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 Rosalie -
Hello, I’m outlining the situation: this year I’m in second year (equivalent to 10th grade in France). My start of the year went fairly well until my health problems intensified and some family issues arose. As a result I started to be absent a lot; in previous years I always had many absences due to my health problem, but this year is really particular (I even went as far as accumulating a month and a half of consecutive absences). But despite all that I manage to have a decent level with the few assessments done (and often on the fly, i.e., on lessons I had to learn the evening before for the next day) I have a 11/20 average. But with all this, my homeroom teacher and my educational supervisor told me I have a very good chance of repeating because the few assessments I’ve done aren’t representative of my level.
My question is how to make them understand that I have the total capacity to go to first year (S) and that all I need is to rest completely and to focus solely on my health issues (and family issues) in order to start again on much healthier footing next year, and if they maintain the redoublement what arguments can I use to make them renounce it?
Thank you very much to anyone who will kindly answer and have a good day ^^

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    alex123456789123456789 Posted messages 147 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
     
    Try to see if an outside person, like a doctor (a psychologist if you have one), can send a letter or meet your principal to inform them of your situation.
    Good luck
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  2. Raymond PENTIER Posted messages 58216 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   17 482
     
    Who tells you that next year you will no longer have health and family problems?
    And you surely have gaps in the knowledge you should have acquired in class.
    Even if you tried to catch up on the written lessons, you could not benefit from all the oral (speaking, languages) and unwritten (sports, music, drawing, practical work...) teachings.

    I think it's a very bad idea to go against the decision of the teaching team! Have you already repeated classes? Is your boyfriend in the same class as you and you don't want to be separated from him?

    --
    Well, retirement is good! Especially in the Antilles...
    Raymond (INSA, AFPA)
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  3. Pierr10 Posted messages 13833 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   5 842
     
    Hello,

    What Raymond PENTIER wrote is full of common sense. But things will certainly go as follows:
    The principal will not follow the teachers' opinion. He will follow the rectorate's instructions to limit repeating grades as much as possible. So he will promote you to first year with arguments like:
    - I can't let them repeat with such a grade average.
    - Let's trust her. She has shown that she has abilities.
    The teachers will not go against the principal's opinion and you will pass.

    In summary, if you are not the one explicitly requesting a repeat to consolidate your knowledge, you will very likely pass to first year (with gaps).
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  4. Rosalie
     
    Hello,
    In answer to you Raymond PENTIER I don't know if I will have more family problems next year but as far as health problems are concerned I am 100% sure thanks to the new treatment I will soon start. I fully agree that the gaps in knowledge I should have acquired are a valid argument to make me repeat, the fact is that this is not necessarily true since I have always managed to maintain a good level despite my absences (for example I had an average of 16/20 in year 3 despite my many absences from classes) I have always had the ability to adapt to each subject to address this problem (and that every year). And to finish I have never repeated a grade and I don't have a girlfriend ^^.
    Ps: thank you very much Pierr10 this reassures me a lot ????.
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