Oh, I lived far away, so taking later wasn't really an option, Sail. But like I said...it was an easy class. (Honestly, i was kinda pissed that a college course, at a good school, even a requirement, involved multiple choice exams. OTOH, I'm very very good at multiple choice exams, so at least it was an easy A)

I think it's all about the attitude the student has when s/he approaches me. "Can you help me to understand this grade?" is very different than "I deserve a better grade."

Yes, yes and hell yes.

Also, I think that I can (and should) expect my law students to have time management skills that a high school or undergraduate may not yet have, so I wouldn't expect to apply my rules to Kristin's students.

Other thing that's driving me batty -- my students are required to maintain a certain GPA to keep their scholarship (tuition, fees, room, board, books). Their GPA is calculated every year, and based only on the fall and spring grades of that year. They are informed every year that there is no appeal process.

I have had SIX students come to me and tell me that they're losing their scholarships and is there anything that they or I can do. This is before the official notice is out. I'm sure that I'll have more soon. ARGH.

I would like to note that generic Zyrtec is the mack daddy at stomping my allergies.

The downside is that it also puts me in a zombie-like state of perpetual sleepiness.

I love reading the craigslist personals (except they kinda depress me too).

I could've posted this one. But I didn't

I used to consider it a point of great pride to seldom play the crip card, make deadline with diarrhea, etc. Well, look what I got for it. I'm macha. Nobody cares. (If I had it to do over, it'd be different.) They were supposed to let me play. This America.

I would like to note that generic Zyrtec is the mack daddy at stomping my allergies.

Steph, how much does the generic run? We've talked about switching me back, now that it's over-the-counter (my insurance wouldn't pay for it before), but the Zyrtec is too cost-prohibitive for me right now.

In my clusterfuck of a day news, I rock. Due to my searching, I found a company that not only has a contract with Medicare/MassHealth, but they are delivering my new nebulizer at 4:00 today. I don't even have to go pick it up. GO ME! GO THEM!

I was very Jars-like in college. I went to a small private college with accessible professors and I totally did not know how to take advantage of that. I had one prof tell me "I don't see anyway I can pass you in this class" when I turned the last assignment of the semester in and I said something like "Yeah, okay, I have this other exam to take, gotta go." He gave me a D, I failed the other exam. I was actually kind of mad that he had passed me because I really didn't understand the subject.

I would like to note that generic Zyrtec is the mack daddy at stomping my allergies.

Steph, how much does the generic run?

I don't remember -- I got it at CVS. It's more expensive than generic Claritin is.

I'd bet that you could get it cheaply at Costco or Sam's Club, though.

Woo vw!