I got a "C"
 

I got my thesis paper back today. I got a "C." I know, I know; there are bigger problems that deserve your attention and in the scheme of things this means nothing...but I feel v. sad and depressed. I've NEVER gotten a "C" before. I've gotten all A's for the past 5 quarters. You all know I've no self esteem and that I'm trying to prove something to someone who doesn't even care anymore...which is why it hurts so much. Like anyone cares.

Getting a "C" is horrid to me. I'm so ashamed of myself because I DESERVED it.

Just needed a shoulder. Thanks. :sniff:

Was that from the ignoring-you guy?

welll......he WAS ignoring me at the first but then he got rather friendly (checking out my ass and grinning, etc) and I want to please 'Daddy'--whomever that may be at the time--and getting a "C" in his class is like I was caught sucking off the local gas station attendant in the filthy men's room.




Totally NO OFFENSE meant to our many gas-station attendants.

I know you're disappointed, but think about it. You've been doing A work all this time, and the worst you can muster is one average grade? Not too shabby, Bri.

Hell, when I was in school I was on the dean's list. The dean's OTHER list! :)

You should hold your head up for being so smart and dedicated.

We tend to beat ourselves up over this sort of thing more than anyone else ever would. Try to take it easy on yourself. You shouldn't feel shame for a "C."

Sorry, Bri...I feel your pain. I started putting together my thesis yesterday (with a presentation and paper due June 14).

On the bright side, you passed, right?

I feel for you. That sucks.

When you're ready to look on the bright side, it's that one C which makes all the As in life meaningful. And it's not even a failure, just an average. Fate is saving your below average grade for another experience -maybe that gas station attendant..... :worried:

And if you were doing it to impress/prove a point to someone who's gone/doesn't matter any more, that means you're now doing it to impress the one person who really does matter and who will always be there -you. So it's all good. Been there, done that, have a PhD. :D

Good on you, Bri, for sticking with it.

If it makes you feel better, remember...

"C is for cookie. That's good enough for me!".


:D

I'll see your C and raise you 3 years worth of nothing but Cs. I've still got an F, two Ds, and a semester full of Ws in my bankroll. :dunce:

I graduated with a 2.9x GPA (I think I got some As there in the last 2.5 years). And to think, if I had it to do all over again I wouldn't have even gone. :hide:

Consider it incentive to do better ... how's your overall class grade?

I'll see your "C" and raise you an "F" in Russian II. Dungeons and Dragons was far more fascinating than grammar.

You must not really think all that much of this prof if you only got a C whilst trying to impress him. you said yourself that you knew it rated a C. at least this guy was honest with his grade.

it hurts? rub some dirt on it, nancy. now get back out there and hit somebody!

I failed my very first college class. It was English 101 at a small college that took a lot of pride in its English Department. They wanted to send a message with a very strict grading policy.

I hated that grade but I think I write better now because of that smack upside the head. That was 30 years ago and I remember it like it was two hours ago.

Don't let it bother you. Use it to motivate yourself.

Embrace your C and keep moving on! Do your best and let the chips fall.

But he was checking out your arse and thinks your smoking hot, right??


Pfffff to the C!!!!

He succumbed to you and you werent even trying, thats an A in my books :D

Sorry luvie, not making light of your C....5 quarters of A is friggen awesome and I can see that you would be disappointed with the grade. (offering cyber shoulder here)

I know it's cold comfort, but as long as you passed and get your degree, nobody will care what grade you got in five years. (Go ahead, ask me how many potential employers swooned over the magna cum laude or the phi beta kappa key.)

Passing is the important thing, as has been said. I'm sure "C" is for "Cutie".

Maybe it's a cup size thing.

Try look at that grade in a different perspective, Brianna. In relation to what you've learned about yourself, your character, your determination, your intelligence, during the whole university experience, that grade means nothing. And once you use THAT knowledge, in the REAL world, the grade will mean less than zero.

And BTW, I guess a "Happy Birthday" gets worked in somewhere this week. :celebrat:

So what was the subject and what were the criticisms?

Thank You! That is so nice of you to remember! I'm 10 and3/4's!

tw---the paper was on Edgar Allan Poe's The Purloined Letter. I'm having a v. crappy quarter personally and it showed on my paper. My argument was that Dupin was a monster.

the criticisms were that I wasn't focused or logical. big surprise there, huh.

logical? about a poet? focused i could see, but logic? wtf?

The poet doesn't have to be logical but my paper does.

Now you know what not to major in. If you ace everything you'll never know if you made the right decision. Grading on that sort of thing is completely subjective, he lowers your grade because you don't see it his way or agree with his view. I'm betting there's some high power profs that would disagree with him too. They never all agree on anything.

If you did your best, fuck it. If you didn't, do so in the future, lesson learned. That's way more important than any poem...or poet. I'd take your ass over a poem any day. :comfort:

you guys are great...thanks for sharing your stories...makes me feel much better :)

I've an appointment to see this prof tomorrow. What's hard about that is I've a crush on him (a wholly inappropriate crush) makes me feel like this: :eek3: :sick: and :Flush:

If you come back with an A we will be highly suspicious...and we'll want photos and play by play. :)

Thanks, xob. :)

If I know English departments, you failed to work Marx into it.:eek:

Okay, Sean Hannity. :)

Now thats just hurtful. :)

The last two times I've listened to that fucker, he's had whiny college students on. Quit bitching and put your nose in the book, you little bastards. :)

how did the focus get off ME? ME, ME, ME?

Quit bitching and put your nose back in the book, bitch. :)

:sob: I am! I am! YOU try reading Billy fucking Budd! It's not easy! Plus, who cares? :sob:

I have learned one v. valuable thing in this class: Never take a class with a prof you have had naked, sexual, picnic-like fantasies about. You won't concentrate.

Wow...I don't think I've ever had a hot professor. Man...I feel cheated. The $50,000 I've spent on college should have been good for something!

I haven't had a hot teacher since sixth grade. *sigh* Not "had" had perv.

You said it, not me.

Now I did have a crush on a teacher assistant in 5th grade...

i don't think Anyone CARES about my dilemma. I think they only wish to apply it to themselves. dammit! I have issues, people! Issues!

Oh yes you do...

shag him, get the recommendation, and a go work on the Doctorate

Bri, I didn't even have the balls to go to college, so you and your C are considerably more impressive than anything about me. You go, girl.

Well, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Will this C affect your ability to be that?:confused:


btw, did you have the hots for this Prof before you found out the course was going to be difficult for you?

I had the hots for him last quarter when I took his English course. I KNOW he's tough, I know he's demanding....but, that's what I want. I don't want to skate and I DO want to learn. If it's easy, I won't learn a thing.
And, no. The C won't keep me from being what I want to be. It's just that i feel like I let him down.

Fuck him...no, don't do that. This is your education, your life, your money, effort and time. He taught the course, he got paid...end of his story.
You didn't let him down, although I suspect you really mean, you failed to dazzle him with your student-awe-city, as you had hoped.

Caution ~ please sit on a towel when reading on.
Not to worry, you haven't graduated yet and there's plenty more tweeds in the sea. Some even have leather elbow patches.
;)

Well, I guess you don't have to give that valedictorian speech.

Bruce - youre gorgeous.

Why all the hate, tw? You're never going to get to redeem your coupon at Brianna's House of Pleasure after that crack.

Have I accumulated enough coupons for a free trip around the world yet? Or am I still just at the free complimentary towel level?

Indeed, you HAVE accumulated enough coupons. You had me at "free coupons" ;)

Woohoo!

I'll hit the thrift stores before flying out to see if I can find a decent tweed with patches. We can play "raise my grade". :blush:

You always make me smile, Els. :)

Els tends to make me gag a little...:greenface

You've always struck me as a total dick.

hahaha

I snorted tea out my nose with that one, Bri.

A++

Mission accomplished!

:ymca:

Yes Mistress. Please forgive this humble slave, Mistress.

(so you now have a Master's degree in ....? I might anticipate?)

Despite her signature (gets subtle jokes) Brianna's responses are as predictable as rude. And all that for getting a "C" from a professor she has gets wet for?

that's a user title, not a signature, cockbreath. and i gave it to her, so you just stfu, k? has gets wet for? wtf? you badly at speak english?

That's better.

Master's in English.