The student who got so incandescently angry at me last December, when she received a dreaded B in my class, admitted as much to me today (she is taking another from me this term). She is a fine student, and a sharp thinker when she chooses to focus. I have no doubt that she has the intelligence to receive an "A" in every class she takes, but I also know that she relies on her talent too much and, frankly, presumed too much. I may have a casual friendship with her, but I also know that sooner or later that friendship and my duty to her as a professor must come into conflict. As it did last month.
I did not apologize. Probably best that the tension remains, even if it makes me a little sad.
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