00:00Professor Alcott?
00:03Yes.
00:04Hi, I'm on a regent scholarship, and I have to maintain a 3.5 average, which I can do with
00:08two A's and a B+, because there's one B I think I'll get in physics, but I can't get
00:11less than a B because I only have one A left to balance it.
00:14And the thing is, sir, my roommates, they never really let me have any quiet study time, and now I've
00:18had to move, and I'm in a...
00:20You know, I have this kind of crazy philosophy that your grades should represent your grasp of the material and
00:26not your negotiating skills, which are amazing.
00:28No, no, I'm sorry, sir, I would never ask for a grade that you didn't think was fair.
00:33It's just that since I have 20 credits and I only need 16, I was wondering if I could take
00:38this class pass-fail so I don't get kicked out.
00:40And, sir, I promise I wouldn't slack off. In fact, I'd work doubly hard.
00:44Well, listen, I'm ecstatic for your plans to work doubly hard because Lit 100 courses are never given pass-fail.
00:52It just doesn't work, so why don't you take all that non-slacking energy and try and apply it, focus
00:55it towards your finals, okay?
00:58Well, it's just that until you don't start to work.
00:59I got an actual workout happy with us.
00:59Well, like this is, so I'm not mistaken.
00:59Just because of the rest that you're doing, I'm trying.
