Disappointing failures

I gave a removal exam this morning to a handful of students who enrolled in my class this past semester but received a conditional failing grade. I felt really sad though after grading their papers because every one of them failed! I was really wishing they would pass and it cut me to the quick to see them just meekly walk away after I broke the bad news to them later this afternoon. Just when they were so eagerly awaiting the results! Contrary to what most students and other people think we instructors generally don't delight in failing our students.

It actually pours

We actually had not one but two downpours today. There was one just before lunchtime which didn't help improve conditions because it became hot and muggy instead afterwards, thanks to the hot noon sun beating down on the pavement. Luckily we had one more downpour later in the afternoon which did cool things down a bit. So now there's a refreshingly cool breeze blowing through the bedroom windows.

When it rains it pours

We received more sad news today: the father of a family friend passed away this afternoon. My father was supposed to buy a mass card after serving at this afternoon's mass but with all the deaths we've had in the past week or so the parish office has run out of mass cards!