<p>I had a term paper due for my English class this past Friday at 4PM. It is a big one, 30% of my grade. I thought I did a great job on it, potentially an A or A-, I put a ton of hours and effort into it. I worked up towards the deadline and handed it in about 3:30 to my professors office. I was a bit rushed and antsy, going on like 10 hours of sleep in the past 2 or 3 days and stressed from finals I wanted to hand it in and go to sleep. I did, I got it done, and handed it in. Today I realized that I printed the wrong copy. Now this is the copy I did just before the final copy basically it has all the content the final one does but it is not proofread. It is laden with a few typos and unedited to the point where a few sentences are awkward and not fully comprehendible. I also had one pretty serious misquote where I misquoted a country and said China instead of Germany. I had this all fixed for my final copy which looked pristine in comparison. Im ****ed. When I found out today I wanted to kick my own ass I understand I am responsible for what I hand in and fully comprehend that I was careless. I usually, actually never make mistakes like these. In the class I currently have an A or A-, I have perfect attendance and participate often in discussions. My last writing assignment I got an A, and my professors gushed how much of a pleasure it was to read my paper. Anyway, what do I do? Is it to late? I kind of want to email my professor and explain that I accept the work I handed in but at the same time want him to know that it is unedited. I doubt its feasible to hand him another copy as I would suspect that hed think he has no proof that I didnt just edit it today It wouldnt be fair to the other students as well who were actually responsible. Im really shocked and upset, the mistakes I made in my paper could easily lower it from an A to B and thats assuming I got an A. My chances to pull a good grade would be pretty severely damaged. What do I do? Email him or accept responsibility and suck it up?</p>
<p>Give him the other copy, and do it soon. Exam period is crunch time for profs, too, in that they have to grade a lot of things in a brief period of time. If he has already graded your paper, he may not be willing to take the time to regrade it. If not, though, he probably won't mind taking the edited version and giving it the grade it deserves. E-mail him or call him today, politely explaining your mistake, and then send him the copy immediately. Make sure that he got your e-mail.</p>
<p>Thanks, I will email him about it. A part of me feels horrible for even asking him to take an edited copy because of my own carelessness... Any suggestions on how I should go about the email? I ovbiously can't prove that I intended to hand in this copy, so what do I say? I fear he is going to call me out and say how do I know you didn't just edit it? Which I would have no response for.</p>
<p>I was very surprised to realize this afternoon that I handed you the wrong copy of my term paper on Friday. This was the result of my own carelessness and irresponsibility, I could blame it on stress or lack of sleep, but the fact remains that I failed to get done what needed to be done. The paper I intended to hand in has essentially the same content as the one I actually handed you, with the difference being that the actual final copy was much more pristine and fixed the typos and awkward sentences as well as a misquote in the conclusion. I wholeheartedly understand and accept if you will not accept the edited copy as this was absolutely my doing. I wish I had some way to prove to you that I indeed intended to hand this final version in, but I dont see how I would be able to do that. I hope you will understand that this was out of character; I take great pride in my work and punctuality which I hope I have exhibited as a student in your class. With that said I would like to formally ask you if I can somehow get you the real copy as I feel it is a truer indication of my work and effort that I put into this term paper. If not, I understand and it I will take this as harsh a lesson learnt. Thanks for your consideration.</p>
<p>You wrote a good note. What stood out was that you took responsibility for your mistake. Most profs are willing to show mercy to students who make mistakes and take responsibility for it. After all, everyone makes some mistakes. Profs don't have a lot of patience with students who make mistakes and lie about the mistakes or try to shift the blame. Those students usually have no idea how transparent and irritating their lies and blame-shifting are.</p>
<p>I would like to note though, that in the future, if you need to "prove" that you didn't edit it after it was due, you can simply show your professor the last edited date on the word document. This doesn't change when you put a document on USB or send it by email, so it would prove the aforementioned.</p>