Hatrack River Forum: So I was talking to my dad today... (BIG NEWS [to me])

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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

I was on the phone talking to my dad about my grades this semester, particularly the Biology class that worried me most. I'd reasoned that because of my kickarse score on a paper (97/100) it would make up for my absymal test scores (66/100 and 65/100), if I maintained my average score on the exam and final and I'd pull a C.

I was *praying* for a C.

So during this conversation I idly went on Blackboard to see if the scores popped up. Exam 3 was listed as a 93.

a NINETY-freaking-THREE!!! I did the math, and before the final, it gives me an 80.2.

B minus.

Mind, this is in the middle of a phone conversation with my dad. I start bawling because I got a 93 on a BIOLOGY test and start laughing hysterically and crying at the same time and saying things like " [Cry]

I'm so happy! [Cry]

"

I can hear my dad on the other end talking to my mom: "Honey, you need to talk to your daughter, I can't deal with this." Through my hysterics I managed a decent trans-continental [Roll Eyes]

.

This represents, to me, a huge post-finals release that I desperately needed. I'm still being realistic (I don't have high hopes for the final but I'm positive now I'll have a solid C) but I had to expunge the angst I've been carrying since Thanksgiving.

Now I can start breathing again. [Smile]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

I wondered what the hell that IM was about. [Smile]

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

I'm on my roommate's laptop and had to use sucky aim express, which prompty kicked me off not long after I sent you that message. [Embarrassed]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

I cried.

But I'm okay now.

Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

(((mack)))

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

w00t!

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

I just checked my grades.... my GPA has been stuck at .03 points below where I wanted it to be because of a dismal showing in my 5-credit design class last semester. I was really hoping to bring it up this semester, and it turns out I got an A; not just an A- but a full-fleged, 4 point A in my 5-credit design class this semester. Woo hoo!

So it sounds like you and I, Ashley darling, get to go out for ice cream.

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

P.S. Getting an A in a class as subjectively graded as art & design courses is rarely heard of. I guess it pays off to do your assignments when everyone else in the class is a slacker.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

That's good [Smile]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Congrats on the hard work paying off, Ashley and Annie! [The Wave]