Spring Motif

100% of readers named Pete do not care for the new design. What about the rest of you? Only those with Curlz MT (the font in the title graphic) will see the design in all its glory. The rest of you get a slightly less-girly version.
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I got a "B" on a paper today, and felt like crying or throwing up. Must be what those overachievers experience. Normally I wouldn't react that way, but it ruined my straight "A"s so far in the class...a class I'm actually purposely being competitive in.

Normally, regarding grades, I tend to think "B"s are just fine...I'm a well-rounded person, after all, and well-rounded people don't have time to obsessively study. Graduate schools, if you're into that sort of thing, generally require a minimum 3.0 average for admissions. Keeping to that is respectable, in my opinion.

To be honest, I tend to lose points on my grades for that pesky "attendance" thing. Spending 50 minutes watching some TA struggle to get students who are not me to participate is not my idea of time well spent. When I attend class, I'm often the only one who actively engages in discussion. If I have something better to do, like work on a paper or other project, it is possible I will not go to class. So I get points deducted for attendance. I tend to calculate how many points I can afford to lose that way without sinking past whatever grade I want.

Meanwhile, some moron who can never answer a question correctly in class gets an "A" for attendance. It's like extra credit for people who suck on the tests.