transcript of less than a minute encounter with law school's upcoming Dean

this transpired right after my professor's (the one i approached re: the point deductions he gave me which ultimately led to me getting a failing mark) business organizations 2 class.

just outside the hallway and before the landing at the foot of the stairs, my classmate and i hurriedly walked toward our professor in the hopes of engaging him in a talk which consisted mainly of us speaking our cause.

the transcript of that encounter goes:

my classmate and i: good evening Father! we would like to speak with you regarding our grades in labor relations.

a pause while our professor scanned our faces.

me: Father, we have been given point deductions for every answer we made which exceeds one page. however, as we have been under you for the first time, we did not know that you have such a rule because we were not notified about it and our classmates who have been under you in the past were not able to tell us about it.

my classmate hurriedly quips (and points to the instructions in the exam sheet): there was no mention of such a rule in the instructions written. there was no verbal expression of such a rule before the exams.

Father was (i think) nodding all the while as he assessed the situation and guessed at what we were driving at.

me: we hope you would reconsider Father because we did not really know.

Father pauses and then curtly, albeit ominously answers: i will think about it.

i don't know if it was a frown he wore or was it just his usual creased-forehead look. i could be wrong because i was so nervous. it seemed like the world stood still and all i could hear was the beating of my heart which i feared sounded so much clearly than the words coming out of my mouth.

whew! whatever the outcome might be, what i did today will really help me sleep the night away since i barely slept last night (er, i slept around 3am but did a good deal of tossing and turning before my eyes finally gave in and slammed shut). i will sleep better knowing that i will not be asking the question prefaced by the words "what if..."

it is now all in His hands. whatever He wills, so be it.