By Anonymous - 16/05/2009 14:20 - United States

Today, I found out that my writing teacher entered in one of my paper grades wrong. After many emails, she said she can't change my grade unless I fax her the original. I need that grade fixed so I can keep my scholarship. I can’t find the paper anywhere. That one paper could cost me $30,000. FML
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Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
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designedlikedice 0

This is why you save your papers on the computer.

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SlightlySadistic 0

#1: By original, the teacher means the graded copy so that she can verify that the OP isn't BSing her about the wrong grade thing. And, OP, that really sucks. I hope you find it.

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randomusername 0

If your $30,000 scholarship came down to doing poorly on one paper, YDI.

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nobody_special 0

Just calm down and try to find it! It's gotta be somewhere, take your time and carefully search... Good lucky buddy! I hope you find it

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SuperSpore 0

#37: What if it was for a HUGE chunk of his grade. Then, it wouldn't be his fault either way. It was the teacher's fault.

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oloochi 0

Is it really OP's fault that his/her teacher's a moron? everyone who keeps saying YDI needs to kill themselves...it's not someone's fault that they have to deal with a mistake caused by an absent-minded person Sorry OP. **** your teacher's life and #64 you're an idiot. Do you understand how scholarships work? Are you even in college? get a ******* life dude

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_mcs_ 0

I HATE HATE HATE when teachers do that. It's happened far too many times to me before. How hard can it be for a teacher to just enter the correct grade? I really hope you find it. Getting a C instead of a B is nothing compared to that scholarship.

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Magnesiumbox 0

How do you know she entered the grade wrong if you don't even have the graded copy.

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kamechick 0

YDI- you should always keep track of graded copies at least until the end of the semester. If for no other reason because these things happen. But its also immensely useful if you transfer schools and need to prove the course is equivalent to a new course. It also comes in handy for honor code concerns. It's sad, but it's your education so you should be keeping a paper trail. If you say a full time student can't keep track of all those papers, then you need to check your organizational skills (this coming from someone who both worked and took 18+ hours a semester in college). This is especially true if that paper is a big enough portion of your grade to bump you a letter grade (or even to move you from an A to A-!)

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mattmag 0

This is why you save absolutely everything that gets graded. I have folders with every graded assignment I've had since I started college. Of course, if you're in high school, it's harder to keep track of every assignment and test.

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oftheblue 0

not that i don't feel sorry for you, but ONE paper wouldn't cause you to lose it. you must not being doing well in that class overall and you should save everything from a class until final grades come out..then pitch it

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