Just My Luck

I'd just like to prove to the world exactly how bad my luck is.

For my international criminal justice class every week, we have to read a bunch of articles. We've been put into groups of nine, and have to discuss the articles in 15 minutes, and come to a conclusion. Randomly, one of the group will be selected and have to give a five minute presentation on the subject in front of the group. This five minute, unprepared oral is worth 20% of our grade.

This week, being week 3, i read the week 3 readings (quickly). However, today i discovered that today's class would be covering the week 2 readings, because last week was a public holiday week. Sensible.

Therefore, i was unprepared. But i had a 9 to 1 chance of getting chosen, and i figured they weren't bad odds. Also, i can usually think quickly on my feet, so fingers crossed...

...later that evening, we found out who was the speaker for each group. I wasn't called out. But before i even had time to breathe a sigh of relief, the teacher figured out that the original speaker hadn't turned up. And she announced that i was the back-up. Shit.

Despite a reasonable grasp of the topic, and some notes on what i was going to say, i did an awful job. My words stumbled over one another, my voice was unsure. My points would have been good if only i had been able to make them. It sucked.

I came home feeling like crap. This was something i should've been able to do, and do well. I wanted a good mark for once, for something i was legitimately good at. But no, i had to screw it up. And if it had been any other week, i would've been fine.

I have NO good luck. I suck.