What is a good excuse for getting a bad grade, and how do you grade grub?
367988
Jeez! Just do your job and try. Hundreds of millions of people have passed their classes before you. Why can't people just exert themselves slightly instead of trying to skate by?\n\nThere is no excuse except perhaps family or personal tragedy.
127471
i know what you are going through because im also a straight A student but whenever i get a bad grade i have to tell my parents because then the guilt comes in not telling them.  it may be hard yo stand up to your dad but if you have the bad grades and you tell him your trying really hard to work them off that usually works.  Good luck!!!
919762
Efficient with a smile. Don't be overly friendly to compensate for your lack of efficiency...it makes it that much harder to be irritated with you for providing a less than par service...and then I'll feel bad when I have to complain to your manager. This will also deter people from complaining to the manager at all because the incompetent employee was "really really sweet"...and they will just accept mediocrity....continuing a cycle of bad service that goes unreported.
707078
tell your parents you really tried and try your best to allow them to understand you did your best and will work even harder next term to get a better mark. NExt time acturally try hard to achieve higher mark
802500
BE CONSISTENT!!  Don't let them wear you down.  If you said you were taking recess for a month, then by golly take recess for a month.  I have a color system which correlates to their conduct grades (this works K-6). Green-great day. Yellow-warning.  Purple-loss of priviledge, loss of points.  Orange-phone call home, loss of points.  Red--minor referral (note home), loss of points.  Black--principal's office, conference with parent and loss of points.  Note that if one is on black everything above it occurs as well, etc.  I also have a ticket box.  Anytime I see good behavior, i tell them to get a ticket.  Anyone staying on green that day gets a ticket as well.  Every Friday, I pull one name out of the box for a prize out of my toybox.  We discuss the probability of pulling their name if they have only 1 ticket as opposed to 10 tickets.  Whoever makes a 100A with no warnings recieves a certificate and a prize out of my box. (I also have a record sheet for the week.)   Granted, I do have first grade but out of 17 students 15 made an A in conduct on their report cards.  1 was a B and the other was a little thief who is now making an A!
601092
I actually used this excuse with a substitute:\n"Well Mr. Wells.. you see why I don't have my homework? I was walking home from the bus stop, when I heard from rustling in the bushes.. I walked over to see what the rustling was, and to my amazement, a herd of angry water buffalo charged after me. I ran as fast as I could, until I pulled a pogostick out of my pocket, and I bounced all the way to the end of the street. The buffalo stopped because I was bouncing so high, but as soon as I got a'hoppin' a pig flew out of nowhere and started eating my hair! In all the confusion, I dropped my homework, which is why I don't have my homework today."\n\nI said it with a serious face and used expressive hand motions to add to the story. The teacher didn't even care that I didn't have my homework after I told such an in-depth and creative story liek that.\n\nAmazing that it worked too, because I'm a Freshman in Highschool.\n:D
203841
Make sure the class is Politically Correct.  Everything else is a distant second.\n\nDo I sound cynical?  I am!
858068
Study for tests and quizzes, since theyre weighted in most classes, they make up a majority of your grade (ex. if you get two 100's on homework assignments, but then get a 40 on a test, that 100 gets multiplied by 0.3 while the 40, by 0.7, so you end up with a bad grade). Try flashcards, and work on improving your test taking skills and study habbits.
506109
I have a story for you... Im in 11th grade now and I have a 4.19 GPA for this year. I looked at my 9th and 10th grade put together and I had a 1.6 or something like that. I was always smart just never applied myself. I applied to URI with a bunch of excellent recommendations and I wrote them an awesome essay. My chances are looking good and I plan to go for Physics. So point of the story...If youre still in school, finish strong and show some responsibility and it will pay off.
424629
Do some research and you'll get a better grade :)
306770
Well if you think she's failing you all on purpose go talk to the principal.  If you can reason with her, ask her if you can do extra credit or what you can do to pull your grade up.  Better yet, ask her if she can tutor you.  Teachers hate when they have to do extra work and maybe she will take it easy on you guys.
138894
Without knowing what the grade given was based on it is difficult  to provide suggestions.  For all we know a "C" grade is what you earned.\n\nDid the teacher explain in advance on what the grading would be based?  If so, you can compare your work to that criteria and point out your opinion.
131399
You won't get an F, because no one answered you, you will get an F, because you didn't do your homework.\nNow stop playing around and do your report on whoever "him" is.
12262
ask your counseler\n      OR\ndivide the total number of people in your class by the number of people who have the same or better GPA  than you
336189
Read the friggen book you lazy schmuck. "need", you WANT because you don't do your own work. EARN your grade.
196272
It depends on why she threatened then proceeded to fail you. Was there a valid reason? Even if it seemed unfair or harsh, was there a valid reason?\n\n  Apparntly you think your failure was unjustified. Ask your professor why she failed you. Then ask if you might dispute the grade. Careful now if you dispute it..... things can get sticky if you go too gung ho on a dispute such as this. Tact, facts and well thought out, well articulated reasons and examples of why you should NOT have recieved a failing grade are the only way you can get your professor to listen, Stay calm and focused. If you want to push it a bit further, make an appointment with your guidence counselor or even the dean of the school. Caution if you do this, better have a good reason to bring your failing grade to the fore-front. when you involved third parties you had better make for certain you DID NOT earn a failing grade. \n\n   good luck!
612845
try campusdirt.com or rate my professor