No way.

So today in school, we had half of our finals. My first final was language arts. I had finished, and I was thinking of what I could post tonight, when my teacher calls people up to see their final grades for this term. When I look at mine, I notice it's 0.46 of a point away from an A. I was furious! And I still am, so looks like that is what my afternoon rant is about. (I'll try to do two posts a day, one in the afternoon and one at night. Maybe more, maybe less.

So this post is more directed to students, but I'm sure adults have times like these too. You've gotten a grade or result of some exam or report back. When you look at it, it's about an 89%, making it ONE POINT off an A. It unfortunately happens to me and a lot of my friends quite often, so we do joke about it a lot. But then, you've taken your finals, and you're less than half a point away from an A, and you don't get it. Don't tell me that DOESN'T make you want to throw something across the room. Sure, you're probably thinking, "Oh, well that's better than the 75 I got for my final grade." Well, okay, it is numerically and statistically. In real life, an 89 is a better grade than a 75. However, emotionally, it hurts worse to get an 89, because you're thinking "DANG IT!!!!!! I was SO CLOSE! I worked hard to get that A I deserve, and I don't get it because of HALF A FREAKING POINT!!!!" What makes it worse is if you don't have a cool teacher that'll bump up your grade to a 90 because she/he knows how hard you worked this term, like my classmates and I do. Nope, they'll just let you sit there, watching and occasionally laughing as you squirm with guilt.
So... Yeah. Short rant for now. Well, maybe not short, but it is shorter than yesterday's. Thanks for reading, thanks for keeping up, and I'll try to get another on tonight! Oh, and if there's anything you want me to talk about, just leave a comment on this, or if you know me, you know how to contact me. Talk to you all later.