How do I explain this F in freshman year?

MosheA
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:21:25 +0000

if you have mostly As and high Bs and they see one F it looks like a fluke, and the exception rather than the norm. i have straight As and a C, so my record looks like
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it’s pretty obvious that i’m a good student and just had one mess-up (teacher was psycho). explaining draws attention TO the bad grade rather than away from it. everyone is human, and these people realize that - just don’t force them to. ;)