an update and role reversal
so i still haven't been able to get in touch with my professor. i think he's out of town, even though he's not supposed to be. but my grade for the class where i missed the final was posted: it's a B. even though i got a zero on the final. definitely a happy note, although now i am uncertain on where to proceed from here.
earlier i was the kid who didn't want to fail a class due to an honest mistake - a role deserving of sympathy, and one where i could charge forward without second thought. now, however, i am the kid who has the nerve to grub for an A even though he spazzed out and missed the final exam. that's fair enough i guess, but mostly i fear that bringing the situation to the attention of administrators will only get dear professor lopez-escobar in trouble for blatant grade inflation (155 out of 400 is a B? really?).
moreover, the man in charge of my case would be the dean of cmps (college of mathematics and physical sciences) - who just happened to be my professor in a class this semester where i flagrantly didn't do homework and only passed because he was nice enough to let me make up part of an exam which i missed due to never coming to class. so i doubt he will be very sympathetic.
and last but not least, i'd like to be fucking done with the semester rather than having to hack through a jungle of bureaucracy to be rewarded with...a two hour exam.
so i'd just drop it and call it a day, but my parents are of course relentless and will start arguing for me if i don't do it myself. so instead i sent an email to my adviser which appears to be an earnest appeal for help with the situation but has a subtext of "hey, i don't give a shit, tell me i should drop this." i hope she picks up on it.
school is not a place for me.
earlier i was the kid who didn't want to fail a class due to an honest mistake - a role deserving of sympathy, and one where i could charge forward without second thought. now, however, i am the kid who has the nerve to grub for an A even though he spazzed out and missed the final exam. that's fair enough i guess, but mostly i fear that bringing the situation to the attention of administrators will only get dear professor lopez-escobar in trouble for blatant grade inflation (155 out of 400 is a B? really?).
moreover, the man in charge of my case would be the dean of cmps (college of mathematics and physical sciences) - who just happened to be my professor in a class this semester where i flagrantly didn't do homework and only passed because he was nice enough to let me make up part of an exam which i missed due to never coming to class. so i doubt he will be very sympathetic.
and last but not least, i'd like to be fucking done with the semester rather than having to hack through a jungle of bureaucracy to be rewarded with...a two hour exam.
so i'd just drop it and call it a day, but my parents are of course relentless and will start arguing for me if i don't do it myself. so instead i sent an email to my adviser which appears to be an earnest appeal for help with the situation but has a subtext of "hey, i don't give a shit, tell me i should drop this." i hope she picks up on it.
school is not a place for me.