Resonant Constellation

This week has yielded some interesting occurrences. When I came back from my less than relaxing, sickness-filled spring break, I was expecting a week full of:

• 3 Tests (one Optics oral exam, one actual Optics test, and one Radiative Astrophysics exam)
• One Optics quiz (yes, two tests and a quiz in a week.  And it’s a Tuesday/Thursday class)
• Multiple homeworks in all classes

I hurriedly completed my quite ridiculously oversized Astro homework at the last minute in order to study for all of the tests.  Then Tuesday, my Optics teacher gave an exceedingly easy quiz and completely forgot about my oral exam.  This had to be rescheduled for next week.  Thursday rolls around, and I am ready for my Optics exam: waking up early even (this is drastic for me).  I got into class, sat down, and listened to my teacher explain that since he would be gone next week, we’re moving the test back in order to not miss class.  Okay this isn’t too remarkable: teachers move tests all the time and it was all due to a notoriously inconsistent teacher.  What happened next shocked us all.

Since we had so many things to do this week, nobody had time to study for the impending astronomy test, so after colloquium today, where we knew we’d be able to find our teacher (there is a funny story here: we went to colloquium as usual, then observing that she was talking with the speaker, we went outside the lecture hall to wait for her in the courtyard.  There is no way between the lecture hall and her office except through our line of sight.  Several minutes pass, and she is still not seen.  We check the lecture hall: it is now deserted.  We checked her office and found her to be sitting comfortably at her computer.  I believe somebody has discovered reliable matter transportation and is keeping it to herself…).  We expressed our story in four or five babbling voices and a wonderful thing happened: she took pity on us. Our Astronomy test was moved to Monday.  I’m used to my teachers being inflexible and antagonistic: this change has me mystified and more than a little wary.

Now, instead of having three tests this week, I have them all next week.  Somehow, I think this isn’t the greatest thing in the world, but at least its better than having them before I’m prepared.