How to say sorry?

Advice from a future teacher…no comics…

It’s a cute idea for something a little less serious (and even so, should probably be reserved for a teacher that you’re really extremely close to), but throwing stuff is something that could get you into serious trouble and it’d be best not to make light of it. You could have seriously injured that teacher even if you didn’t mean it.

Just be honest and sincere in your letter. Explain that it wasn’t meant to hurt her and it will never ever happen again. Point out what you did wrong and how you’ll fix it. And for heaven’s sake, APOLOGIZE. Even if you didn’t mean it…you need to still say you’re sorry. It is something that she’s expecting from you. You may even want to offer to do something for her to make up for it. She’ll probably say it’s okay, but she’ll be quick to forgive if you offer some sort of restitution for it.

My guess is that if you write a letter, your teacher will just ask to see you after class anyway and you’ll end up talking to her face to face anyway. It may be best to just go up to her after class and do it in person…that way, you skip the letter step and you’ll probably sound a lot more sincere.

Don’t worry too much about it though. It’s my opinion that if she’s any kind of teacher, she’ll be more interested in the fact that you are going to apologize and you know you did wrong and will be much more careful next time, than the fact that you hit her…