It's about to get real.
Let's put this in a scenario. You took a test. There was a fill in the blank portion. You put y then x instead of x then y. Teacher still decides it should be wrong because you filled the blank in wrong. Someone sit there and tell me that isn't a load of bull. I put the dang blank in wrong. What. The. Flip. So what did I do? I presented my case. Maybe I came off kinda rude. Okay. I was planning on giving him a nice little apology. For being rude about my case that is. Not for presenting it. No no no. But to be totally honest I wouldn't take a single bit of it back. I would've kept going too, but I have SOME sense. I have a reputation (ish more like a record) to maintain y'know? But seriously. And I think what I realized was that I have a thing for justice and crap like that. I wasn't necessarily pissed about the grade (still pissed by the way). I was mad that he was being so unfair. He wasn't even going to give me half credit. I got the gawl darn answer right. But the blanks. Like really? Are you serious? And then he wants to go and be pissy one minute and fine the next. And I'm just really pissed. I could go on for days but let me not. It would've gotten a thousand times more intense if I went on. So have a nice day.
