{"id":"wri-col-professor-regrade-request","audience":"college","category":"writing-emails","technique":"context","title":"Ask a professor to regrade one exam question","free":false,"task":"You want Professor Okafor to regrade one question on your Stats 210 exam. Write an email under 90 words whose first line is a subject line starting with 'Regrade request:'. It must follow her syllabus rules, ask about one question only with the specific reason, and skip flattery and pleading (no 'I worked so hard' or 'I really need this grade'). Write a prompt that gets it.","materialLabel":"Syllabus excerpt and your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"STATS 210 SYLLABUS (Prof. Adaeze Okafor), Regrades\nRegrade requests must be emailed within 7 days of the exam being returned. Include your student ID, your lecture section number, and the question number, plus a specific reason the grading was wrong. Requests that only ask for \"more points\" or \"partial credit\" without a reason will be declined. I regrade the whole exam, so your score can go down.\n\nMY NOTES\n- Exam 2 returned Oct 28. Today is Nov 3, so I'm still inside the window.\n- Student ID A0417723. Lecture: Section 3 (Tues/Thurs 11 am). Lab: Section 4 (Wed).\n- Q4: I got 0/6. My answer was p = 0.35. The answer key posted on Canvas also says 0.35. I think the TA just misread my handwriting because my 3 looks like an 8.\n- Q7: lost 3 of 8 points. Felt harsh, the TA wanted a sentence about sample size I sort of had.\n- Overall I got a 71. I need a B in this class for my scholarship, and I studied like 20 hours.\n- She signs her emails \"Dr. Okafor\".","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":90}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 90 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"Subject line, then 3 sentences of under 20 words each.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting the subject line","why":"The AI often writes just the body, or a vague subject like \"Question about my exam.\"","fix":"Say it: \"First line: Subject: Regrade request: Exam 2, Question 4.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Asking about everything","why":"The AI tries to help by contesting Q7 too, which risks your score going down.","fix":"Add: \"Ask about Question 4 only. Don't mention Question 7.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Pleading instead of reasoning","why":"AI loves \"I worked so hard\" and \"this grade means a lot\", which her syllabus says gets declined.","fix":"Add: \"Give the specific reason only. No scholarship, no hours studied.\"","checks":["r2"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]},{"label":"Asks for the subject line","patterns":["subject","regrade request"]},{"label":"Limits it to one question","patterns":["(q|question)\\s*4","only (one|1) question"]},{"label":"Includes ID and section","patterns":["student id","section 3","\\bid\\b"]},{"label":"Bans pleading","patterns":["no (flattery|pleading|begging)","scholarship","don'?t (beg|plead)"]}],"hint":"The AI doesn't know which question has a real case or what the syllabus requires. Tell it exactly what to include and what to keep out.","rubricLabels":["The first line is a subject line starting with 'Regrade request:' that names Exam 2 and Question 4","Asks about Question 4 only, with the specific reason (the answer p = 0.35 matches the posted answer key, likely misread handwriting), and does not mention Question 7","Includes student ID A0417723 and Section 3 (not Section 4), and has no flattery or pleading (no mention of the scholarship, needing a B, or hours studied)"]}