I dunno why, but whenever I have a final/exam coming up, while studying, I always start having this very real hope that there’ll be some “golden ticket” that I could win that will ultimately excuse me from the exam. Something like, “Ah Ha! I scrolled all the way down on the syllabus and was the ONLY one to see some fine print that says ‘bring this to the professor and you’ll get a free A!’ ” Or something like, I keep on checking my e-mail to see if the professor has decided to give all of us full credit for the exam or that he just entirely canceled the exam.

Yea, doesn’t make sense. oh well — back to studying :).