Day 7...

This is the post where I take back every bad thing I've ever said about 18-22 year olds.  Well, maybe not everything, but I need to give credit where credit is due.

Today, I left my cell phone sitting on a bench for about 2 hours.  I don't usually leave my phone places.  I don't usually lose things; I may forget things at home or in my car, but I almost always know where my things are.

This morning, I went to ask one of my professors a question, and had to wait in the lobby part of his building until he was free.  This is not my normal routine and it's times like these when I lose stuff.  I get up and go talk to my professor, then leave the building to go to my next class.  As my class ended over an hour later, I realized (because as I dumped my 77 pound backpack all over the floor looking for it) that my phone was not with me!

I panicked as I tried to think back where I had it last and I freaked out as I remembered that my phone doesn't really lock. Anyone could use it or the information on it to do terrible things....like check my email, delete my calendar or worse yet....put a phony update on my facebook status.......GASP!

So I rush back to that stupid bench in the lobby of my professors building and there, awkwardly sitting between two 18-22 year olds(in the exact spot I left it), is my phone.  I was so happy and proud of the kids I go to school with. I wanted to hug them, and thank them for being wonderful and honest young adults.

Instead, I asked if they were willing to sell me some of their Ritalin....maybe with a clearer head, I won't leave my phone laying around.

Day 6...

I got my Algebra test back today, and I was a little disappointed when I saw that I got a 76% or a C.  As I took the test on Thursday, I was feeling pretty good about it.  I felt like I knew what I was doing.  I left feeling fairly confident I'd done well.  So the C was a bit unexpected.

After examining my test a little more, I realized I only got 2 questions wrong!  I got the rest of the answers right, but I didn't show exactly what the professor wanted to see so I lost a bunch of points.
Which is weird because...shouldn't that be exactly what the professor wants to see.....the right frickin' answer!???!?!?  Well, after class I went to ask the professor that very question...and guess what...I was WRONG.  She doesn't want to see the right answer. She wants to see shit like this....

This is a 10 point question, and as you can see I only got 6 points because I didn't "define x" or write a "sentence."  I couldn't figure out how "x" could really be defined in this problem.  I mean it isn't a year, an age or a dollar amount...it's just a number.  That couldn't be right, I mean this is a college Algebra course, clearly, they wouldn't need us to simplify something that much, right?   WRONG AGAIN!!!!

Yeah, you heard me, the professor was giving 2 points to see this on the test...x=the number! Now, I just have to ask...ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?  No shit, x=the number.  Seriously, I was expected to waste pencil lead and 5 seconds of my time to write x=the number?  As you can see, I lost another 2 points because I didn't write this sentence at the end...The number is 11.

This shit happened on 4 other problems.  So lets figure out my total point loss in algebraic terms.