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[generally_speaking]

I had a situation when one of the professors I fired left immediately with the final test answer sheets. The final amounted to 35% of the overall grade. I was in a foreign university and was not allowed re-exam.

 I used the students' previous results (ie, quizzes, test, etc), ignored the final and came up with the final grade. I did apply curve but only to marginally/borderline students failing within 2% of the cut-off pass marks. There ware no student complaints and everyone seemed to be happy.

I had student affairs, exam board, enrollment, and other departments under me. Final grades moderation was also my responsibility.

I sometimes question myself if I did the right thing.

[svenc]

Is this the "regrets" thread?  Here's mine, all true:

When I was four years old, I visited my dad at work.  One of his colleagues gave me the ceramic "Snoopy" pencil holder on her desk that I had been admiring.  Five minutes later, when I was leaving the store, I dropped it and it shattered into hundreds of pieces.  Tears of shame poured out of me.

I will never forget how sorry I felt.

[prof_smartypants]

I've got one. I was just reminded of this because the person in question just facebooked me. We had a good laugh, but I still regret my behavior:

When I was about 20, studying abroad with a big group of people, one of my friends hit on me. It was the first time someone of the same gender had hit on me (not that I got hit on a lot anyway). I really awkwardly left as if to go to the bathroom and literally ran away, straight back to my apartment.

I still feel bad about how I reacted. I was just so surprised, that I couldn't fathom what I should do next (I was also drunk).

[generally_speaking]

I've got one. I was just reminded of this because the person in question just facebooked me. We had a good laugh, but I still regret my behavior:

When I was about 20, studying abroad with a big group of people, one of my friends hit on me. It was the first time someone of the same gender had hit on me (not that I got hit on a lot anyway). I really awkwardly left as if to go to the bathroom and literally ran away, straight back to my apartment.

I still feel bad about how I reacted. I was just so surprised, that I couldn't fathom what I should do next (I was also drunk).

So you think I did the right thing?

[generally_speaking]

Is this the "regrets" thread?  Here's mine, all true:

When I was four years old, I visited my dad at work.  One of his colleagues gave me the ceramic "Snoopy" pencil holder on her desk that I had been admiring.  Five minutes later, when I was leaving the store, I dropped it and it shattered into hundreds of pieces.  Tears of shame poured out of me.

I will never forget how sorry I felt.

So you think I did the right thing?

[svenc]

Is this the "regrets" thread?  Here's mine, all true:

When I was four years old, I visited my dad at work.  One of his colleagues gave me the ceramic "Snoopy" pencil holder on her desk that I had been admiring.  Five minutes later, when I was leaving the store, I dropped it and it shattered into hundreds of pieces.  Tears of shame poured out of me.

I will never forget how sorry I felt.

So you think I did the right thing?

Oh, this was about seeking reassurance?

I'm of two minds on this. 

A: If there were no complaints, than you appear to have reached a satisfactory solution.  Let it go.

B: You were getting paid the big bucks to make the tough decisions.  When the going gets tough, the tough get going.  It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken.  The tigers of regret are patient.

[generally_speaking]

Is this the "regrets" thread?  Here's mine, all true:

When I was four years old, I visited my dad at work.  One of his colleagues gave me the ceramic "Snoopy" pencil holder on her desk that I had been admiring.  Five minutes later, when I was leaving the store, I dropped it and it shattered into hundreds of pieces.  Tears of shame poured out of me.

I will never forget how sorry I felt.

So you think I did the right thing?

Oh, this was about seeking reassurance?

I'm of two minds on this. 

A: If there were no complaints, than you appear to have reached a satisfactory solution.  Let it go.

B: You were getting paid the big bucks to make the tough decisions.  When the going gets tough, the tough get going.  It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken.  The tigers of regret are patient.


lols

[fiona]

The best part of this strange thread, and the only part I fully understand, is "it takes a strong man to make a tender chicken."

I am moved to tears, itching, or something.

The Fiona

[jackalope]

I shot a man in Reno.

Just to watch him die.

Do you think I did the right thing?

[generally_speaking]

I shot a man in Reno.

Just to watch him die.

Do you think I did the right thing?

Most probably not.

[jackalope]

I shot a man in Reno.

Just to watch him die.

Do you think I did the right thing?

Most probably not.

See, I was afraid of that.

[generally_speaking]

I have been to Reno back in mid-eighties. It was a bubbly city then with casinos and Lake Tahoe next door.

[svenc]

When Johnny Cash's ghost reads this thread, he hangs his head and cries.

[malcha]

I shot my Zen with a crossbow and hung it round my neck, like a puzzling and gruesome necklace.  Did I do right?

[sikora]

I shot a man in Reno.

Just to watch him die.

Do you think I did the right thing?

Most probably not.

See, I was afraid of that.

Other regrets?

I have a wife in Chino, and one in Cherokee.  The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me.

Any hooo, a friend of the devil is a friend of mine.  If I make it back before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.