Are You Serious?!?

Everyone has a word or phrase that they use regularly. Mine is "are you serious?" I used to think that I used this word too much, but today I noticed how much that phrase is needed.

My Spanish professor canceled class on Monday because her son was sick. That's fine, it happens, and it gives us a chance to breathe a little. She sent the class an e-mail saying that we could not afford to miss classes and gave us a list of homework assignments to turn in and a list of activities to do that would help us on the quiz today (Wednesday). Once again, that's fine. It took be nearly two hours to complete the homework assignment, and guess what, WE DIDN'T TURN IT IN! We didn't even take the quiz! Some people in the class stated that they didn't know we had to do it, they thought it was just for extra practice. Others claimed that they never received an e-mail. Once again, those answers are fine, but what about those who actually spent the time doing the extra assignments? There was no reward for us. No extra credit, no pat on the back, nothing. ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I just spent time doing pointless assignments when I could have been focusing on my stories for Beat Reporting. If this were to happen on a different week, I probably would not have been too upset about it but I have a lot to get done this week and those assignments were not originally on my schedule. I put other assignments off to focus on that and it was pointless. Who knows, maybe I'll benefit from it in the end...I hope!

Anyway, I get to meet my "little" from Big Brothers Big Sisters today. I'm excited! I won't get to spend too much time with her today because we have a dress rehearsal for Songfest tonight. Songfest is Monday night at 7:00 in the CAC Theater for all of you who want to see it!