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Posted by lonelygirl on May 7, 2004, at 16:10:16
I hope fallsfall doesn’t read this, because she would kick my rear…
I had a final exam today in modern separations (which, believe it or not, is even less exciting than it sounds). The exam was at 12:20 pm, so I got up at 9 am, took my sweet time taking a shower, getting dressed, having breakfast, etc. Around 10:30, I went to the computer lab to print out some notes (the exam was open notes), and when I went to the course web site to get to these notes, there was a “reminder” that the exam was Friday at *10:00*.
I managed to stay calm long enough to check the syllabus, then check the university’s final exam schedule, and both confirmed that, yep, the freaking exam was at 10:00, not 12:20 (turns out, it’s my biomaterials exam on Tuesday that’s at 12:20), so I hurried to the classroom as fast as I could.
Fortunately, the professor is very nice and let me stay late to finish. Oh, to top it all off, I left my calculator in my room, so I had to borrow the professor’s calculator! When some other people finished the exam, they went outside the classroom and started talking very loudly while waiting for some of their friends to finish. Although the door was closed, their conversation was audible inside the classroom, which they apparently didn’t realize (or, I don’t know, maybe they just didn’t care) because they were making fun of me. I just wanted to die!
I still can’t believe I did this. This is totally unlike me. I consider myself a conscientious person, and I am never late for anything unless I absolutely can’t avoid it. I am actually sort of compulsively early. And I usually check on important stuff like this -- multiple times.
So, um, I guess the moral of the story is, GO CHECK, DOUBLE-CHECK, AND TRIPLE-CHECK YOUR FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE!!! RIGHT NOW!!!
Posted by smokeymadison on May 7, 2004, at 21:08:26
In reply to The colossally stupid thing I did today, posted by lonelygirl on May 7, 2004, at 16:10:16
hey!
at least you made it to the final!!! i now have 3 incompletes to finish in the next couple weeks b/c i couldn't make it to my finals. this school year never seems to end. i had to call my 3 profs and explain that i had a bad reaction to Vicodin, which i was taking for a torn tendon in my hip, and was also having panic attacks hourly. in my fourth class, i missed a class presentation and so now have a D+ instead of an A. i had been shot up with Ativan a few hours before in the emergency room and couldn't get out of bed. Sighhhh. I HATE HAVING TO TELL PROFS MY PROBLEMS!!!!
Posted by afatchic on May 7, 2004, at 21:15:25
In reply to The colossally stupid thing I did today, posted by lonelygirl on May 7, 2004, at 16:10:16
That's great advice. It happens every time they schedule finals for a different time than the usual class time; someone shows up at the wrong time.
The people making fun of you were just relieved it wasn't them this time.
Look at it this way, because of your experience, you made this post. Now others like me will read it and double check their finals schedule. Even though your professor was one of the nice ones, you may have saved one of us from an evil professor who would not take pity on us.
So, by making this one mistake and sharing your experience, you probably saved us from a much worse fate. Your actions have once again kept the universe in alignment. I'll bet you do it all the time and are just not aware of your special powers. Thank you SuperGirl!
> I hope fallsfall doesn’t read this, because she would kick my rear…
>
> I had a final exam today in modern separations (which, believe it or not, is even less exciting than it sounds). The exam was at 12:20 pm, so I got up at 9 am, took my sweet time taking a shower, getting dressed, having breakfast, etc. Around 10:30, I went to the computer lab to print out some notes (the exam was open notes), and when I went to the course web site to get to these notes, there was a “reminder” that the exam was Friday at *10:00*.
>
> I managed to stay calm long enough to check the syllabus, then check the university’s final exam schedule, and both confirmed that, yep, the freaking exam was at 10:00, not 12:20 (turns out, it’s my biomaterials exam on Tuesday that’s at 12:20), so I hurried to the classroom as fast as I could.
>
> Fortunately, the professor is very nice and let me stay late to finish. Oh, to top it all off, I left my calculator in my room, so I had to borrow the professor’s calculator! When some other people finished the exam, they went outside the classroom and started talking very loudly while waiting for some of their friends to finish. Although the door was closed, their conversation was audible inside the classroom, which they apparently didn’t realize (or, I don’t know, maybe they just didn’t care) because they were making fun of me. I just wanted to die!
>
> I still can’t believe I did this. This is totally unlike me. I consider myself a conscientious person, and I am never late for anything unless I absolutely can’t avoid it. I am actually sort of compulsively early. And I usually check on important stuff like this -- multiple times.
>
> So, um, I guess the moral of the story is, GO CHECK, DOUBLE-CHECK, AND TRIPLE-CHECK YOUR FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE!!! RIGHT NOW!!!
Posted by karen_kay on May 11, 2004, at 9:10:04
In reply to The colossally stupid thing I did today, posted by lonelygirl on May 7, 2004, at 16:10:16
i've slept through a final before. oh yes! i really have. i stayed up all night studying for this final with a friend and we crashed. i set the alarm (she had the final later that day) but when i was sleeping, she turned it off. i had to call my professor and try to explain the situation. she let me take it late and all worked out fine.
but, i always check and double check the final schedule. just to be certain.
i'm glad your professor allowed you to take it late. i once had another friend who i was eating with and her friend from a class called and said, 'why aren't you here for the final?' my friend freaked out, she totally forgot about her final! see, it happens to all of us!
Posted by utopizen on May 11, 2004, at 20:32:38
In reply to The colossally stupid thing I did today, posted by lonelygirl on May 7, 2004, at 16:10:16
I mixed up exams, thinking Iwas showing up right on time, only to realize I had to jet over to my dorm to find out the exam times were swapped between my two classes. Made to the right exam 15 minutes late, and surprised to find the professor sympathetically hand me my blue book as if he understood something beyond my control happened.... makes sense, no one plans to be late for a final!
Posted by PhoenixGirl on January 21, 2005, at 0:03:30
In reply to The colossally stupid thing I did today, posted by lonelygirl on May 7, 2004, at 16:10:16
I did the same thing before. In a journalism class no less! Journalism is about being on time. I survived though. :)
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