Advanced Public International Law

So I had a sleepless night last night because I had my retake exam for Introduction to internationl law today that I had to pass in order to stay in Advanced Public International Law. I was also getting my first mark back in Advanced Public International Law and having failed the exam in the Introduction course I didn't have much hope for my mark in the advanced course. So I wrote the re-take exam and was fairly confident that I passed after being handed the answer sheet after handing in my exam. So then I went to sit through the first half of Advanced Public International Law waiting anxiously to get my paper back. At the break my partner for the paper and I found our paper and to our suprise we had scored very well at 7.5/10. While this would be okay by Canadian standards it is pretty amazing for me by Dutch standards as it is an L.L.M course and the majority of the marks seemed to be between 5 and 6.5, 5.5 being a pass. At this point my professor from the introduction course pulled me and another one of the other students who retook the exam this afternoon aside to tell us that we had both passed the retake exam, which was nice of him. And then the best part of the afternoon was at the end of the break the head professor for the course made some general comments including that most people needed to watch their spelling and grammar, and then went on to say that there was one paper which, after having heard me speak for the first time in class today, she guessed was mine, that was "So beautifully written that she spent a half an hour searching on the internet to see if it had been plagerized" And she said this to me in front of the entire class! It was really an ego boost, which I certainly needed. So today, I am happy!