IJMC - Bonkistry, 201

You think that as you progress through school, you learn more. I'm not so 
sure that's true, although you do learn that the goal is worth reaching. 
This lad however, seems to have picked up a few choice teachings in his 
time at school...gives ya something to hope for!                    -dave





 
 
   It was the week of finals, and obviously, everyone was stressing.

   This happened in a big (+300) lecture class, it was some hard science
course with one of those real pain-in-the-butt professors.  Everyone
taking this course had been dreading this final from the start. They all
knew they had no hope. There was one student in the class who felt
confident in the area if he could just take his time and work his way
through each problem. 

   So, on the day of the final, he decided he would just take his time on
the test. The exam began, and he slowly paced himself, carefully working
out each problem. This was diffficult because the professor was one of
those guys who would obnoxiously yell to the class how much time they had
left every three minutes. He was just one of those guys who needed a smack
in the face. 

   Finally, time was up, and the teacher told the class to stop, and to
bring their test papers down to his desk. With over three-hundred people,
this procedure took quite a while.  That one student just continued
working on his test. Eventually, ten extra minutes turned into twenty,
until the student was there for almost an hour after the exam had ended.
He looked at his paper, and decided he had completed the test to his
satisfaction, and he could now hand it in. He gathered his things and
walked down to the teachers desk. 

   The professor was sitting at the desk, the tests were still sitting on
the desk in a neatly stacked pile, and it was clear he had just been
waiting for this student to finish so that he could tell him that he had
failed. The student reached his professors desk with a big smile on his
face. The professor said to him, "This test was due an hour ago. By
handing it in now it is considered late, and consequently, you fail." 

   The student looked right at the professor and said to him "Do you
know who I am?"

   The professor clearly upset by his student's response said "What are
you talking about?" 

   Again the student said, "Do you know who I am?"

   The professor responded by saying no, of course not...

   Just as he said this, the student lifted up half of the test papers
still sitting on the teachers desk. He casually slipped his test on the
pile, and let the rest of the tests fall naturally back onto the stack. He
looked at his professor and said "I didn't think so."