Now for a little story time...

Once upon a time, there was a midterm, in a class Julia hated.

Julia refused to study for this midterm, but thankfully, mercy was taken upon her and she did decently anyway.

She found out she did even better when she recieved this e-mail from her professor:

Question #6 and Question #38 on the midterm were incorrectly graded. The answer to 6 was 'shared federalism' not dual federalism (a). The answer to 38 was 'all of the above' (d). This was my mistake. Your instructor will correct your scores so that those who answered the questions correctly will receive the appropriate credit. Those who were graded as having given the correct answer will not be penalized. Other students' grades will not change. My apologies for this added stress. John

And then, everyone was happy. Well everyone except someone I like to call Freshman A.

Why Freshman A?

Well because judging from her letter I must assume that she is a Freshman. Let me show it to you.


Hi Professor Wilkerson,
I have a comment concerning the Midterm. I dont thinks its fair for people that marked the wrong answer to #6 and #38 to not be penalized. Either their scores should be adjusted or these two questions should be free for all. Please consider this to ensure that everybody was treated fairly on the midterm. Thank you professor!

I assure you that no senior would write this letter. That and I looked her up in the directory. Definitely a freshman.

Now, Saim... Freshman A, made one fatal mistake, common to many freshmen.

She hit reply to our professor's e-mail.

Which e-mailed the entire class discussion list.

Which has over 400 people on it.

400 people, who like their grades higher and now know her name.

Not so good for Freshman A.

In fact, she has already recieved one response over the mass e-mail from someone I like to call Freshman B.

Considering that our class is not scored on a curve I don't see why this is an issue, aside from it being simply pride. I scored them both correctly so it doesn't affect me. But if I am ever in a similar situation to where I scored them wrong I would definitely be bothered by fellow students lobbying to get my grade lowered, when theirs isn't affected.

You know, most of the time I hate being in a freshman class. Every now and then though, I realize it has its advantages.

Poor Freshman A...