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Summer Semester Struggles

I’m doing a summer semester. I know it requires a lot of focus, and it’s pretty intensive since we’re cramming in a lot of work during a short period.

I admit that I have messed up! This is our final assignment in a class I already haven’t been doing well in. We had a quiz that I completely just did not take because it slipped my mind. Then for our thesis statement assignment, I turned it in late. My professor was gracious enough to email the students that hadn’t turned it in and reminded us after the due date had passed. I emailed and expressed my thanks, and hopefully I didn’t grovel too hard. I’m okay with the fact that I got a 0 on that one, since it WAS late.

For the annotated bibliography, I didn’t meet the requirements fully. I’ve been trying not to be a perfectionist about my work, and I know what I WAS able to do was quality. I got a decent grade, but we were supposed to have 5 sources, I only managed 3. I fully admit it was because I procrastinated. I also started a new job, but I didn’t communicate that well.

Nail in the coffin, my first draft was due Thursday. I thought the discussion board said Sunday. It DID say Sunday. But I guess I didn’t read the syllabus correctly? I was supposed to submit my draft Thursday and review someone else’s by today.

I can still submit peer reviews and the final assignments, but I honestly don’t know what to do.

TL;DR: I am falling behind in this class, and I want to be able to save my grade if I can. I also want my professor to know that I do care and am deeply sorry for my mistakes. What do you recommend I do? Thanks!

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