Re: Educational/Professional fiascos = Moral
your second anecdote remind me of my frndz’s anecdote.
"school choose frnd and 3 other students for scrabble competition. so they were given special provisions and grants to actually prepare for this competition but all they did was “fun”. according to them they were all prepared but the only thing stopped them from winning the competition was they went one day late the actual competition 
my Moral: sometime being late help you from further embaressment. (sorry frnd )
(q in logoon nay sara time musty he ke thee :d)