How to Change a C to an A+: The Story of the 27th Amendment
Warning: changing your grade might require changing the US Constitution!
Have you ever had an instructor give you a C on a paper and later turn the grade into an A+? It happens and, in this case, the college in question didn’t even issue an A+. The professor gave the student one anyway and it might be the only A+ ever recorded at the University of Texas, Austin.
If you want the same thing to happen, though, I have to warn you: it wasn’t easy and it took about 35 years to make it happen. This is the story of Gregory Watson who, in 1982, received a C on a paper in a political science course. Sure, college might be way behind you, but your customers, readers, and colleagues all grade you every day. You’d probably like at least some of them to change your grade, too.
What Was the Paper About?
But back to the college paper. It was about the 27th amendment. To save you searching Google for that, the amendment is the one that prevents congress from voting themselves a raise (or pay cut, for that matter) that takes effect either immediately or retroactively. It was introduced with a bunch of other proposed amendments in 1789.
