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 Grade Point Average 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 and 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 in this course because of the
            following illness:
            ______mono                  ______broken baby finger
            ______acute alcoholism      ______pregnancy
            ______VD                    ______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
            ______not explained in sufficient detail
            ______too boring
            ______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't 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
            ______our band had to practice every night for our big gig
            ______my cellmate had other plans for my time
_____24.    Other (make it good): _______________________________________