Sitting in my office on a late afternoon this week, door open. Student walks into the office suite, moans that a colleague's door is closed. "Hey," he says, "do you know when Dr. _____ will be in?"
He said he would be back on Friday.
"Really? Because I need to talk to him about a grade."
. . .
"I got two A's and three B's in his class, and he gave me a B, so I need to see if I can work something out."
. . .
"I'd like to have an A in the class, y'know."
. . .
"So I just want to talk to him. If I can't, that's okay, but I'd just like to talk to him."
. . .
"Did you say he would be back on Friday?"
He said he would be back on Friday.
"I'll just come back then."
Sounds like a good idea.
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...and I got three Cs and a B in my other classes for the semester. Do you think I should talk to those profs too? I mean, I would like to have all As but I don't know what the problem is. I really work and try hard but I guess they don't see that I work as hard as I do. Do you know when those profs might be in too? I think ...
What I want to say: "look at this face. Does this look like a face that cares? hmmmm?"
LOL. Poor student. Hoping to garner compassion by proxy (or something). He obviously didn't realize that he couldn't have found a less sympathetic audience.
You've gotten snarkier with your new-found power, Piers.
"See this, anonymous student? This is my 'carved of unfeeling stone' face."
Awesome.
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