"You still knew enough to use a Shakespearean reference in context. That gets full marks from me," Samantha told him. "Besides, math and science are hard so if you understood them, you get even more points. I, on the other hand, nearly didn't graduate from college on time, and completely derail my scholarship to UMass law school because I came within a point of failing my third and final attempt at my one required math class."

To this day, she was positive the professor gave her more credit than she'd earned on the final because she'd worked so hard at it.