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13. A Place Up Ahead

Summary

Back at his dorm room, Cedric shows Zayd the poem he wrote for Education class; the week before, he finally called Zayd and renewed their friendship. Cedric originally wanted to write a traditional paper for the midterm, but found it unsatisfactory and began thinking up verses instead. Zayd compliments the poem and when pressed about his favorite line, points to the couplet that advises to "let the colors run". The next day they go to Sam Goody's to look at new albums and Zayd lends Cedric money to buy some mini-disc CDs.

At Psychology class, Cedric receives his midterm exam back and realizes he has the lowest score. He decides to take the course pass / fail, as he cannot drop it since he'll have to drop Discrete Math. This decision is confirmed when he receives the results for his take-home midterm in Discrete Math. For his Calculus class, he convinced his instructor Peter Berman to let him take a test for the second midterm instead of a take-home assignment with a lengthy word problem. Cedric crams for this test for two days, using an old textbook he found at a thrift store in..........

Notes

The friendship with Zayd is renewed at the start of the chapter and the reconciliation described in brief. This is not the most dramatically satisfying approach to this subplot, but a choice clearly made to keep focused on the larger issues of the book. Note how Cedric's decision to let pride guide his second semester does not keep him from making necessary choices to assure his viability as a Brown student. Thus, he sees his dropping of the Discrete Math class as a fallback, not a retreat - he sees this choice in.........

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