I feel like such a moron :/

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<p>Today was my final exam for chemistry; I'm a biochem major, so it's pretty important I do well in this class. Well, I left my room to hop in the shower about an hour before the exam, and stepped on a nail right in my common room! We had carpenters over a couple days ago fixing shelves and maybe it's from that. The nail was very small and pointy and got stuck up my foot. I then spent the next 2 hours in the ER while they yanked the nail out and made sure it wasn't infected. Obviously I missed the final and I'll have an Incomplete in the class until I make it up when the course is next offered - over Summer Session. Yeah, so now I have to change my vacation plans so I can come in to take an exam i missed because of a 0.5" nail. Everyone keeps smirking when i explain why i missed the test i've been losing sleep over for the past week. :(</p>

<p>I kind of just needed to vent. Feel free to share any similarly sucky stories about exams.</p>

<p>Good luck to those of you who have finals now or around the corner! Watch out for any nails. Make sure you get a Tetanus shot at your next checkup. :)</p>

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<p>Oh WOW… My foot hurts after reading that.</p>

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<p>wow that sucks man</p>

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<p>You suck at life.</p>

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<p>There’s noone in the department or in the tutoring center that could proctor the exam?</p>

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<p>^ Oh, there’s plenty of people. It’s just policy that if you miss a final exam you can’t take a make-up final right after; you receive an Incomplete in the course until you retake it when the course is next offered. This only applies to large classes offered every semester like Gen Chem, Organic chem, etc, not small upper-level classes though.

yeah, and I have a hole in my foot to prove it :stuck_out_tongue: i swear my professor was struggling not to laugh when I told him lol</p>

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<li><p>LOOOOL.</p></li>
<li><p>Wow that sucks. I’m sorry. Haven’t had that happen to me.</p></li>
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<p>I did roll into an exam 30 minutes late once. (it was not really a problem).</p>

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<p>WAT? You should have just sucked it up and taken the exam. And after the exam, dial 911 and be like “hello? I just stepped on the nail.” Wash the wound with water and soap, and then wrap it up in something. I’m no doctor, though, so I’m not sure what the consequences would’ve been if you left the wound unattended for an hour.</p>

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<p>if it was a rusty nail then the consequences would have been far more severe than having to go take a test in the summer</p>

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<p>seriously suck it up…damn…all that time wasted…that sucks.
unless it was a rusty, grimy nail…you should of just taken the test</p>

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<p>just because it isn’t rusty doesn’t mean it couldn’t be infected. plenty of bacteria everywhere, especially in a moist area like your shoes. </p>

<p>I don’t know about y’all but I’d rather miss a test than get MRSA</p>

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<p>Is it bad that deep down I think I’d rather step on a nail than take my chem II exam tomorrow? :stuck_out_tongue: I’m biochem as well lol.</p>

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<p>no it’s a perfectly logical decision for short term benefits.</p>

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<p>You had better being suing the school, haha. You could be rich!</p>

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<p>Why are you guys being so hard on pinkstrawberry? I am sorry to hear that. I am sure you are unhappy since you missed the test and studied so hard for it. </p>

<p>On the plus side - I think you will definitely get an A over the summer!</p>

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<p>LOL guys, if you showed up for an exam with a foot gushing blood, not only would they make you leave, but they would probably think you’re slightly crazy for walking around like that instead of going to the ER…
But I guess CC is filled with super nerds who would rather bleed for hours and get an infection than miss an exam. Can’t risk that GPA, right? :p</p>

<p>Good luck 1skypilot! And thanks TheMan777 - I guess I have more time to study for it now hahah

I’m not 100% sure of the consequences either, but as a science major, I can tell you this little experiment would’ve been a great example of natural selection at its best - See, any organism dumb enough to do this would deserve to die of the infection afterwards. </p>

<p>well, have to go cram for bio and calc now, can’t miss those!</p>

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<p>did you just diss me? I just want to add that I’ve had my foot stabbed twice in my life. The first time was by a piece of diamond shaped glass that I had to pull out. I didn’t see what stabbed me my second time because I was running in grass. I was very young. I just showed the gash to my parents, we poured some drugs into the wound, and made it to the next available appointment at the clinic.</p>

<p>Tell me does it hurt when you walk? Cuz I had to walk funny for a lonnnng time because I didn’t want to split the crack in my foot. How much did the ER cost you?</p>

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<p>haha I was obviously kidding about the dying of infection thing :stuck_out_tongue:

It was probably broken glass that some moron didn’t clean up. That happened to my friend on the beach once; she was running around barefoot and stepped on glass from a broken beer bottle under the sand. </p>

<p>It doesn’t hurt much because I took Motrin, and I have health insurance thank god - it was really just embarrassing more than anything :confused: </p>

<p>I should really clean my common room; my roommate actually stepped on a tiny bit of porcelain last week because we broke a bowl. Who knows what else is waiting to stab us on the floor…haha</p>

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<p>What you need to do is to go barefoot whenever you can. That way, the skin becomes tougher, like that of a hobbit.</p>

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<p>"What you need to do is to go barefoot whenever you can. That way, the skin becomes tougher, like that of a hobbit. "</p>

<p>That’s true. The soles of my feet sharpen nails.</p>