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Old Oct 16, 2013, 01:27 AM
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The mistakes we make are the things we never forget. It will save her in the future and better that it happened there than out somewhere else.

Test stories. .. we had a 6 hour science final exam. We were all so nervous but one classmate in a particular was, his hands were shaking really badly. We got our tests; some of us finished and some did not. We got our tests back and the friend who was shaking so badly got a 50 despite getting all of his problems actually correct. Thrilled at doing well but shocked at the grade; he noticed he had been so very nervous that he actually misspelled his name. I went with him for support when he asked about it; the prof explained his reasoning that all you have in this world is who you are, that is the most important thing, that nothing else is worth losing sight of that, and not even for an exam. He was able to appeal it with the Dean, but the compromise was only to move the grade up to passing. Funny how things stick with you; even decades later and returning to school, even with it not being my test and when I submit things now, I look them over again to make sure, did I actually put my name and did I spell it correctly? I'd sure hate not to be who I am.
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Last edited by Fresia; Oct 16, 2013 at 01:42 AM. Reason: added ;)
Thanks for this!
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