Fill in the Blanks LL Chapter 42 GapfillOnline version A gapfill based on Chaper 42 of The Last Lecture by John E 1 problem graduating tenure mine computer faculty impressive semester courses enabling judgment is academic undertake tuition WHEN DENNIS Cosgrove was an undergraduate student of mine at the University of Virginia in the early 1990s , I found him to be . He was doing terrific work in my computer lab . He was a teaching assistant in the operating systems course . He was taking graduate level . And he was an A student . ? That turned out to be a serious , as it was not the first time he had a semester in which he earned straight A's with an F . It was two weeks into a new semester when Dennis's checkered record caught the attention of a certain dean . ? . ? Then I got even pushier . I went tactical . The new had already begun . The university had cashed Dennis's check . By doing so , as I saw it , we were telling him ? . ? The dean was taken aback . " You're a junior member , " he said . " You're not even tenured yet . Why are you sticking your neck out and making this the battle you want to ? " ? The dean took a long look at me . " I'm going to remember this when your case comes up , " he said . In other words , if Dennis screwed up again , my would be seriously questioned ? . He passed Calculus III , did us all proud , and after , went on to become an award - winning star in science . ? I enabled Dennis's dream way back when he needed it ? and now that I need it , he .