When is good enough good enough?
In a valiant effort to be less obsessive, I’m letting a 93% on this week’s homework stand. I missed one question, and when I saw what a simple error I made I was angry at myself. If I’d just read the question better, I would have had a perfect score.
I could retake the assignment, but the whole thing is only worth 10 points, out of 120 possible a week. I lose less than 1 point by not redoing it, or 0.583% of this week’s grade. But leaving it less than perfect has me twitching. It would only take me an hour to do it again ….
An hour I could spend cleaning, reading, or talking to my kids. Or catching up on the paying work that I’ve let slide this week to pour you-don’t-want-to-know-how-many hours into studying. I could even just sit. There’s a lot I haven’t done in the 4 weeks since this class started.
So I’m going to accept that just this once good enough will be good enough.
But it’s not easy.
UPDATE:
It’s a lot easier to accept that 93 now that I got 100 on my test. 
May 31st, 2008 at 5:13 am
Shalom Terry,
Mazel tov! on your decision, but I have to say the statistical analysis of your decision would make your prof very happy.
B’shalom,
Jeff
May 31st, 2008 at 5:16 am
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May 31st, 2008 at 10:43 am
I’m with Jeff. You done good.
May 31st, 2008 at 10:49 am
Yep. You done good. Just remember: An “A” is an “A.”
June 1st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Thank you.
I really am trying to let go of it a little bit.
That’s what I’m trying to think of, Billie. I’m working on it.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Hi Terry! and I have to agree with Billie–you done good, and an “A” is an “A.” There are no such grades as “A+” in college.