The Perfect Score

November 3, 2005
By C.Whyte

Week 6 of school. A time of panic as most students are freaking out over midterms, myself included. Now that the week of midterms is now over, the fear turns to anxiety to see how well or poorly the tests went.

So last Wednesday I walked into my Telecommunications class and realized that we were getting our midterms back in class. At that moment I do not think I have ever been more petrified. The Telecom midterm involved writing five essay questions, each worth 20 points, and those essay questions were not that easy. I had known the answers for 2 of the 5 essays and had to "wing" the other three.

My thoughts were that if I simply wrote as much as I could about the telecom industry in general, I am bound to stumble across the right answer, and man was I right. Sitting down biting my nails waiting for my name to be called out to walk up to the front of the auditorium (I call It the "walk of shame" because the professor always looks at your score then your face before handing your test over) I began to think of a score that I would be satisfied with. Perhaps a C+ to B would be reasonable for the amount that I knew.

All of a sudden my name was called and I realized I was half way down to the lecturer. I remember my nards itched a little at that moment; I did not itch them though because I was in too much fear about this test being returned. Before I knew it I was face to face with the prof. and she handed my exam to me and within a few seconds my panic turned into amazement. Written in big red letters under the "Grade" portion of the test was the number "100."

I could not believe my eyes. "How many points was this test out of again?"

I thought. But low and behold, I had gotten a perfect score on a midterm. Who does that? I started to think about what I should do next as I walked back to my seat. Usually I would hide my test in shame, but after seeing other's tests with big red 77's and 81's I figured I should leave my test out for a while and try to show it off. I very quickly realized that I am not very good at showing off a test; it just wasn't natural and I very quickly felt like an arse for it. Anywyas, I had gotten a 100% on a midterm.

I don't think I know anyone else who has done that, or even come close. I hope there is a curve added to this test so I can politely decline the curve claiming: "no no, there is no need for a curve here." Except a little slyer than that.