The second midterm was supposed to start at 12:50 PM. I had it all set up and ready to go, which meant that students would be able to access the midterm online when the clock struck 12:50 PM. The group chat (or gc as my students text– I learned so many new things from them 🙏 fr = for real) was already buzzing with commentary such as, “Bruh why do I feel like none of us ready for this bs”, “I know for a fact I did not read the reading”, and “None of us are but I know were gonna do great as long as we help each other!”. One student had a sense of impending doom, “idk why I feel like this midterm gonna b hard”.