Hi Professor,
I'm sorry to bother you, but I wanted to take a minute to talk to you about my grade on Midterm 2. As you know, my performance on this exam was less than stellar. I want to begin this email by taking responsibility for my grade and assuring you that I will be devoting a lot more time to this class for future exams.
However, I wanted to discuss with you the possibility of a retake or potential extra credit points. I have been dealing with a lot of unforeseen and difficult circumstances lately, and I wanted to discuss them with you.
As you may know, this past weekend was Halloweekend. As a senior in college, this felt like a really monumental experience for me. It is not everyday as a college student that we get to drink senselessly and pretend to be people we are not. For this reason, I felt that it was important for me to fully immerse myself in this holiday. As such, I spent a lot of time preparing my costumes.
So much time, in fact, that I ended up spending a lot of class time online shopping in order to secure the best outfit. While I understand that this may seem disrespectful, I want to assure you that this was not the case. Regardless, because of the extensive amount of time I spent shopping during class, I missed a lot of notes. I feel that this prohibited me from being able to study effectively as I had no in-class material to go off of. Not only did I miss crucial notes, but I had to spend a ton of time outside of class heading to the package center instead of going to the library.
Furthermore, I was also unable to study for this exam because of an incident that occurred on the review day you hosted. One of the websites that I bought my costume off of, SHEIN, emailed me to notify me that my shipment had been delayed. I'm sure you can understand how shocking this was to me — I had spent a month planning the perfect $7 outfit, only to be informed that it would not arrive on time.
When I realized this, I was forced to miss your review session so that I could go to the mall and buy the necessary parts for my costume. This was incredibly stressful. My roommate and I had been planning on going as slutty Mordecai and Rigby from Regular Show, and she would have been left hanging if I did not pull through.
As you can see, the circumstances surrounding this exam were very difficult for me. I don't want to pull the mental health card, but my anxiety was definitely at an all time high. In regards to the exam itself, I am sad to say that I was not set up for success because of ongoing factors. The exam was the day after Halloween, and the night before, I decided to go out anyway.
In all fairness, I decided that I would only go out for a little bit. I wanted to make sure I got home on time to get enough sleep before the exam. However, while I was out, I received a text from my situationship, John John. As soon as I responded he stopped texting me back, which was really confusing for me. Unfortunately, this put me in an even worse state for the exam.
