First of all, the length is too short and too long: most schools have strict regulations on the length of the complaint, and students can check it from the school official website. Usually, the school requires the content of the complaint letter to be within 1-2 pages. Teachers can't read too long letters of complaint, and often ignore the key points that students want to express. Therefore, there are still many problems to pay attention to when writing a complaint letter.
I'm sorry, the worst complaint letter: Although the teachers of the academic committee want to see the students realize their mistakes, if they just apologize without letting the teachers see their understanding and awakening, a pure apology is a failed complaint letter.
Blindly pleading, there is no specific content: the complaint letter must have a clear purpose and reasons for mitigating punishment. What the teacher wants to see is why you should be given a lighter punishment or what evidence can be used to revoke the punishment. At the same time, you should give a reasonable reason and proof.
I don't understand what our process is: some students actually complain in a fog. Such students usually don't understand the importance of academic integrity in American universities and don't take the school seriously. It is naive to think that going through the motions can reduce the punishment.
There are too many grammatical and spelling mistakes: some students intend to add some modifiers to sentences in a lyrical way, hoping that teachers can understand their feelings, but they often confuse the teachers of academic committees. In addition, English is not our mother tongue, and many words are misused. Sometimes a sentence is even more difficult for a teacher to understand what he really wants to express than a paragraph. Therefore, the presentation process still emphasizes clarity and understandability. If the teacher can't even understand the contents of your complaint letter, how can the complaint be successful?
Some students think that it is enough to write according to the requirements of the school. When the immature explanation is unconvincing, more problems will be exposed, which will eventually lead to students falling into a worse predicament.
You know, a successful complaint letter can usually make the teacher grasp the key points at a glance, and the content can also convince the teacher to give the students another chance.