UNIVERSAL GRADE CHANGE FORM

 


University:  ______________________
 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.  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
 
__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.    Other__________________________________



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