To: Professor ____________________ From:___________________________
I think my grade in your course,___________________, should be changed from ______ to _______ for the following reasons:
______1. The persons who copied my paper made a higher grade than I did.
______2. The person whose paper I copied made a higher grade than I did.
______3. I got a better grade with this paper last year.
______4. This course will lower my GP and I won't get into:
______Medical School ______Graduate School
______Dental School ______My Fraternity/Sorority
______The Mickey Mouse Club ______Tri County Tech
______5. I have to get an A in this course to balance the F in ______.
______6. I'll lose my scholarship.
______7. I'm on a varsity sports team and my tutor couldn't find a copy of your exam.
______8. I didn't come to class and the person whose notes I used did not cover the material asked for on the exam.
______9. I studied the basic principles & the exam wanted every little fact.
_____10. I learned all the facts and definitions but your exams asked about general principles.
_____11. You are prejudiced against:
______Males ______Jews ______Blacks
______Females ______Catholics ______Whites
______Protestants ______Moslems ______Minorities
______Chicanos ______People ______Child molesters
______Idiots ______Students ______Snorers
_____12. If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut my allowance.
_____13. I was unable to do well because of the following illness:
______mono ______broken baby finger _____VD
______acute alcoholism ______pregnancy ____Fatherhood
_____14. You told us to be creative but you didn't tell us exactly how you wanted that done.
_____15. I was creative and you said I was just shooting the bull.
_____16. I don't have a reason; I just want a higher grade.
_____17. The lectures were:
______too detailed to pick out important points ______too boring
______not explained in sufficient detail ______all jokes and not enough material
______all of the above
_____18. This course was:
______too early, I was not awake.
______at lunchtime, I was hungry
______too late, I was tired
_____19. My (dog, cat, gerbil) (ate, wet on, threw up on) my (book, notes, paper) for this course.
_____20. I ALWAYS got A's before... honest!
_____21. I can't understand your funny accent.
_____22. You can understand my funny accent.
_____23. I didn't have time to do the assignments because:
______I'm working on my Nobel prize in another subject ______I was helping the police bust drug kingpins
______my medication makes me very sleepy ______my cellmate had other plans for my time
______our band had to practice every night for our big gig
_____24. Other (make it good): _______________________________________
Created by Mark Merrick, University of Toledo.