I finished my commercial law exam on Monday. Last in-class final, and I had one take-home final and a paper to finish for Law & Literature. Earlier in the semester we were able to “pick” our due dates for our assignments, and I chose the last day of the final period, May 12. I figured this would take the pressure off of me.
Anyway, after the comm. law exam I went to work and had a crazy schedule trying to catch up on a number of things that I missed in the few days that I took off to study. Wednesday morning I worked on my paper for L&L and kept the daughter home. We found out that day that at her school they had a head-lice incident, so Thursday (the day that I was going to devote entirely to the take-home and paper) she again stayed home with me. I didn’t finish the paper–imagine. This morning I wake up and decide to knock out the take-home. Reading of the directions i see the line, “The completed exam must be submitted anonymously to the Student Records Office no later than Friday, May 5th, by 5:00 pm.” Of course, I read this on May 6th at 7:30 am. Holy Crap! Frantically, I called my professor (yes, at 7:30 am on a Saturday) and explained the situation. Still asleep, she told me that we would have to meet with the Dean on Monday.
So, I am cranking through this final this weekend, and I will take it to the records office on Monday at 8:00 am. Pray for mercy! I have a list of mitigating factors, but when it comes down to it, I have really dropped the ball on this one. Yikes.
I’m sure it will all work out but if not you can always get into the window washing business. Lots of opportunity there.
I wonder what “holy crap” looks like.