Is it the duty of a teacher to always bump up the grades of a student in need?

Anybody who has ever been through the college application process knows that it can be brutal. The wrong kind of extracurriculars or just 0.1 less GPA can be the thing that keeps a student out of going to their dream school forever. And that is without even getting into the headache that is the financial side of things.

As employees of a place that supposedly prepares teens for their next stage of life, we might think that teachers always have a vested interest in helping out their students. However, a lot of the time, that is highly dependent on how the students work. Most educators are not going to give out good grades for nothing.

Still, that is not going to stop some students from trying their luck when it comes to making the most out of the least with their high school education. If college looms, then every single minor improvement could help towards what they are aiming for. Being the person who prevents them from reaching that goal can feel like a heavy burden to carry.