Dear Ms. Byrd
Ok so ive been toying with the idea of this for a while but i think i reeally wanna do it now. I want to write ms byrd a letter just explain how hard she made it last year for me. Well tonite i couldnt sleep and i was thinkin about it and i was inspired...lol....so lemme know what you think.
Dear ms byrd,
You may or may not remember me. I was a senior last year in your period 1 psychology class although that doesnt really narrow it down. Let me help. Last year was the worst year of my life. I went from being an average student (some a's and c's, mostly b's) to being scared that i would not be able to graduate with the rest of my class. Why? This past Feburuary I lost one of the most important people in my life. Although i knew my grandmother was sick, her death was still a complete shock and it turned my life completely upside down. I strongly believe now when i look back at it, that i was deeply depressed after my grandmother passed away. It led me to not want to deal with school or life in general. After a few weeks however i did maanage to force myself to get back to scool. I did this expecting to get sympathy from my you and my other teachers and at first i did. However, the sympathy quickly faded and i was expected to act like everything was ok. I was not ok. I felt like my world was still upside down and that nobody understood or cared about what i was going through. I still did not want to deal. Although i still went to school it was often only two or three times a week. Actually, i probably have one of the highest absentee records at west now. Caring people, like my friends, would have seen this as a call for help. You however took it was an oppertunity to criticize and yell at me. Your constant rants and lectures about my grades and absences led me to want to pull away from my resposibilities at school more. Not only was i depressed about the loss of my grandmother, but now going to your class meant getting yelled at and lectured on a daily basis.
Now you may take this letter as an excuse for my poor grades and bad attendance. However I would like to remind you that in the first half of your class i received a B in your class and it was only after I lost my grandmother did my grade drop like it did. Also, in other classes where my teachers gave me a break because of all i was going through, the drop was not as severe.
I chose to write you this letter not to make you feel bad, but hopefully to open your eyes. I hope that the next time you have a student like me, you will choose to help them and not to hurt them.
So what do you guys think. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Is it good, does it suck, am i completely crazy for wanting to do this?????????
Dear ms byrd,
You may or may not remember me. I was a senior last year in your period 1 psychology class although that doesnt really narrow it down. Let me help. Last year was the worst year of my life. I went from being an average student (some a's and c's, mostly b's) to being scared that i would not be able to graduate with the rest of my class. Why? This past Feburuary I lost one of the most important people in my life. Although i knew my grandmother was sick, her death was still a complete shock and it turned my life completely upside down. I strongly believe now when i look back at it, that i was deeply depressed after my grandmother passed away. It led me to not want to deal with school or life in general. After a few weeks however i did maanage to force myself to get back to scool. I did this expecting to get sympathy from my you and my other teachers and at first i did. However, the sympathy quickly faded and i was expected to act like everything was ok. I was not ok. I felt like my world was still upside down and that nobody understood or cared about what i was going through. I still did not want to deal. Although i still went to school it was often only two or three times a week. Actually, i probably have one of the highest absentee records at west now. Caring people, like my friends, would have seen this as a call for help. You however took it was an oppertunity to criticize and yell at me. Your constant rants and lectures about my grades and absences led me to want to pull away from my resposibilities at school more. Not only was i depressed about the loss of my grandmother, but now going to your class meant getting yelled at and lectured on a daily basis.
Now you may take this letter as an excuse for my poor grades and bad attendance. However I would like to remind you that in the first half of your class i received a B in your class and it was only after I lost my grandmother did my grade drop like it did. Also, in other classes where my teachers gave me a break because of all i was going through, the drop was not as severe.
I chose to write you this letter not to make you feel bad, but hopefully to open your eyes. I hope that the next time you have a student like me, you will choose to help them and not to hurt them.
So what do you guys think. Feedback is greatly appreciated. Is it good, does it suck, am i completely crazy for wanting to do this?????????