We had regular o. zzes in the statistics course, many of which I ignored or failed. I died a little for the midterm and did passably well—literally. But a few *reeks before the end of the term, two things happened. First, I finished thesis, giving me copious amounts of new free time. And second, realized that statistics wasn’t nearly as difficult as I had been making out to be. I began studying the stats book and doing the work from 1 i in the course. I earned an A on the final exam.