Sterling A. Brown

Last week I skipped a class that I figured would be of little benefit to my overall academic experience, and for the most part I was correct. However my absence caused me to miss the memo that our 3rd exam, scheduled to happen at our next meeting, was moved back one class period. In place of studying for the exam we were assigned material from Sterling A. Brown. Even though college can be difficult at times, it is usually pretty easy to fake it when you're not prepared, so when I heard that my test was rescheduled, it was like winning the power ball. But as I sat in my desk, smug and feeling content with my procrastination and the favorable odds of luck, I perused the supplemental material and noticed the name John Edgar Tidwell. It was the name of the scholar who had written the background piece on Sterling A. Brown. It was also the name of my professor. Oops. Not a good day to be unprepared.