It's about halfway through the term. The workload has increased and you've been taking and getting back multiple quizzes, papers and exams. Something all students have in common is the overwhelming anxiety when the professor announces they'll be handing back grades of any sort. Here's a chronological list of thoughts that will run through you're head as you get back all of those unmentionable grades.
1. When the prof announces they'll be handing exams back.
2. When they then inform you that the class average was just "OK."
And you know you fall in the lower half of that average.
3. You start to frantically panic to surrounding classmates.![]()
4. You finally get the test back and it is absolutely horrendous.
5. The kid next to you did better and starts to complain to you about their grade.
When they have no idea just how poorly you know you did.
6. That awkward moment when you have to walk past the professor you now have a burning hatred for as you leave.![]()
7. When you finally accept defeat.
Better luck on the final!
