Must be Tuesday

One of the things I disliked most about grad school was that participation was mandatory in class discussions. I'm a huge introvert to begin with and I can become flustered quite easily and it can be difficult to recover from.

In one of my early classes, participation was 10% of my grade. When the professor asked us who did their project a certain way, I did not actually expect her to ask me to come up and present to everyone in the class. I froze and went blank. I even displayed the wrong part of our project to begin with when I was up there and became quite flustered.

I mean, geez, I only raised my hand because I thought it was a poll. :/

Later in class she asked who did another aspect of their project in a certain way, I raised my hand not expecting the next question to be "Why?" Again, I was sitting there like a deer in headlights.

If not for that participation grade, I would have looked like much less of an idiot.

Later that night, I came home and removed my sweatshirt. To my surprise, my fly was down and I could only wonder if the rest of class noticed when I was in front of them or if my sweatshirt effectively covered it up.

I know ... TMI.

Some people would label this as their most embarrassing day ever.

I called it Tuesday.