for her.
Well if I were her I would just endure the situation. Every thing doesn't always go your way. So I'd just use what I can to get pass. She should just try to get the equipment before the other students. As well as reporting the lazy students who don't help her with work in her group. Maybe she'll see some sort of progression.
If I were your daughter I would request to get a new group. Personally I would be highly upset that I was doing the whole project with no help. Kim should talk to her teacher about the issue. The equipment issue should be taken to either the teacher or principal. Let the issue be known instead of complaining about it.
If I was in this situation I would go talk to my teacher about it. Her just sitting there complaining not gone to fix the situation. I would file a complaint with my teacher about whats going on. If my teacher don't fix the problem then I would go to my princple. If your daughter is serious about her grade then she should take matters into her own hands and get this problem fix.
Thanks for your advice
In my opinoin, I think she should go and talk to the teachers who supply these equipment and tell them what's going on with her situation and aslo tell how the students are expecting her to do whenever they get a group assignment. I think she should not hold back anything just because they are her friends because it's basically their fault for her not being able to turn her assignment on time. Even though she could have been talked to someone about the problems with her group, but if I was in that type of situation I would most likely go and talk to the teacher that supply the equipments and assign the work for the class. I feel that she's a very smart, resposibile,and the type of person to get the work done and she shouldn't have to pay for anyone elses actions.
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