Failed 2 nursing pre-reqs, any hope?

[Victoria Voytovych]

I'm trying to transfer schools and apply to the busing program but the school I really want to go to only accepts 1 science course to be dropped or failed. My freshman year unfortunately I didn't pass by two points and anatomy 1 I passed lecture but for lab we had a TA and he spoke barely any English so it was hard to understand, wasn't organized, just overall didn't help us and I went through really bad depression and family problems so I just don't know if that is a valid reason to get an F. At the end of the day, I retook both classes and got an A on them. They said I can write a personal statement about it but is that okay to tell them that one of the reasons is because my TA couldn't speak English or is that rude?

[Shannon Marie]

First off,  if you do write a letter I wouldn't blame the teacher for your failing the class.  What if the person reading the letter doesn't use English as his/her first language and sees it as disrespect?  Also, how will you deal with patients who don't speak English or speak broken English? If you write the letter, I would say you were going through a very difficult time in your life but you were able to retake the classes and pass them! Just my opinion!