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It has come to my attention that my grade is pretty low and can use some improvement; however there are some reasons to why my grade shouldn't be this low. I feel as if i have worked hard enough to not have the grade that I received. I am writing this letter in hopes that we may negotiate 10 extra points is my argument is valid. For the past three months myself and others have worked hard to complete and turn in the work you’ve assigned to us. Of course not all students take the material and the work seriously, but a majority of our class does. We use strategies that you’ve taught to us, and have shown you improvement from the beginning till now. You may say what we get is what we get, but I believe that our grade should also reflect on the

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