April 2, 2012 Brian Keller 100 University Drive College Town, MI 39762 Professor Thomas Wainwright 200 College Avenue College Town, MI 39762 Dear Professor Wainwright, I am a student in your 10:00 a.m. Political Economy class and am writing you concerning our upcoming midterm exam. As you may be aware, presidential candidate John Meriwether will be speaking at the Student Activities Center on Thursday, April 14, 2012, the date on which the exam is scheduled. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is expected to last over an hour. I would like to propose some options that would allow students to attend this event without jeopardizing their grade in your class. One suggestion would be to delay the exam until the next class meeting, on Tuesday, April 19, 2012, and cancel class for the day of the event. This would enable all of your students, as well as yourself, to be present for Mr. Meriwether’s speech. If this is not an option, another solution might be to administer the exam as planned and allow students who wish to attend the speech to make it up at another scheduled time. If you find one of these options to be suitable, please advise us at our next class meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2012. I sincerely hope that we can find a solution that will not prevent students from attending this monumental event. Thanks for your consideration, Brian Keller