| I'm almost in a similar situation myself ... I decided to be a perfectionist (overwhelmed with other things) and and hand in makeup work for AP English just before the marking period closed. Oops. My essays were all graded 9's (full score) My teacher reassured me he would try to amend the grade, but the 74 I got in the mail could have been before the amendment -- and I'm not sure if a successful amendment is even possible.
If worst comes to worst -- this is just a 3rd quarter grade: since I normally get 96+ for this subject and I'll probably get my high grade back this quarter (4th quarter) -- if that D becomes disguised as a second semester B, would it help things a lot? The 3rd quarter however will be printed on my transcript....
The other thing is if I do get that nasty letter, and that grade remains unamended, would they accept an explanation of, "I was overwhelmed with an avalanche of needed paperwork [some related to my green card], tests (especially from my dual-enrolled courses), helping my mother fill out her tax return on time, which was not helped by perfectionism?" Would the explanation of, "my teacher wanted to amend the grade but technical impossibility prevented it" be of any use?
I'm so ashamed to be in this situation -- to think just a few weeks ago I was so elated and proud. |