argh

You know what frustrates me?

When someone who has done poorly all semester, someone I've warned needs to work harder, who skipped an entire exam, who plagiarized one paper and admits that the second one (handed in late) was "not a very good effort," then comes to me and says:

"I really need a C. Is there anything that I can do?"

I fight my natural temptation to say, "Yes. Build a time machine, go back in time, and study harder. Oh, and write that one paper yourself instead of copying it off of an Internet site that even someone with as few mad skillz as I have could find with a little searching.*"

Instead I say, "No. I'm sorry. I don't offer extra credit."

(Because I know that's what the question was really aimed at.)

(*It occurs to me that if I gave in to my natural inclinations to say certain things, I'd kind of be a female, non-atheist version of House.)

(Is House an atheist? The few episodes I've seen seem to suggest it but it's not entirely clear. I'm coming to be somewhat interested in the show but I can't always watch it either because of my schedule or because sometimes medical shows just depress me)