Well, they weren’t bad, after all; in fact, they were better than my fall grades. I’m not ecstatic about either grade in absolute terms, but I am certainly thrilled with the fact that I was not at the bottom of the curve in Contracts. I also had the gratifying experience of hearing Professor Baird say, “Yeah, that was a really hard exam. It took me forever to do the model answer.” So, it wasn’t my incompetence (or at least, not entirely) that made it seem horrible, which is reassuring.