Ethical question about a grade I did not deserve?

I got an A in a course.



And based on my mid term and my what I think I got on my final I don't see how I could higher than a B. In fact I was praying to get by with a C+.



I am not complaining of course, but if it was the reverse I would be out side my professors door telling her she should give me a grade change.



I have a strong feeling it is an error.



I really don't think I am going to tell her about it, but does anyone think I should, I mean isn't that the ethical thing to do. Would anyone else do that?Ethical question about a grade I did not deserve?
I'm a teacher so I'm a bit embarrased by saying this but.....

1. If it is a college class then keep your mouth shut. Take the higher grade, doubt he/she will notice. Bump up your GPA

Console yourself by saying that you pay enough for your education and there will be a class down the line that you worked your butt off but a teacher won't factor that in.



2. If you are in high school, again don't say anything but use it as a reminder that if you have this teacher again, you need to work your butt off so that they don't notice. Chances are if you see this teacher again and they know you, they could change it. I've changed report cards before because the next trimester, I noticed the mistake and I've changed it but typically won't always do that because I don't want to admit to a student and parent that there was a mistake - too much hassle.Ethical question about a grade I did not deserve?
She fancies you.
I would first check your grade on the final, and ask for a breakdown of how much the final, midterm, etc is worth, then calculate the final grade for the course yourself. If it isn't an A, you could report it, but if it's close (say a B+) then I'd say let it ride. The professor could be scaling based on other students.
nah, as long as you tried your best i'd say you deserve the grade.
I would tell her. If it is truly the grade you got, congratulations. I did that this year. Report Cards were being sent home in a week and I checked online and had a C, which I had never known about before then. I miraculously got an A on my report card. It turns out that she didn't end up entering grade until the day before they sent out report cards! But I understand what you're saying, and finals do count as a large part of your grade. I would ask her to double check the grade and if it's wrong, take the grade you shouldv'e got because that's the grade that you deserve. It's bad to lie and cheat about these kinds of things. Hope this helps!
In high school I noticed several answers on a test were marked correct when they were, in fact, wrong. My teacher was so pleased with my integrity she let me keep the good grade I had!



Rather than just guessing, why not sit down and calculate your grade (that is if you've kept every grade so far)...then you can see where you stand. Wait till you get that final back too...maybe you aced it! Its also possible that she put more weight on certain assignments you did good at...for example the final was 50% off the grade, mid terms 25% and other assignments 25%. If you did good on the final it would make up for the midterm.
Actually it could be completely fair. Most of the time the mid term grade isn't actually 50% of all your work. For most classes, you spend much of the early part of the course learning things, and more of the later part of the course testing over what you know, so for most teachers, the mid term grade only accounts for about 25% to 30% of what your grade is based on, so the remaining 75% comes after the mid term is sent out.