I took the multiple choice portion of my English comps (graduation exam) last month and was certain I'd done horribly. The test was the most difficult I'd ever taken, and it seemed like I'd never even heard of half the stuff on it. After being depressed that evening over how badly I'd done, I consoled myself with the fact that I'd be able to re-take it.
I just heard from my prof, and I got a B+!!!!! Paint me excited.
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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Congratulations, SO! That's terrific!
Hooray! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
WTG SO!
Congratulations!
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Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Thank you! Now just cross your fingers for me on May 9th. That's when I'm scheduled to take the 3 hour essay portion of the exam.
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Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Awesome! Congrats on the first part, and good luck for the second!
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Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Congrats, and good luck on the next exam. Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :
Hoobah!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Woohoo! Way to go!
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
Hey, we were talking about the concept of Space Opera in class about a half hour ago.
Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
Yay! Congratulations!
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Not to break the general air of congratulations, or anything, but what's so great about a B+? Pretty mediocre sort of mark. I mean, if you were expecting a fail, or something, sure, but let's not go overboard.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*thwacks KoM* B+ is pretty darn good. Congrats! Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
Congrats!
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
B+ is excellent at my unversity! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
to KoM. Every time I start to think you're not actually as much of a conceited jerk as I originally had you pegged as . . . !
Ignore him, SO. A B+ is a great grade! I'd be thrilled if more of my students got B+s! Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
King of Men, let me have some fun and sink down to your level. My GPA as a senior is 3.95. When I started college I was a 26 year-old single mom. So yeah, jerkwad, I'm damn proud of my B+ and everything else I've accomplished.
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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Seriously, ignore him. I have colleagues like him. They're complete jerks. You deserve to be proud!
KoM, that was really, really unnecessarily rude and mean-spirited.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Well, I'm sorry, but a B+ just doesn't seem to me like something to jump and shout about. My worst grade (in graduate courses; I was in Norway for undergraduate, where the grading system is a bit different) is a B+, as it happens. I'm not proud of it, and would retake that course if it wasn't so horrible. Thermodynamics using Landau & Lifschitz, ick.
I wasn't trying to be nasty, I just felt that all these Wave smileys were the merest touch out of proportion to the actual accomplishment.
And really, multiple choice doesn't belong at college level anyway, though I grant this has nothing to do with whether SO did well or not.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
The point is, you don't just rain on somebody's parade.
Well, I guess you do.
And, the next time you're proud of something you've done, we'll all be sure to be right there to belittle it for you. Jerk.
[ May 02, 2005, 10:56 PM: Message edited by: Megan ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
And you don't even have the grace to apologize for doing so. Incredible.
Times like this I'm actually tempted to use words I was brought up not to use. Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Don't feed the troll.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Verily, I would agree with you, except that I seem to recall this arrogant eemo crowing about his own success not too long ago, and everyone was supportive. It's too bad he can't seem to pull his head out of his hindquarters long enough to return the favor.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
I'm sorry, King of Men, but that's not how it works in my college at least. To get an A you have to really work for it, and it's really gratifying to think you've done really badly and come up with a good grade.
If you're irritated by the post, don't post a reply. It gets the post off the front page faster.
By the way, SO, congrats. Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
quote:except that I seem to recall this arrogant eemo crowing about his own success not too long ago, and everyone was supportive
Well, y'know, it was pass-fail. No grades. So what I did was the best possible. Whereas a B+, well, it's not a bad grade by any means. It's just a little bob-bob-bob, don't'cherknow. Still, perhaps I could have been a little less dismissive. So congrats SO. Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Congratulations, Space Opera, that's fantastic.
Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :
Space Opera is simply terrific. I've been her Secret Santa, so I would know.
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