Just don't get a D

___So... there I am on the first day of classes, still not registered, when I walk into the registrar's office. First of all, the place is packed; I don't know about the thirty other students in line, but for me it was impossible for me to register sooner than that morning. Second, while all each student needs to do (in theory) is give the office one slip of paper, for some reason each person take about three minutes to accomplish this task. When I finally got to the front of the line with my slip of paper, some thirty minutes later, I realized why. Instead of just handing in a slip of paper, they have to go through their computer system to check if you can, in fact, register for the class that you have on your slip of paper. Fine, that makes sense, except that when I tried to register for a class I didn't pass the first time, the system won't let me. Why? Because I got a D in the class instead of an F...
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___Wait, what? No, it is in fact true, if you fail a class you can retake it without anyone complaining, but if you only get a D you must get the instructors permission to register for said class. More than that, if you got an F in a class, retaking the class will and passing will replace the F on your transcript whereas retaking and passing with a D will just average out the grades on your final GPA.
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___Fine, lesson learned. If I'm struggling with a class in the future I won't even try to get to the C, it's a much better idea to fail it completely and try again next time.