9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for July 25, 2007

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"Dr. Burber, I just wanted to ask you to cut my boyfriend some slack in your class. He has an outside job and..." "You're pre-med, and you do good work, right?" "Well... ...yes." "Then I'll be glad to cut him some slack. I'll give his inferior work a pass and, accordingly, water down the consequence of your own grades, compromise your admission to medical school, scuttle your dreams... and all for love. I mean, golly, it just bring tears to my eyes." "It just brought tears to mine."