<p>It's not fair or right for this person to receive a D! She clearly made a mistake but not one worthy of causing her to get a D! Get real, people, she's going to be applying to graduate school or entering the working world after college and she does *not deserve a D on her transcript. It sounds like a freshman mistake that anybody could make.</p>
<p>vtoodler, good luck!</p>
<p>I might have read your post wrong but...If you finished the paper before you left, in time to give it to your friend...why not just stop by the professor's office to guarantee that he'd get it?</p>
<p>Wow, let's take somebody who's already down and bash them further into the ground. How about some actual advice instead of criticism?</p>
<p>If you still can't reach your professor, I'd say contact the head of the department. see if they can put you through to your prof, or talk to them specifically about the situation. I'd get your friend involved in this, too, to back-up your story-- if needed, get them should contact the professor to let them know that they forgot.</p>
<p>as others have said, contact the head of the department if you can't reach the professor. Even if your friend doesn't still have the email on his computer, you might still have it an your "sent" folder.</p>
<p>bottom line: you HAVE to get in contact with someone, whether it's the professor or the department chair, like, sooner than ASAP.</p>
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Even if your friend doesn't still have the email on his computer, you might still have it an your "sent" folder.
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And if that is the case he'd have to be a #&*$&$& not to accept it.</p>
<p>GREAT NEWS:</p>
<p>The professor just emailed me and told me that he's changing the grade in less than three weeks. WOW, can you say relief? I have surely learned a valuable lesson from this almost-nightmare. Thanks for the replies everyone. I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Well I'm glad everything is goin to work out.</p>
<p>Definintely never trust someone else with something like that. I personally am not very good at trusting people with anything regarding schoolwork. Last semester I had some Intro to the University class (dumb class, only 1 cred, but still) and we had a presentation to do at the end. Well, I had a group of 5 people and not only did 2 of them not show up, but only 1 of them actually did anything.</p>
<p>I did the entire powerpoint myself and wrote up the notes on the entire thing as well (with the exception of the one other person). I emailed my professor from the start when people wouldn't return my emails about the project. Then emailed her later telling her I had to do most of it myself and asking not to penalize me if people didn't show up. Luckily she was nice (since she said she'd penalize against the entire team for people who didn't show) and didn't mark off points, but honestly, I was ****ed.</p>
<p>Now, my situation is different, but still, I don't trust people with work (most people at least). Your friend made a huuuge mistake not handing that paper in. That's not a little boo-boo that can be made up with sorry. You could have easily recieved that D and had to take the enitre course over to replace the grade. That's not only work down the drain, but tuition money as well.</p>
<p>People suck, end of story.</p>
<p>"I have surely learned a valuable lesson from this almost-nightmare. Thanks for the replies everyone. I really appreciate it."</p>
<p>I don't know why you're thanking these morons, all they did was say, "you should have just turned it in yourself."</p>
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I don't know why you're thanking these morons, all they did was say, "you should have just turned it in yourself."
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<p>You are painting with a wide brush</p>
<p>I know this was already resolved, but for the future, it's better to make sure professors get some kind of copy in time. They would much rather have an on-time paper in the wrong format than nothing at all, and you could always submit it both ways to be safe. One of my professors started out very particular about how he wanted papers submitted, but by the end, he said that the most important thing is that he gets it on-time, e-mailed or otherwise.</p>
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It's not fair or right for this person to receive a D! She clearly made a mistake but not one worthy of causing her to get a D! Get real, people, she's going to be applying to graduate school or entering the working world after college and she does *not deserve a D on her transcript. It sounds like a freshman mistake that anybody could make.
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<p>how is it unfair? life is unfair. You don't deserve a second chance because you were irresponsible</p>
<p>That's a load of bull, drew. Sure, life is unfair, but it doesn't have to be. The punishment does NOT fit the "crime" in this case. Geez, I hope no one ever puts you in charge or young people's futures.</p>
<p>cav: Student didn't turn in assignment, student has *<strong><em>ty excuse that may be a lie. No thanks. The punishment fits the crime, you just are *</em></strong>ed off because you see yourself posting such a boneheaded move</p>
<p>Do you get off making inflammatory posts, neverborn? I'm not taking that flamebait.</p>
<p>"I hope no one ever puts you in charge or young people's futures." wasn't inflammatory or flamebait at all. I guess I took yours. ;)</p>
<p>No, I would hope that professors and teachers would be empathetic enough to understand a freshman mistake like what the OP did and not unfairly punish them. Saying "life isn't fair" doesn't mean that the prof needs to give the student a D. The grade given should be reflective of work done in the class - and shouldn't be docked because of mistakes like the one the OP made.</p>
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<p>how so? he didn't turn in a paper, therefore he gets a bad grade.</p>
<p>I Think you deserve the D, you were unresponsible.</p>
<p>now go puch that kid in the face,.</p>
<p>Vtoodler never asked whether or not she deserved the D. She simply asked how to fix the problem. Stop making her feel worse.</p>
<p>Mistakes happen...
And not just to freshmen, either.
I know of plenty of sophomores, juniors, and even seniors who are typically quite responsible making a major mistake.
For example, this semester I thought my Psychology of Personality final paper was due at 4:30pm and I'd been overworked the whole week, so I was getting some other stuff done when I realized that the paper was due at 4:00pm and not 4:30--problem was, I didn't realize this until 3:40 AND I was on the wrong campus (it had to be in the prof's box physically). Luckily, I managed to write the entire paper and do a good enough job to maintain my A in the class in 20 minutes!</p>
<p>(...And I am now a senior double majoring and probably graduating with honors...so it can happen to anybody!)</p>
<p>In the class I TA for, I actively advocate for students whom I see working hard most of the time when they make a mistake and the professor is generally willing to let me accept and grade their late work, etc. for full credit and so forth.</p>