my professor gave me an F on my paper, I’m really upset …?

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I feel awful and can’t stop crying after getting an F on my paper. My professor is giving me the chance to fix it and resubmit by Wednesday, but I’m struggling with how to respond. I’ve been dealing with significant health issues recently. I had treatment last month, and the anesthesia and medications have severely impacted my ability to think and process. 
I have disability accommodations that my professor is aware of, but I’ve already taken a year off from school, and if I take any more time off, I would have to drop out of my program. Right now, I’m experiencing a flare-up of my pain, and I feel like I physically can’t revise the paper. On top of that, I’m already behind on the next paper that’s due.
I don’t want my professor to think I’m a bad student or careless. I’ve passed all my other classes with A’s, and I’ve never received an F on a paper before. If it weren’t for everything going on with my health, I wouldn’t be in this situation. It’s so frustrating because I worked on the paper day and night, but I got off topic, which is a big reason for the F.
The medications I’m on make me very sedated, and there’s no easy solution to all of this. I don’t want my professor to think I’m using my health issues as an excuse, but I also don’t know how to explain what I’m going through. What should I say or do?

Justen Littel DVM · Accepted Answer

anesthesia from last month would not still be affecting you now., you should have cognitively been back to normal within 24 hours.

if you can’t physically type, you can be accommodated by having voice to text software or a typist to type for you

time extensions including getting incompletes would be reasonable accommodations.

do you need so many classes to stay an active student?

talk to the disability accommodations office 1st

Mr. Jonas Boehm IV

my professor gave me an F on my paper, I’m really upset …?

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