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<p>I am a freshmen in an English 100 course at a pretty average state school. We were recently assigned a self-reflective essay. The topic of the essay was to explore critical thinking and our writing so far in the course. I received a D (a failing grade) and do not feel that I deserved such a grade. According to the class rubric a passing grade (C) is given for competent writing. </p>
<p>I'm not sure where to go from here, or whether I should even bother approaching my professor. I don't want him to develop a disliking of me because he still needs to grade two major assignments, but I also don't think that my grade on the assignment is fair. </p>
<p>If anyone would be willing to read my paper and give me some feedback before I go any further I'd appreciate that. I'd be happy to send a PM with the essay along with the prompt and grading rubric.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what a stranger on the internet thinks about your paper. You need to talk to the professor and follow whatever grade challenge policies are in effect at your school. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’m quite aware of that. I’m simply looking for another opinion because it’s possibly that I’m overlooking errors in syntax. </p>
<p>Go to your professor and ask why you got the grade you did. Don’t sound like you’re challenging them or anything, and they won’t hold it against you. Just honestly say that you thought it was passing work according to the rubric, and you’re confused about why you got the grade that you did. Ask for advice on how to improve your writing for future assignments. If you don’t figure out why you got the grade that you did, then you’ll never improve your writing, and the person that’s best suited to help you with that is your professor.</p>
<p>If you’re really not comfortable asking your professor, see if there’s a TA you can ask, or you could see if your school has a writing center where you could get help.</p>
<p>You can PM it to me if you want to, but your professor is the person you really need to be asking about this.</p>