word of the middle of the night
intransigent
Main Entry: in·tran·si·gent
Pronunciation: -j&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Spanish intransigente, from in- + transigente, present participle of transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to come to an agreement -- more at TRANSACT
1 a : refusing to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING b : IRRECONCILABLE
2 : characteristic of an intransigent person
Today I made SK check my grades for me because I was too afraid I'd failed my Conusmer Law exam. I mean, I failed to *finish* it. I failed to complete about 30 percent of it. I thought that would surely mean failure of the whole exam and I wouldn't have even checked my grades at all, except that I needed to know how many hours I'd have to register for this fall to graduate in December. Holy shit, I'm almost done with law school...
Anyway, SK was super sweet and gleefully accepted my half-joking suggestion that she check my grades via computer instead of me. And ohmigod I can't believe it but I didn't fail. I eeked by with the lowest grade that doesn't count as failing, which means I get credit for the class, which means I only have to take nine credits this fall. Yay. SK was so sweet, she went out and bought me Philip Roth's autobiography, since I'm on such a Philip Roth kick these days, as a "you didn't fail" present. That's awesome. That's the first gift I've gotten in my whole long life for grades. Wow. Thanks SK.
Main Entry: in·tran·si·gent
Pronunciation: -j&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Spanish intransigente, from in- + transigente, present participle of transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to come to an agreement -- more at TRANSACT
1 a : refusing to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING b : IRRECONCILABLE
2 : characteristic of an intransigent person
Today I made SK check my grades for me because I was too afraid I'd failed my Conusmer Law exam. I mean, I failed to *finish* it. I failed to complete about 30 percent of it. I thought that would surely mean failure of the whole exam and I wouldn't have even checked my grades at all, except that I needed to know how many hours I'd have to register for this fall to graduate in December. Holy shit, I'm almost done with law school...
Anyway, SK was super sweet and gleefully accepted my half-joking suggestion that she check my grades via computer instead of me. And ohmigod I can't believe it but I didn't fail. I eeked by with the lowest grade that doesn't count as failing, which means I get credit for the class, which means I only have to take nine credits this fall. Yay. SK was so sweet, she went out and bought me Philip Roth's autobiography, since I'm on such a Philip Roth kick these days, as a "you didn't fail" present. That's awesome. That's the first gift I've gotten in my whole long life for grades. Wow. Thanks SK.
posted by reasonably prudent poet at 12:48 AM
2 Comments:
I've been reading your blog for awhile and maybe I'm a little dense, but what are you in school for? I thought you had a law degree. Are you still working on a law degree? Or are you going to school now for something else. A little more detail would often help. I'm sure it would help new readers, too.
rufus, i'm disappointed. it's right in my profile: "law student." for anyone interested: i started in 2003, i'm finishing this december and for my "day job", i work in a transitional housing facility for the homeless mentally ill. maybe i'll update my profile so that all these things are a little more clear. "i cuss a lot," while accurate, isn't as detailed as it could be, in terms of describing myself and making the things i write about more understandable. thanks rufus.
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