“It was like carved ivory, fixed, expressionless. She seemed to speak and blink without using muscles; despite her advanced years, the only wrinkles were precise, incised lines that never bunched and neither lengthened nor shortened.“The field test,” she was saying, “will not comprise any fraction of your grade - it will comprise all of it. Those of you who do not have a B average or above will not be average or above will not be allowed to participate. As of now, you have effectively failed the... course.”“But that’s-we weren’t told that at the beginning of the class. It wasn’t in the syllabus!”The protester was Roger Fieldstone, a burly, weak - chinned senior.“Mr. Fieldstone, sit down. I did not give you permission to speak.”“I’m sorry, Instructor, but this is simply not fair. If we were required lo maintain a B average, we should have been told so.”“Mr. Fieldstone, you feel you could have done better if you had known it was required of you?”“Yes, ma’am.”“I see.”She nodded thoughtfully.“Then the Corps has no use for you.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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