tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42048794346055583762012-02-16T12:37:09.188-05:00a series of unfortunate emailspedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-33617098000305113962009-07-30T10:49:00.003-04:002009-07-30T10:59:18.609-04:00

Better to miss the 2-point quiz than to take it naked, I think:Dr. [professor],I really hope that you will be able to understand the conditions under which I missed class today. I did not purposely wake up and decide that I was going to skip your class this morning. Rather, I took a shower, my roomie walked out of the door and locked me out, meaning I was stuck outside of my room for roughly an

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-78276617537078828762009-07-06T12:33:00.012-04:002009-07-06T12:57:20.451-04:00

Ah, our jobs would be so much easier if grades were not tied to actual student performance. Professor [name]I took your [general eduction] class this semester on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays at 2:30. I had a lot of family problems during the beginning of the semester which prevented me from doing as well as I intended. I'm currently trying to get into the college of business, but to do so, I

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-16835448893510426162009-07-03T22:18:00.006-04:002009-07-03T22:33:09.417-04:00

A favorite from the reader submissions sent in during the year I have spent under a rock:The only things that I failed were the tests and the final exam, but I don't understand how I went from an A at midterms to an E for the final grade. I worked really hard on the grading project and the presentations. I hope you will consider changing my grade a little cause feel like I dont deserve this

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-32753882878616106422008-06-25T13:23:00.002-04:002008-06-25T13:26:18.520-04:00

While students are in hibernation over the summer they send far fewer emails. Have anything in your archives to submit?

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-6866646766292955322008-05-29T20:59:00.005-04:002008-05-29T21:11:26.091-04:00

Here's an email that has been making the rounds in academic circles. I don't know if it's true or not... but if so this is the best excuse for missing a final exam that I have ever heard.Professor [name], I am in your MWF 8:00 a.m. [class] and I

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-56662496983910321832008-05-29T13:54:00.003-04:002008-05-29T13:56:53.398-04:00

From a reader: This one was handwritten on a piece of paper left for another TA in a shared office, so there's no email to forward. But a student left his TA a note saying that the grade he had received for [course] was "unacceptable." He asked her to suggest a "mutually convenient time" when they could meet "to negotiate a grade that will be acceptable to us both."

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-41837054733777450132008-05-29T13:48:00.002-04:002008-05-29T13:51:04.851-04:00

Hello [Professor],I tried to send my [project] on blackboard but it did not so through so my lab is attacked to this email.Thank you,[Student]

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-89264128075525282552008-05-29T13:26:00.002-04:002008-05-29T13:30:48.185-04:00

Sent to a reader the night before the final, which was scheduled for the following afternoon: I realize this is last minute, but if there was any possibility for me to take the final at the earlier time, 8 am Monday, that would be greatly appreciated.

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-18463264623659077732008-04-22T11:02:00.005-04:002008-04-22T11:13:27.414-04:00

A reader sends us this end-of-semester gem:Hi [Professor], I just recieved my [sophomore-level course] grade and you gave me an F. I am very very confused about this. I thought I was passing this class. I know the final was very difficult and I must have

pedagooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16180582928727242664noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-7983711625648033592008-04-13T15:12:00.008-04:002008-05-29T14:06:26.529-04:00

This is one for the textbooks, sent in by a reader:Hi, Unfortunately, the grade i received in this class was not the desired one. Was i atleast close to a D? The final started off well for me but then the questions on [course topic, misspelled] and the [another topic] ones totally through me off and messed me up.

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-23652444696939347052008-04-12T17:03:00.008-04:002008-04-12T17:30:44.603-04:00

A student misses a quiz due to illness. Then misses another due to sleeping:Dr. [name], i just woke up today, and i know i had my alarm set for early this morning. the last couple nights have been long studying nights for me so i haven't had much sleep and the same was true last night. I am figuring that my roommate turned my

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-19109434824963670962008-04-12T14:10:00.005-04:002008-04-12T14:19:53.409-04:00

Here's an email sent by a student the day before the presentation day for a major project in which for two weeks students worked in groups to construct certain mathematical objects. Most of the work was done in class, but this student wasn't around for most of that (and apparently neither was anyone else in his group):Date: November 5Hi, I am a student in your [general education math] class. I

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Another reader contribution:Dear Professor [my name], I am so sorry I missed class today. I was not feeling well this morning and missed another one of my classes this afternoon as well, but fortunately my professor had another section of the class later today that

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-58963411022633561002008-04-12T10:58:00.003-04:002008-05-29T13:52:56.999-04:00

A reader sends in this email from a student who was a no-show for weeks on end:I forgot to tell you today that I won't be in class on Friday because we are leaving for a track meet. What do you want me to do about the test? Was looking over the syllabus and remembered we have a test on Friday. Can I take it on Monday during your office hours? Or is that too late?Sorry for the inconvenience.If you

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-25521928171100187022008-04-11T13:34:00.006-04:002008-04-12T17:11:52.225-04:00

This isn't so bad on its face:hi [prof name] its [student name]. i jutrs wanted to let you know i pulled my hamstring really bad in kinesealogy this morning and i am getting it iced and heated so i wont make it to class. can you please let me know what date the final is and what section we are up to. thank you and i hope your thanksgiving was a

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-8283968492654855712008-04-11T00:42:00.003-04:002008-04-11T20:07:21.827-04:00

Wow. i dotn have a problem withthe time but why arent the wrong answe posted that was great help i dont butit would be great it could putthatagain .... at leats it helps us alot to know which on we got wrong it doesnt evensay the answerThank you to the reader who sent in this email, whatever it says.

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-11229995664182317582008-04-10T15:29:00.006-04:002008-04-10T15:38:50.737-04:00

A reader has kindly submitted this astounding email from their archives:Subject: Grades Dr. [Last Name], I

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A reader contributes this email from the grammar police:I didnt know if you were aware but at the top of the syllabus you spelt persue "peruse", haha not tryin to be a smartass, just given you a heads up, thanks for the link. [student's first initial]

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-89610825092206947112008-04-08T13:27:00.010-04:002008-04-08T14:13:45.770-04:00

Here's one from a reader who apparently has a national reputation for helping students cram for finals. This student was not in the reader's course, nor even a student at his school!From: [Student not from where I work] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:30 PM To: [Professor]

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-83124907360563071992008-04-07T11:09:00.009-04:002008-04-08T13:54:34.154-04:00

There can really be no other place for me to start than this classic from my own class about seven years ago:Dear Dr. Professor, It is 3:20 right now, and I have your exam in [required course for my major] to take in ten minutes. I know that I have not attended your class in about two weeks, which I thought would be okay since I have

pedagoognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204879434605558376.post-56684161070888349912008-04-06T21:49:00.010-04:002009-07-03T22:39:59.455-04:00

To contribute an email from one of your students, send a text-only cut-and-paste of the email, together with any other relevant information such as what you replied, or wished you had replied, or the background/outcome of the story to googadep@gmail.com. Be sure to follow The Rules:1. Please remove any identifying information from the student's email.Okay really that's the only rule. You can

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