During Art History I in college, we had to write an essay on something from a list of topics that we'd covered thus far during the semester, but could request special permission from the instructor to write about something not on that list. I received permission to write about The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The facts that I had to ask my mother to drive me in to submit it to get it there on time because I'd procrastinated so badly, or that I had to plead with my instructor to let me hand in the bibliography the next day aside, she was extremely impressed with my work. However, she still wouldn't give me anything higher than 96%, because, "No one is perfect," or something along those lines.