I couldn’t believe I was going to get a c in this class. I’d busted my ass but the F on my final was enough to ruin all of it.
I hoped that Professor Wells would be open to negotiating some extra credit. She was young so she hadn’t been in school so long ago herself. She’d probably understand.
I caught her just before her office hours ended and she invited me in to her office.
“I was sorry to see how poorly you did on your final. You’re my best student this semester. What happened?”
I was embarrassed but I decided to be honest. “My boyfriend dumped me the night before the final and I barely slept. I was a total mess. I was really hoping we could work out some extra credit before you submit our grades.”
She furrowed her brow. “They’re due this evening. I don’t really know what I could assign that you could complete and that I could grade by then. Unless…”
“I will literally do anything, Professor.”
She smiled. “It’s a little unorthodox.”
I shrugged. “Consider it done.”