A lot of variables. In fact, most likely not. Most colleges will absolve a students privacy through some forms int he application process. This way their faculty can talk about pretty much whatever they want, including grades. My high school even posted grades on public boards using out student IDs, which everyone knew each others. And they are bound by the educational laws unconditionally. Furthermore, he didn't post anything about his grades, he didn't reveal shit. The general term "failed" his exams is not indicative of an actual grade, and I'm pretty sure the kid isn't so stupid as to get a <60%. And even furthermore, who said he even took those two exams yet? For all we know he could be talking about the future based on the kid being a stupid jackass?

Too many variables to be sure here.

He didn't announce his "grades" per say, he just said that he failed.

Perhaps he didn't take the midterm or final exam yet, and the professer was speaking ironically?

He didn't reveal any grades, he just said failed the midterm and final, both of which probably haven't even been taken yet.

i cant see his grades :S

In Sweden your test grades are not confidential, so any1 could go to my school and get my degrees, just like that.

Ohh god... Grades... The Swedish words for those makes them easy to mix up, and I was tired.

or we could just asume he made an assumption about this due to how the student has been acting so far and probably will keep acting thus making it so this is the grade he has to give him, my name has been deadnanners, thank you for wasting your time readins this <3

College is not high school. Professors can pretty much do whatever they want, especially if they are tenured.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Educational_Rights_and_Privacy_Act

You sign a piece of paper saying they can talk to others about your grades. That act doesn't mean shit.

Yes it does...

It really doesn't

If a teacher's good, and the school can't find another teacher on the subject, he does pretty much as he pleases. A teacher of mine told me about when he was to college, his teacher would each time pik the ones he knew didn't know the answer and didn't do their homework at all times, and he would drill the real hard. One of the students complained to the principal, (this was a girl, the teacher had said she was dumb because she was a girl, and she would do bad in this subject, it was a male dominant class). THe principal said she had to deal with it or quit, they couldn't find a new teacher.

Ok, so the teacher doesn't get fired. The student can still sue the hell out of the teacher.

FYI, she continued, and she did pretty well.. My point is, a good teacher in a subject where it's hard to find teachers wont get fired for being sharp in the mouth. If he give her bad grades only becasue she's a girl, or something like that, yeah then he have problems. Also, remember this is 40 50~ years ago..

But I know it's like this today aswell. It's really hard to find teachers at all, and for some special subjects it's even harder. The school can't afford cutting an entire class just becasue one student have a hard time.

A teacher at my school got fired for saying aloud that a girl failed. She recorded it and demanded he get fired.

My chem teacher in high school always showed the entire class everyones grade... Im not entirely sure why.