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bunsen_hIt's been more than 20 years since I attended university. Why am I still dreaming about sitting exams for courses I haven't taken?
Granted, it was an interesting exam. Here's a topographic map; shade in the areas that are "amber" category. Here's a little diorama of various means of transportation; describe the load limits and driver requirements of each. It was probably an interesting geography course, some kind of first-year thing for general students.
But I am a bit tired of having to write things along the lines of "Look, I'm really sorry about this exam; I know I'm going to do embarassingly badly. I've been really ill and I haven't been able to go to any of the lectures or do any of the course work. I know that I have missed the deadline for withdrawing from the course, but is there any way to keep this off my transcript? I won't be upset with you if the answer is 'no'."
A few nights ago, it was a mandatory retest of high-school math skills. At least I knew I was going to do well on that exam, though it was annoying to need to work things out on paper when I knew that once I would have been able to do them in my head.
Granted, it was an interesting exam. Here's a topographic map; shade in the areas that are "amber" category. Here's a little diorama of various means of transportation; describe the load limits and driver requirements of each. It was probably an interesting geography course, some kind of first-year thing for general students.
But I am a bit tired of having to write things along the lines of "Look, I'm really sorry about this exam; I know I'm going to do embarassingly badly. I've been really ill and I haven't been able to go to any of the lectures or do any of the course work. I know that I have missed the deadline for withdrawing from the course, but is there any way to keep this off my transcript? I won't be upset with you if the answer is 'no'."
A few nights ago, it was a mandatory retest of high-school math skills. At least I knew I was going to do well on that exam, though it was annoying to need to work things out on paper when I knew that once I would have been able to do them in my head.
