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Last spring, for all the usual reasons, I sicked out of a final exam. I inferred from my acting senior tutor that I would get a letter specifying the time and place of my make-up exam and I spent the first few weeks of the semester unconcerned. After a few weeks more I put "Call the Registrar's Office" on my list of things to do and promptly forgot about...
...days ago, a friend told me that everyone else she knew was taking their make-up exams that week. I called the Registrar's Office and was transferred three times. The man I finally talked to said, "Yep, they're all this week. You know, you're pretty lucky--your exam isn't until tomorrow afternoon." It was then 4:30 p.m. "Lucky" was not the word I would have used...
...honest, 10 days later, my outrage has faded somewhat. I studied for 20 hours straight and took the exam. I may even have done well. Ten days later, it's just one more story to tell about the Registrar's Office. It has, however, made me consider earlier than I normally do the awkward, Byzantine way that Harvard examinations are held...
...direction skillfully manipulates time and distance to create moments of pee-in-your-pants terror. From the ominous overhead shots of Chicago's freeways to the imposing grayness of the University of Illinois, the dark backdrop intensifies the terror. And terror abounds, most notably during Helen's psychiatric exam and her memorable first kiss with Candyman (his mouth is filled with bees). The soundtrack by Philip Glass is appropriately haunting...
...would I fill out my study card? What was the catalogue code? What was the exam schedule? Was it a full or half course? Did it count for full credit...