"Apologize"

Today I gave back quizzes from last week. Most of the grades were good. Some, however, were not so good. Jason failed. After class he stayed in his seat in the back row. This did not phase me; we have a 20 minute break in between my two, two hour morning classes. What was out of the ordinary was when he turned his mp3 player up as loud as it would go, stood up, and played/sung "Apologize" by Justin Timberlake. The main chorus - "its too late to apologize." This was an awkward situation. Being sung to in general is awkward. I anxiously checked Sunday's NFL scores while he was doing his thing. Oh look, the panthers won their first game. You hear that Jason? No. The only voice he was hearing was Justin's guiding him through this emotional catharsis that was apparently necessary in order to move forward with the day. At least he wasn't asking me to change his grade.