<p>I'm planning on writing an email to my teacher asking if she could round my grade... What are some polite, persuasive things that I might tell her?? </p>
<p>Please no sarcasm like "OOO YOU ARE GOING TO FAIL IN LIFE CUZ U GOT A B+" I know it's not a big deal in the big scheme of things, but ya'll know how it feels if you have straight A's with one B+ that you missed by .13% !!! it was a matter of 2 questions on my final exam... OHMYGOD</p>
<p>Ooo You Are Going To Fail In Life Cuz U Got A B+</p>
<p>2 questions is actually alot u kno..</p>
<p>okay. I understand that, but does anybody have any advice concerning the email that I'm planning to write to my teacher?</p>
<p>dont write an email, go talk to her urself in person</p>
<p>school is out already.. that's the problem</p>
<p>any suggestions????????</p>
<p>I hope your teacher gets ****ed off.</p>
<p>goodness, this is uselss</p>
<p>I've had to do this a couple times, and luckily it was with teachers I had good relationships with. I just jokingly reminded them of how hard I worked(I'm sort of lazy), and how nice it would be if they could round me up. I ended the letters with "Thanks in advance for being such a great teacher and giving me an A, Mike" It worked both times for me.</p>
<p>Hello, Ms.<strong><em>, this is _</em></strong>_. I was wondering if it would be in any way possible for my grade to be rounded up...I know this may be asking a lot, but I truly believe that I have worked to my fullest throughout the year. I can tell you that I have tried very very hard in precalculus, putting it as
my most important and hardest class. I understand that getting one B+ is not a big deal in the scheme of things, but my ambitions and the fact that I missed my only B+ by a small percentage truly depresses me. Thank you in advance for any kind of consideration...</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
<p>is this good, or... any suggestions? would joking around be more effective? I have an OKAY relationship with her. This teacher is very rigid and like SUPER FAIR, but she did like me...</p>
<p>what other things should i SAY???</p>
<p>should I call her? is calling a better approach or emailing her..?</p>
<p>just email her...like right now....</p>
<p>school has been over for like a month already.</p>
<p>not my school. we got out today.</p>
<p>Not In My School. We Got Out Today</p>
<p>LOL, OOOPS I SAID THIS TWICE</p>
<p>Go talk to her in person. Just 'cuz school is out doesn't mean the teachers are gone. I know at my school the teachers stick around for a while, and the school is still open because of summer school.</p>
<p>So far your arguments seem to be</p>
<p>(1) that the grade you got depresses you and you would be happier with a better grade, and </p>
<p>(2) that you tried very hard.</p>
<p>Your professor's responses to those are likely to be</p>
<p>(1) that your grades are supposed to reflect your mastery of the subject, not to help you feel pleasant emotions, and</p>
<p>(2) that you earn your grades by solving problems correctly (or solving parts of them correctly), not by trying hard to solve them correctly.</p>
<p>How would you answer those responses?</p>
<p>I've got to say that I'm not on your side here. (Your second argument in particular comes off to me as "I have proven to my satisfaction that I am not quite smart enough to earn an A in this course, so I would like you to give me one as a gift." I assume that that's not the impression you're trying to leave.) I can understand why earning 90.87% when you need 91% would be upsetting, but at the same time the cutoffs have to be somewhere, and there will therefore always be scores that fall short by a very small amount, and if you earn one of those scores you will not make it up to the next level.</p>
<p>But if you want to make the most persuasive case possible, I'd suggest figuring out what your arguments are and then figuring out how she is likely to respond to them and then figuring out how you would answer those responses and so on -- the more of her points you can anticipate and address, the better off you will be.</p>
<p>how about addressing this one: if you get an A, how is it fair for someone who has a 99% average to get the same A?</p>