Excuses, from the Internet, Enjoy
To:(Professor/Teacher)
From:
I think my grade in your course,
should be changed from
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D+
D
D-
F
to
A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D+
D
D-
F
for the following reasons:
The persons who copied my paper make a higher grade than I did.
The person whose paper I copied made a higher grade than I did.
This course will lower my grade point average and I won't get into
Medical School
Dental School
Graduate School
Mickey Mouse Club
I have to get an A in this course to balance the F in
I will lose my scholarship
I am on a varsity sports team and my coach could not find a copy of your exam
I didn't come to class and the person whose notes I used did not cover the material asked for on the exam
I studied the basic principles and the exam wanted every little fact
I studied the facts and definitions but the exam asked about general principles
You are prejudiced against:
Males
Females
Protestants
Chicanos
Jews
Catholics
Moslems
People
Blacks
Whites
Minorities
Students
Young People
Old People
If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut my allowance
I was unable to do well in this course because of the following:
mono
acute alcoholism
drug addiction
VD/STD
broken baby finger
pregnancy
fatherhood
You told us to be creative but you didn't tell us exactly how you wanted that done
I was creative and you said I was just shooting the bull
The lectures were:
too boring
too detailed to pick out important points
not explained in sufficient detail
all jokes and no material
I do't have a reason; I just hoped for a higher grade
This course was:
too early, I was not awake
too late, I was tired
at lunchtime, I was hungry
My
gerbil
cat
dog
ate
wet
threw up on
my
books
notes
paper
for this course