The phrase "failed a class" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used when referring to a student who did not meet the requirements to pass a specific course. Example: John was disappointed when he found out he had failed a class in his last semester of college, but he was determined to retake it and improve his grade.
"Summer programs used to be for students who failed a class.
As a young man, he studied at the Art Students League of New York and earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Pratt Institute, where he failed a class in nature drawing.
The Board of Education reported yesterday that attendance among high school students who failed a class in the last school year fell slightly, to 53.6percentthis weekek from 55percenttwo weeks earlierer.
The revised plan means that only students in grades 3 through 12 who have failed a class or performed below a designated level on most reading and math tests will be required to attend summer school.
In the late 70's, when I was a high school student, you went to summer school if you (a) had failed a class or (b) had absolutely nothing better to do.
"I can tell you that as we review final high school transcripts (and our admissions counselors read all of them), any student who either failed a class their final semester or fell below a 2.0 G.P.A. is sent on to me for follow-up," Jefferson R. Blackburn-Smith, the vice president for enrollment management at Otterbein University, wrote in an e-mail.
You're just going to have to leave college early if you fail a class".
The school's teacher handbook states that no student should fail a class if he or she regularly attends, and that students who miss work should be given "multiple opportunities for student success and work revision".
Failing a class used to mean repeating and paying for the entire semester.
"After he finished, all I wanted to do was run back and see if I could still fail a class, so I wouldn't have to graduate".
I have seen people that are at the point of graduating from college who fail a class just so they don't have to leave the comfort of what they've come to know for the last 2-4 years.
