My study group made our State and Local Politics prof cry today

[Padraig18]

Our S&LP prof lost virtually every bit of class-related material she had, or had ever created, in last week's fire at Blair Hall. When our study group got together Sunday evening, I mentioned that I had saved all my tests and papers, as well as all the handouts, etc. . Well, it turns out that I wasn't the only one.

As we talked about the fire and how badly it must suck to lose all of your research, grade books, files, etc., another guy in our group suggested that we could compile the all tests, quizzes and so on from our class and give them to Dr. L, so that she could reconstruct things a bit. A girl in our group said that her sorority maintained a 'test file' for lots of classes, including some that Dr. L. has taught in this and past years, and suspected that other sororities and fraternities did the same. Things just sort of took off from there...

This morning at the end of our final exam, we presented Dr. L. with 3 apple boxes filled with syllabi, tests, quizzes, handouts, outlines and good students' lecture notes from each class she has taught for the last 9 years at EIU, all properly indexed and referenced. As she fingered through the boxes, tears rolled down her cheeks, and all she could say was, "Oh my god! Thank you!" over and over.

Do a good turn for someone, because you might be the next one in need.

Cheers! :)