Dear Professor Ari,

I will be the first to admit that I have made many mistakes in my life, and this summer includes my largest and most recent. I have failed your 100 level history elective. I understand that I should have breezed through this class to get an easy A+ to boost my measly 2.9 GPA, but yet again I have disappointed your, mine, and everyone’s expectations in my short time on this Earth so far.

As the summer started out, I was hopeful and motivated to succeed in your five-week course, but as time continued, the hope soon faded. I learned that these summer classes are missing the one factor that allowed me to succeed during the fall and spring semesters: Stress. 

I understand that being in a stress-free environment should allow me to work more efficiently. However, not being stressed to the point of a mental breakdown daily does not allow me to truly put in the excellent work I normally do. This stress-less course gave me a false sense of hope and comfort that allowed me to be led astray to failure. 

For this lack of need to cram fifteen weeks of work and knowledge into the eight hours before the test, I became lazy and unmotivated for finishing my course this summer. It isn’t as if the course material wasn’t interesting enough, it is just that I couldn’t find time to care. Overall, you did not make me worry enough. 

So, as you are putting in grades for the last five weeks I ask one small favor. Please forgive me for my mistakes of not turning in the last nine chapters of work, submitting two papers that are 700 words short of the requirements, and not doing a single discussion post. If you can forgive me of those minor discretions and curve my grade to a B+ that would be a true sign of care and compassion for your students.

Best,

KM

P.S. 

Honestly, those paper subjects made no sense. Contrast two things in history. Like, seriously? There are so many things. That is like asking me to list my top twenty favorite numbers, it makes no sense.