After I took the Electronic Devices quiz last Thursday, I knew that I had either aced it or screwed up really royally. Dr. ED didn't keep us waiting, he had them all graded by this morning and, hey, I didn't blow it. I lost two points on a stupid error, but those were the only points I lost. So, yay! I got a 28 out of 30, despite suggesting that the diffusion coefficient in a 40 µm long device was on the order of 1020 square centimeters per second, instead of 10 cm2/s. Yes, if I could find a way to make current out of nothing I could retire today, or at least have really low electric bills.
In the feeding frenzy as we all scrabbled through the pile of quizzes to find our own, we could see each other's grades. I tried not to look, but I must have been the only one.
Smiley said, "Hey, you got 28!"
I said, "Hush, you'll jinx me."
"Hey, you got 28!"
"Hush, you'll jinx me."
"Hey, you got 28!"
Even though my brother is on the other side of the planet, it's like he's still here in spirit, or like he occasionally takes possession of my classmates.
209 words | February 24, 2004 08:39 PM | Ivory tower