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WCDT Strips 3816-3820 (27-31 August 2018)
jwhouk:
I pointed out somewhere else that Marten's job security is due to something else entirely, which was something that Claire probably doesn't know about.
Of course, if Claire did find out about it, she'd be frozen in horror for at least three days, tops.
Cornelius:
I wonder, how much time passed between Marten getting hired, and Claire meeting him?
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 27 Aug 2018, 09:07 ---She is, of course, putting unreasonable expectation upon herself, and compounding two issues into one. Unless she completely freezes up, the chances of her failing her final exam are nil. She may not ace it, but she'll pass and do well (unless she psyches herself into failure). Getting hired is another goal and her GPA will only be a tie breaker if she's neck and neck with another candidate.
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Above post edited for brevity
How do we know her chances of failing the exam are nil? Honest question, I simply don't remember ever getting any real indication on how well she has been doing or how easy it is for her. All I remember is that yes she is a big nerd and she is very studious and a hard worker, but I don't remember ever getting information on her performance, other than her saying herself that everybody expects her to ace the exam (which implies she has always done great in school).
Apart from that, I am not familiar how easy/hard it is to fail an exam like this one.
In the Netherlands, once you are allowed to schedule your defense (whether MS of PhD), you're pretty much guaranteed to pass. It's a public defense so if they think there's even a remote chance of failing they simply won't let you schedule a defense.
In the US, I noticed the same whenever a defense is involved (at least in the engineering fields).
It's unclear though whether Claire has just written exams (?), and how common it is to fail written exams for MS degrees in the US..
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: OldGoat on 27 Aug 2018, 09:07 ---She is, of course, putting unreasonable expectation upon herself, and compounding two issues into one. Unless she completely freezes up, the chances of her failing her final exam are nil. She may not ace it, but she'll pass and do well (unless she psyches herself into failure).
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I think to Claire, anything less than 100% would be a failure in her mind.
I mean, Claire isn't an idiot. She's very intelligent, has wanted to be a librarian for most of her life, so she is obviously prepared for the exam. But its the idea that she might not do absolutely well is getting to her and its that frustration that she's taking out on Marten.
dutchrvl:
--- Quote from: Cornelius on 27 Aug 2018, 09:40 ---I wonder, how much time passed between Marten getting hired, and Claire meeting him?
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Based on the only reasonable timeline I could find, a little under 1.5 years link
Edit: I think the time line is not that great, it seems more time has passed in the comic, in which case Marten probably was at the library at least 1.5 years when Claire showed up.
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