How to Handle Getting Fs Privately

Correct poor performance at school early to maintain your grades and grasp the subject matter. Quickly enlist your parent's help to deal with Fs privately. Find the problem and solve it. Ask for help in order to turn your Fs into As and find the reasons you are failing in school.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Keep your grades to yourself. Change the subject or be noncommittal if grades come up in conversation with your friends. Wait to express your frustration over your Fs until you get home.
2. Tell your parents about your bad grades. Discuss why you think you earned Fs in school. Review your work with your parents and ask for help to improve your grades. Discuss the issue after your first F while there is still time to improve your grade.
3. Schedule a meeting with your parents and the teacher. Identify the reason you received Fs in school and discuss ways to improve your grade. Ask about private school tutoring if you do not understand the subject matter. Attend any tutoring sessions scheduled and review the tutor's effectiveness after your next test or assignment. Get a different tutor if your grades do not improve.
4. Resolve personality problems with particular teachers. Tell your parents if you think you get Fs because a teacher does not like you or your opinions. Offer to take tests again to prove you know the material. Ask your parents to meet with the teacher and discuss the situation. Get the school administration involved if the conflict is severe.
5. Enroll in a program that specializes in private tutoring, such as a Sylvan Learning Center. Seek out educational assistance from private tutors that offer online and classroom tutoring sessions. Keep your sessions a secret from friends and classmates. Wait until your Fs in school become As before you tell the world how you improved your grades.

Tips & Warnings

• Ask your teacher to return papers and tests face down to prevent classmates from seeing your grades.