Journal #2:  You have failed a test; in three different paragraphs, describe why you failed to your parents, your teacher, and your friends.

Parents, I failed a test because Mr. Krucli is way too hard.  He didn’t provide us enough opportunities to study or prepare.  He assigned too much material and not enough time to learn it.  I don’t know how anybody in that class could have possibly passed that test.  His test was unbelievably difficult.  Most of the questions were written in very poor English.  I’m not sure if Mr. Krucli really knows what he is talking about.  The text on the test was too small to read anyway.

Mr. Krucli, it was entirely my mistake that I failed your test.  I was ill prepared and did not put adequate effort towards your remarkably educational class.  The material was very challenging for me, and instead of accepting the challenge, I decided to put more effort towards my other challenging classes rather than studying for your test.  I promise that I will study more for your next test and not make this a repeat experience.

Swanstrom, I failed a test because Mr. Krucli has lost his mind.  He didn’t give us time to study or anything.  He speaks garbled English and doesn’t make any sense.  I didn’t study for his test because there were better things for me to do then put effort towards his bum class.  I think he needs to go back to college or something and learn how to teach.  His test was way too hard anyway.  I couldn’t even understand the directions it was so bad.  That had to be the worst test I’ve ever taken in my life.