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So I went online the other day to see if my final grade for Design had been posted yet, and while doing so I noticed that the Calculus class that I dropped about a month into the semester because I didn't have time for it, was still showing me as enrolled. Which meant that I missed the final. So I emailed the teacher, subject : soooo .. fuck .. and explained the situation to him. He apologized, even though it wasn't the slightest bit his fault, and told me to come in during one of his other exams and take it then. So I've basically had about a day to learn an entire semester of Calculus.
I took it tonight after work, and after question 2 it stopped being familiar. But this is the same teacher I've had the last two semesters, so he's always more than willing to give me hints and walk me through problems if I need help, and he understood that I did. A few problems he was even like, "That's a word problem, and it's long and complicated. Just skip it." So I finally finish, after about 2 hours which is the longest I've ever taken on a test, and I hand it in and he looks over and talks to me a little, and the rest of the conversation goes like this :
Him : So what grade do you need in this class?
Me : Um .. What? I mean I guess I sign up for classes hoping for an A?
Him : Congratulations, you got an A! Merry Christmas!
Me : Wait .. What?
Him : Valencia fucked you over by not dropping you, so we're gonna fuck em right back.
Me : .. Um .. okay?
He said this in front of about a dozen other people who were taking their tests the real way, who have been working hard all semester and studying hard for the final. Me? I did *nothing* in this class, I never even took a regular test .. and I get an automatic A? I mean I didn't want to argue with him about it, but I feel sort of bad about it. When I mailed him, all I really wanted was for him to withdraw me so it didn't nuke my GPA. I wasn't asking for a handout.
But I'm also not going to refuse one.
I took it tonight after work, and after question 2 it stopped being familiar. But this is the same teacher I've had the last two semesters, so he's always more than willing to give me hints and walk me through problems if I need help, and he understood that I did. A few problems he was even like, "That's a word problem, and it's long and complicated. Just skip it." So I finally finish, after about 2 hours which is the longest I've ever taken on a test, and I hand it in and he looks over and talks to me a little, and the rest of the conversation goes like this :
Him : So what grade do you need in this class?
Me : Um .. What? I mean I guess I sign up for classes hoping for an A?
Him : Congratulations, you got an A! Merry Christmas!
Me : Wait .. What?
Him : Valencia fucked you over by not dropping you, so we're gonna fuck em right back.
Me : .. Um .. okay?
He said this in front of about a dozen other people who were taking their tests the real way, who have been working hard all semester and studying hard for the final. Me? I did *nothing* in this class, I never even took a regular test .. and I get an automatic A? I mean I didn't want to argue with him about it, but I feel sort of bad about it. When I mailed him, all I really wanted was for him to withdraw me so it didn't nuke my GPA. I wasn't asking for a handout.
But I'm also not going to refuse one.