[scribus-dev] Possibly some (slightly!) bad news

[Craig Bradney]

On 5/25/11 11:48 PM, Elvis Stansvik wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Yesterday I had my exam in linear algebra, the first of my two big
> exams before summer, and it didn't go well at all. I don't want to be
> a pessimist of course, but I'm very much afraid that I flunked it.
> Guess I've been focusing too much on the multivar calculus, which is
> the exam on Saturday, thinking I had the linear algebra pretty much in
> the bag. Or I was just very unlucky with the questions. But in short;
> I'll probably have to take the linear algebra exam again.
> 
> The reason I bring this up is that the next chance for me to take the
> linear algebra exam again is on June 9 already, which is unusual;
> usually it's not until the end of the summer. But I really need to
> nail this one.
> 
> This means that up until June 9, in addition to GSoC, I'll have to
> dedicate at least some of my daily brain power to doing maths. I'd say
> a couple of hours or so.
> 
> But don't worry, I fully intend to start working full time on my GSoC
> after the exam on Saturday, just like planned. I'll schedule these few
> hours a day I need to spend on making sure I finally pass linear
> algebra to early mornings, leaving a full work day + evenings for my
> project.
> 
> Just thought I should keep you posted, so you know why you won't see
> any commits from me in the early morning hours, as then I'll be
> inverting matrices and other fun stuff, *shrug* :) Hope I didn't scare
> you too much with the subject of this mail.
> 
> I contacted my professor and he promised that because of the unusually
> short timespan up until the re-exam on June 9, they would have the
> results in before the weekend. So by then I'll know for sure.
> 
> Regards,
> Elvis
> 

Hi Elvis

Thanks for the news.. and bad luck for that exam.. that sucks.
Importantly, you are keeping us informed - we know what to expect.
Concentrate on your exams as much as you need!

Good luck!

thanks
Craig