When I was a senior in college, the most hardcore professor in my major gave me a break on a paper. I had a computer meltdown, and my paper turned into a jumble with missing pages. Late papers were never accepted, and I had pulled an allnighter. I was a mess. I walked into her office with my jumble, my notes, my notecards with citations, and said, "my computer had a meltdown, this is all I have left."

She told me to go home and get some sleep, put the paper back together, and gave me another day, with no deductions.

I'm fairly certain it was because it was my third class with her and I'd never turned in shit, or late papers, and it was obvious that I'd done the research and work.

She was SO HARDCORE, though. It still floors me that she gave me a break at all.

I would have given you the extension too Allyson, but I'm fairly liberal with extensions. My rule is the student should ask before the paper is due, and they only get one freebie, the rest come with a grade deduction (but a lesser one than a late paper).

Wohoo, book is at the one up the road from me!

This is pathetic, but I really want to go into the Barnes & Noble in Pasadena and just stare at the book.

The one thing I did in college which was sort of entitled was look at all my assignments ahead of time, and sometimes asked my non-theatre professors to cut me a break during tech week if the assignment could not for some reason be completed ahead of time. I think the reason they so often did it was that I asked in, say, September if it would be possible to turn in something early or late or if I could get some of the material ahead of time to allow me to complete the assignment.

I really want to go into the Barnes & Noble in Pasadena and just stare at the book.

Dude, it's not pathetic. Take your camera!

Um, if I had a book out, I'd be very tempted to take a picture of it the first place I saw it shelved for sale.

honest to goodness, that was a xpost.

I also remember really being surprised when my hardcore history professor, who actually docked you a plus or minus on your final grade for any absence for any reason without a doctor's note let things slide when I missed class because the brakes failed on my car and I almost got into an accident and was towed to a car shop. I was trying to get the car shop people to drive me to class, and I called the professor and he told me not to worry about it!

This is pathetic, but I really want to go into the Barnes & Noble in Pasadena and just stare at the book.

Seriously don't know how you've restrained yourself this long!

I had the largest, most delicious salad in all of Christendom for lunch. From the Whole Foods that I walked to! Along the waterfront. Nice!

My boyfriend in college was the worst for scamming his way into extensions and such. It wasn't so much an entitlement thing as a working the system thing.

Um, if I had a book out, I'd be very tempted to take a picture of it the first place I saw it shelved for sale.

Dude, I had thought about taking a picture when I went in to pick up my copy tonight!

A little staring would NOT be out of place, paperdol.