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Student Communications (#3)

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Most of my college students are bright, fun to teach,

and work hard. But each semester I get interesting letters,
emails, and phone calls from a few students. I save these,
and, occasionally, I compile them into a column. The last
couple of years I have shared some of these, and, with
school just starting, I thought I’d share a few more. I
don’t think any of these comments need any explanation,

other than to say that I changed or removed any names for
anonymity. Also, I pared down a few of them a bit.
Dear Professor Howard, This is Aaron from your
10:15 class. I guess you know from my grade that I have

done worse and worse on each test until I am now failing
your class. It just seems that the farther along we go, the
more boring your class is, and the harder it is to
concentrate. So, I was wondering what time you teach
next semester so I can sign up for your class again.

Hello Professor Howard, I was just checking my
grade online and it says I have an F. I’m not quite sure
why that is. Could it be because I haven’t turned in any
of my projects and I bombed the test? Just checking.

Professor Howard, I’m sure you want to know why I
am so far behind on my work in your class, so I thought I
should tell you. I have been sick, and I can’t do
homework because reading your math stuff just makes me
sicker.

Dear Professor Howard, I want you to know that I
just checked my grades. I found out that I have missed a
whole bunch of assignments that I forgot to turn in, and

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