h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I really can't believe it. It hasn't happened for years. The last time it happened I was eleven and ended up crying over it. I just got a D in a test.

I know that some people aspire to getting a D, but I'm not one of those people. I'm the kind that argues with my Lecturers at Uni, I go to the theatre, I use words such as "aspire" for goodness sake. Now I'm not a straight A kind of guy, but I drop below a B as many times as Concorde has been overtaken by an unprocessed bacon rasher.

Of course I have e-mailed my course tutor, saying that there must have been a mistake, but maybe that's not the problem; maybe I'm no good at this module.

Sure, I didn't actually revise for the test, but then again I never do. The fact that I got a D must therefore reflect the fact that I may well get a C (or worse) in the overall marking of the module. I can't have that. That's just not me. And what if I decide to carry on with this kind of course further on in my education, huh? What will I have to do then? "No, you can't take this course, you got a D! Now hang your head in shame and let the people whose braincells don't have to worry about agoraphobia do all the thinking for you." I know that this will happen, because I'M ONE OF THOSE STUCK UP PEOPLE!!!

Oh well, I'm a great believer in "life happens, so don't worry about it," so maybe I've just got to ride through this and see what happens. But I keep thinking about it. What if.......?