UIUC MATH241 SP18

“Calculus 3”

Spring 2018 (as title),

I’m at Sushi Ichiban with my girl at the time.

My calculus TA walks in with a companion (relationship unknown).

I recognize my TA; she recognizes me; we acknowledge each other; we move on with our evenings…while I’m laughing at the thought that both of our date (assuming my TA was on a date) plans coincided ~

The next morning, I stopped by my TA’s desk after class ended.

Vivek: “Who were you with last night? :D”
TA: “Who were *you* with last night?”

We laughed and I left.

I went on to fail the course that semester — absolutely unrelated to this incident — but I find it curious that this memory brings back so many emotions while I can’t quite remember much of the stress I had that semester when my grades dropped.

Picture: Altgeld Hall, where math is taught. It looks great on the outside and it’s like 3000 years old on the inside and when there’s snow outside, the stairs and floors became significantly more dangerous. There’s also a post office inside!