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Self-Improvement

As the hand approached 8:00 am, a punctilious mid-aged man rushed into the classroom. He settled himself down and took from his worn brown leather book bag a stack of paper, which appeared to be the class syllabus. When the clock pointed at 8:10am, he passed out the syllabus; I quickly skipped to the grading part of the syllabus, which read, "Grading: Quizzes - Quizzes are given at the beginning of nearly every class (in essay form), they will count for 75 percent of your grade. Final Exam-you will have a essay final where you will be given some choice of questions. The final exam will count for 25 percent of your grade." Having not written for two years, I felt cold sweats surging through ...

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that statement stunned me. Never before in my academic career had I had a teacher give out his or her home phone number. How many teachers do you know that give out his or her home phone number during your academic career?
One seemingly endless week passed. Even with a burst of effort on my part, I received a D on his quiz. With the paper in my hand, I nervously asked, "Mr. Johnson, my name is Sam. I am in your English class, I would like to talk to you about my grade for the quiz" looking at me with an understanding expression, he replied, "Sure, what about the grade?" A sensation of relief overcome my nervous body, I asked, "why did I get a D?" he gently reply, "May I see your paper?" with my cold sweaty hands, I handed him my disorganized paper. After reading it once, he gave me a understanding look, and said, "you got most of the points covered in the paper, but this not a coherent paper, it is worded poorly with many spelling errors. That is why you got this grade." The ...

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Added: 8/3/2008 05:10:51 AM
Category: Creative Writing
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