Student Teacher Experiment

Lots of F's

Chapter two
Notes: hey I have decided to counties because I want to see where the story goes. If you have any suggestions let me know. Note that I did not calculate the grade stuff so it might be unrealistic but let it go. It helps the story move along.
Sonya:
My leg jitters as I await for my test to be passed back to me. This is my fourth test in psychology and the other three have all been F's. Earlier in the day I received my fourth F in Chemistry. If this last test in Psych is a F than I will have to go see Mr. Davis sometime in the next few days to talk about my grades. You see one could say that I am on a role with Mr. Davis. I get my test back and take a deep breath before flipping the corner. In neat handwriting I see a 50% and a big red F. Yes that makes eight F's in a row. Mr. Davis teaches both Chemistry and Physiology.
I grew up in a typical middle class home in Indiana. My mother is a secretary and my father an accountant. We did not live in a mansion, but we did have a comfortable two story three bedroom house. I have no siblings. I am not the type of person to spend all my free time outside of my house with friends. I have a select few friends I like to hang out with and the rest of my peers are more acquaintances. I grew up in a smallish town of 8000. I was in the top 25% of my class and my friends and family all believed I wanted to do something in the science field. I know that there are hundreds of options in the field but my interested was in nursing, research, or nutrition. After coming to college, I realized that science is not something I can excel in. I took an elective the summer before freshman year and found that my heart lies with accounting like my father. I love all the rules and the black and whiteness of it.
The lastest F in the string of F's is my final note to myself that I cannot stay in the College of Arts and Sciences. I need to transfer into the College of Business. In order to do that, I must maintain a GPA of a 3.4. As of the moment my two science classes are bringing me down to a 3.2. I calculated that if I can end with two C's in the classes I will have a 3.4 GPA. The problem is I know that business is where my future is, but I am scared shitless to go talk to Mr. Davis. I heard that when students ask him for help or extra opportunities to raise their grades, he gets excited and then hostile. I'm afraid that my lack grades will not help my case. He probably believes that I wing every one of his tests. The truth is other than the first one in each class, I have studied at least a week prior to. I believe it has to do with the fact that my brain does not function in the matter that is required for the sciences.
I swear I was going to walk up to him after my class, but when I stayed back after class to talk to him, I saw another boy, Peter I think, walk up to him and start discussing things he could do to raise his grades. He wants to be a doctor and he needs to maintain a high GPA in order to move on. I purposely dropped my bag so that I could listen in on the conversation. While I was picking up my books and pens that had fallen out of my bag, I heard Peter ask, "Mr. Davis, I did not do so well on that last test. I am afraid I do not understand the material. Is there something I can do to get extra help in order to learn the material."
Mr Davis looked up at Peter when he began the conversation and appeared interested. He said to Peter, "Yes in fact there is a tutoring group that I am doing later this evening. Several students are coming to have the lesson retaught. At the end there will be a test that could take the place of the last one." Peter's face lit up. He was relieved he would have the chance to make up his grade and relearn the material. I also heard the news and decided to take the chicken way out. I was going to give myself one more chance to get a better grade on the test. If I did not do better than I would talk to him. I quickly ran out of the room and was relieved I did not have to speak to him. I raced to my dorm, hoping to catch my friend and roommate Sara before she went to Calculus.
It turns out once I reached my room, Sara decided she was going to skip Calculus. Was none of my business so I just that it was more time for me to explain the situation. After I did, Sara groaned. She said, "Sonya you said you were going to talk to this guy two weeks ago. What good will it do.you even if you do manage to get a good grade on the test. You still have all the other F's and no offense but probably future F's too." I grunted knowing she was right. I started to freak out again: " what the freak am I supposed to do. I have no ideas. I scared to tell him that I need help. He going to be like Sonya you don't try or study why would I try."
"Calm down Sonya let's call my sister. I bet she will have some pointers." Sara's sister graduated knee year ago. She had Mr. Davis for three years. Sara dials the number. On the third ring she picks up "hey sister" she says. Sara says hey and details the situation. At the end of the conversation Sara asks her sister if Mr. Davis will help. Her sister responds, "Mr. Davis is a pretty understanding guy. He realizes that especially with freshman many do not know what they want to do with their lives. They are still figuring it out, and many think they like science and then they turn Kurt to b made for art or something like that. It sounds like Sonya is in a real pickle though. He does not do extra credit. He will allow redoes of test with more studying but that is all. It sounds like Sonya will not benefit from studying. I would say that the only way to get her grade up would be to ask about his research. He get very animated when talking about something like that. He has let students props that they can work with him, and he even listens to the entire presentation. Rumor is he is looking for a specific person to fulfill his criteria in order to do research with him. I would say she should go to this thing tonight and did she sees no improvement than she should walk up to him and explain her situation and then hint at doing his research with him in order to pull her grade up. It is a October so at this rate she will never be able to get her grades back up without some help from teachers." I heard all of this because the phone was on speaker. We hung up with Sara's sister. I finally took a deep breath. I had a plan for my future and was not going to fall back on it.