Bullet Dodging and other feats accomplished with Accounting

Subject: Matthew Hallman
Height: 6 Ft. Even
Hair: Copper
Eyes: Blue
Attitude: Nefarious
Current Emotion: Humbled

This short tagline sums me up at this moment fairly well. As some of you know I was going for a degree in Finance from Tech; however most of you do not know that to be in the Finance program you have to make B or higher on the ACCT classes at tech. Still with me???...good because here is where it gets interesting. For the first ACCT class I made a B no problem, then for the second class I had made B's in all the tests leading up to the final, so the final I thought I had on lock (notice my ego making an appearance here --->) so a few days after the test I decide to check my grades. BAMMMM, C+ in ACCT (ever had one of those moments where it feels like the rug just got pulled out from under you, this was that moment) so naturally I checked my final test grade to see what went so terribly wrong, and there it is- my score is a 59 out of 100. Needless to say I was dumbstruck, no finance, no internship, no good job, . Ok so maybe I over-dramatise a little but that is how I felt at the moment. After some talking to Kasey and my Mom I no longer felt completely useless, merely in the dumps. So in a last ditch effort I emailed my professor just to see what could be done (I completely expected nothing to change and was bracing myself for a change in major). So after 4 days of waiting, today I received an email from her stating the following : "I rechecked your final exam score and it was correct. However, after carefully considering your grades throughout the semester, I decided to go ahead and award you the B-. Consider it an early Christmas present." After several minutes I managed to pick my jaw up and immediately replied to my prof with a sincere thank you. Then I got to thinking, my original grade was correct why did I deserve this change, was it my good looks, roguish smile, or way with words? I think not, in my personal opinion (and I'm borrowing an Asbill phrase here) it was a God-Thing. He wanted me to know that he is always there for you and he will lead you down the right path, even if you disagree wholeheartedly. Some might see it differently and that's OK but in my opinion someone upstairs gave me a second chance. So with this grand start to the Christmas Season, I'm in a very good mood. So with that I will leave you and hopefully see the majority of the readers of this blog in a few weeks!