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«Yes, sir. Our economics professor doesn’t give exams. Instead he gives everyone
a B until he calls for our term papers. And the grade you get on your term paper is
your semester grade. We have to do a lot of outside reading for the term paper. But
I’m counting on keeping that B in Economics.»
«That’s fine, Wintage. But it appears to me that it’s high time you were getting
busy on some of the other grades too. You have an unusually high grade at your
entrance exams. Graduated from high school with honours. What’s the trouble,
Wintage?»
«I don’t know, sir, except I work at night at a café.»
«How many hours do you work?»
«Ten hours, sir. From nine till seven. The café stays open all night.»
«Very interesting, Wintage. But don’t you suppose that it would be advisable to
cut down a bit on this outside work and attend a little more closely to your studies?»
«I couldn’t work fewer hours and stay in school, sir. I pay my room rent and I’ve
been paying out on a suit of clothes.»
«Can you arrange for a little financial support from home?»
«No, sir. I’m afraid not. I have two brothers and two sisters at home younger then
I am. It wouldn’t be right for me to ask my father to send money out of what he
makes.»
«I see, but all this is beside the point. We’ve here to discuss the state of your
grades, Wintage. As you must know, any student who turns in less than half his work
is automatically suspended from the university and must return to his home. Now one
more bad mark and you’ll go, Wintage.»
«I’d hate to have to go back home like that. You know there are not many jobs
nowadays, sir.»
«Well, unless you can alter your circumstances, I suggest that you withdraw from
the university at once.»
«I believe I’ll try to stick it through, sir. I’ll try to remove the F and D grades and
may be I can luck through on my finals.»
(After George Milburn)
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