Ahhh, Senioritis.
(Don't read if you don't like talking about grades.)
(From an AIM conversation)
alice: So I just did the calculations, and I'd have to get a D+ in each of my classes this quarter to get my Toronto offer revoked.
d_robes: lol
alice: and even then
alice: I would still probably make the Dean's list.
d_robes: I see an impending justification for not doing work.
alice: I know, it's really bad!
d_robes: feeling rather jesuitical, I'm inclined to support this endeavor.
(From an AIM conversation)
alice: So I just did the calculations, and I'd have to get a D+ in each of my classes this quarter to get my Toronto offer revoked.
d_robes: lol
alice: and even then
alice: I would still probably make the Dean's list.
d_robes: I see an impending justification for not doing work.
alice: I know, it's really bad!
d_robes: feeling rather jesuitical, I'm inclined to support this endeavor.
4 Comments:
For the last several weeks I've been resistng the temptation to dash off a hearty essay on SENORITIS and its treacherous pitfalls. I held my fingers in check, though, thinking you undoubtedly were familiar with, and appropriately armored for, its thorny charms.
Now that I see you are confronting the beast on its own miserable terms, I'm pleased I opted to send you pony footage, instead.
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Anonymous, at 9:27 AM
I really really really slacked my last quarter, it was horrible, and was genuinely surprised I got 2 A's and an A- (in three classes). It was like, where did that come from? I was literally expecting one of the professors to say, "um i looked at your paper and you would do better to pretend you didn't turn it in and take a W". And then I was surprised to see when I got my program for graduation on the day of that I got honors in math (I mean, I thought I had, but was left off an announcement of people that had and worried that this one bad grade I got winter quarter booted me off somehow for a while and was afraid to ask for fear of its being confirmed, even though I didn't see how it really could). So, in short, you'll do fine. Your profs probably understand senioritis too well to even be willing to give you such low grades.
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Mr. G. Z. T., at 2:18 PM
Please explain what he meant by Jesuitical in this context. Is there something in the Spiritual Exercises about getting bad grades intentionally? Because my grandfather did this when he was at Holy Cross.
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Caelius, at 1:08 AM
Mr. Thompson is right as usual. My last quarter at Chicago I completely bombed all homeworks and the midterm in one of my classes (and received an A because my final paper was competent or because the professor didn't care.) In my other class, I received an A- on the final, giving me an A- in the end. But the professor says, "It's your last quarter. I think I'll give you a pass on this one."
I spent most of the quarter decidedly enjoying my ANST class. I really need to find a school where they'll let me teach both science and history.
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Caelius, at 1:13 AM
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