Friday, June 03, 2005

Pre-exam jitters?

Before yesterday's final, Mr. Do-over sent this message via e-mail:
Greetings Professor,

I was wondering if you could could meet me for a few minutes sometime before [exam time]. I will walk anywhere you need me to. Thank you.

Now, this is either a few minutes in which I have to listen to some sort of sob story and request for special treatment, or not-even-close-to-a-few minutes in which I am supposed to crash-tutor him in the material to be covered on the final. Given only these two possibilities, I decided not to respond. I feel bad about it, but it was an act of self-preservation.

2 comments:

Terminal Degree said...

Well, you've had office hours available all term long. I wouldn't feel bad about ignoring his last-minute plea!

But then he'll probably want to chat right after the exam, right? (Hopefully not...) Might be worth having a huge stack of stuff to stuff into your briefcase and an appointment following immediately after so you can busily brush right out! :)

Angry Professor said...

I had a few reviews to finish. I decided that home was the best place to get them done. The TA took care of the exam so that I could hide.