E-mail Harassment

I took my last final exam on Thursday, and waiting for final grades stresses me out more than the semester as a whole. And this time I was even more nervous due to the fact that I literally had to teach myself everything. My professor was a really nice guy, but his ability to teach was just nonexistent and he would constantly stumble over what he was trying to say. He could never give us specifics of what exactly we needed to know for exams. He always told us that if we're covering it, then we need to know it. That would require us to know every detail about every single chapter, and let's face it, there are always things in textbooks that are just irrelevant and a waste of time.
Yesterday, while I was at work, I could feel the 50 pound weight sitting on my shoulders once again knowing that I would have to wait an entire week before finding out my final grade for the semester. So, I did what any impatient person would do.. I e-mailed my teacher.. 3 times in 1 hour. I was already home from work when I finally got an answer at 4:30pm.

"Stacie,

After the final, your overall grade is at 86, which means you're safely at a B. I wouldn't be surprised if the remaining items put you up to a B+ though. No promises."

Being a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, I always aim for an A, but this semester has literally sucked the life out of me. Things going on in my personal life, the week before finals, officially kicked the stress level up about 10 notches. I went from 95 pounds down to 87 pounds. With that said, I will surely settle for a B or a B+ in microbiology.

He doesn't hand out A's.

So, at the begining of this semester, on the first day of class, my oral communications teacher told us that he doesn't just hand out A's unless they are truly earned. That opening statement made me want to drop the class, but I kept telling myself that I can't just run away from difficult classes. A few weeks ago we had to do a formal informative presentation. Mine was about acute myocardial infarctions.. fancy name for heart attacks. I got my grade back last week which came with a bunch of feed back from the teacher. This girl right here got an A- and was told that the research I brought into my presentation was upper under-graduate level. Not bad for someone who's only going for an associates degree right now, huh?