Top Twenty Reasons Why My Grade Should be Changed

___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. This course will lower my Grade Point Average and I won't get into:

______Law School
______Graduate School
______Medical School
______My Fraternity/Sorority
______Dental School
______Tri County Tech
______The Mickey Mouse Club
______Other

___4. I have to get an A in this course to balance the F in _______________.

___5. I'll lose my scholarship.

___6. I'm on a varsity sports team and my tutor couldn't find a copy of your exam.

___7. I didn't come to class and the person whose notes I used did not cover the material asked for on the exam.

___8. I studied the basic principles and the exam wanted every little fact.

___9. I learned all the facts and definitions but your exams asked about general principles.

__10. You are prejudiced against:

______Males
______Jews
______Blacks
______Females
______Catholics
______Whites
______Protestants
______Moslems
______Minorities
______Chicanos
______People
______Students

__11. If I flunk out of school my father will disinherit me or at least cut my allowance.

__12. I was unable to do well in this course because of the following illness:

______mono
______broken baby finger
______acute alcoholism
______pregnancy
______VD
______fatherhood

__13. You told us to be creative but you didn't tell us exactly how you wanted that done.

__14. I was creative and you said I was just shooting the bull.

__15. I don't have a reason; I just want a higher grade.

__16. 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

__17. This course was:

______too early, I was not awake.
______at lunchtime, I was hungry
______too late, I was tired

__18. My (dog, cat, gerbil) (ate, wet on, threw up on) my (book, notes, paper) for this course.

__19. I couldn't understand your English.

__20. Other___________________________________________________