So in case you hadn't heard I bombed my final. The potentially good news is that everyone else might have as well. I knew going in that there was someone who had a 97% average on the quizzes (I had an 82.5) who was considering complaining about this final.
A single question makes a drastic difference in my future fate...to a degree. I got the exact number in three out of ten questions. Probability means I got a 4 out 10. That gives me a mathematical 67, which is a high D. It means I will have to retake the class, though the loans will probably cover it. After talking with the office, the new grade replaces the old in the GPA, and my current GPA is such that I can get an F and still be above 3.0, so theoretically I could retake the class multiple times to keep passing, since it is my last class.
Since it was a tough final, there will almost assuredly be a curve, but this is a tough professor who likes math, so he's going to make that curve (IMHO) as low as he can and get away with it. I'm pulling this number out of thin air, but I'm guessing a 4% curve - ie bumping the actual percentage up 4% points. Which for me makes it a 71%.
After talking with someone in the office, while theoretically I MIGHT be able to get a waiver with a 71% (extreme C-) it is supremely unlikely.
Conversely, a 5 out of 10 on the final gets me a raw 71, which becomes a curve adjusted 75%.....which is a solid C. With a high GPA, and a dubious final, I think my chances of appeal for graduation are excellent.
So basically, my ability to randomly correctly fill in 2 out of 7 bubbles instead of 1 out of 7 bubbles is worth $2700.
This is not what I would call excellence in teaching or design.
In other interesting news: I am getting a new car. This is not voluntary. On my way home from the end of the root canal saga, on Feb 20th, someone rear ended my car, mangling the bumper. I proceeded to spend the next month trying to get said person to talk to his OWN insurance company so I could get it paid for. I had it inspected twice, and was told by their insurance and my insurance that it would cost $1400ish to repair. So I take it in, and the power is down. They give me a big monstrostity of a car, free of charge, because I was patient while I waited. This turns out to be costly freebie, because I scraped the paint in our car port which will cost me the $500 deductable on our own insurance. At any rate, I found out as of Thursday of last week that it is not $1400 to repair my car but $3800, so they're declaring my tiny little 2003 echo with 140000 miles on it a total loss. Fortunately I have gap insurance, but it basically means I have no trade in and no equity towards a new car. Its a good time to buy a car, but a bad time to get credit. We'll see how this goes. I do know I had to go to the garage to clean out my car immediately after bombing the uber important final which was slightly surreal.
I came home and attacked our out of control hedges producing about 400-500 pounds of trimmings. It was quite cathargic. I then proceeded to walk the Dog. Jennifer was very supportive.
Sunday I took Grandma to survey her house. We now have a concrete plan to get her stuff ready to be moved which will be a load off of her mind and Mom and Skip's mind. I had a slightly fitful sleep worrying about phantom (or not phantom) fleas that were in the bed. We're washing all of the sheets just to be sure. I'm mildly floaty right now as a result.
But here are reasons that I have to be thankful, despite all of the drama:
*I have the best wife in the whole world. She is awesome on a stick, beautiful, smart, fully, sexy, and cute all rolled into one. Without her, I would not have even gotten the 3 out of 10.
*I have a loving and supportive family;parents and siblings who care about me.
*I have a strong spiritual relationship with the divine.
*I have a good paying job (First week went well btw)
*I've managed to accomplish, am accomplishing and will accomplish many neat things with my side projects including films, novels, games and who knows what else. I might not published, but I have produced them and I'm proud of most of what I've made.
*I have awesome friends.
*I have a dog, who might be stupid, but is extremely loyal.
*I live in (to me) the best country on earth at, despite all the running problems, one of the best times in history to be alive.
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2 comments:
I find "busy" to be cathartic as well.
Yes, Jennifer is awesome in so many ways.
I am personally praying that things work out in such a way that you don't have to retake the class (a bonus would be if the teacher gets some kind of reprimand - something is wrong if the best student in the class was thinking of complaining, and I hope they did).
You are awesome in so many ways yourself. Thank you so much for taking charge of Momma's house. It's the best possible solution all around and I can tell you are making her very happy.
It stinks so much when things are so up in the air like that and you have all these thoughts of "if this happens or that happens but this could also happen and then I will x,y,z" I don't do well with that jazz. We will keep praying for you.
It sounds like you have plans and are doing well though. I'm glad your new job went well.
I love you.
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