Mayor Of Loserville

My last name starts with a "Y".

The past  35 years have consisted of me waiting until the last name called  for anything  in classes.

Except for my  sophomore PE class  in Tampa with that Cuban guy  whose name started with a "Z" after me .

He was quite the  Latino hottttie as  I  fondly remember.

* End of Flashback*

 I waited with trepidation for my philosophy test today , I saw my "A" tanking downhill and bursting  into flames , as I felt I had  seriously flubbed my essay question .

  "I think therefore I am"  -Cogito ergo sum -( Rene Descartes )

An explanation of  how he had arrived  at this  quote was  asked of us.

I had thrown around  a few big words , i.e . Descartes  ruminated  on the question of thinking and being , then something about  sentient beings and well you can imagine the pile of wordy goo that followed in my effort to not  just regurgitate what was in our notes.

  I felt I had so horridly missed the mark  that I should  lower my gaze shamefacedly  if he looked directly at me  while returning my test..

To my utter amazement, it said excellant on the top of my paper and  I got the full points allowed ( huh?), but I  mis sed  an "A" by two measly  points.

Instead I had missed a few simple questions , and  misread my notes to boot on a few  questions as well .

Then I also missed  writing some stuff  down  ( which is strange as I transcribe every  single  utterance this fellow says to us and I missed 1 day the whole semester).

Let me add  this pertinent info to this  potent  mix of  dufus- is -too -kind- of- a -word  and tomato slices  on the eyes  ...this class only gives open book/notes tests.

I had a solid "A" until now .

I haven't made a "B'" in over  21  years , "A's" dominating since I started  school again last year .

If you're looking for me , I'll be the one in the corner  with the "L" on my forehead  muttering something about "Cogito ergo Loser"...