I'm going for a 4.0 average, and I sure as hell wasn't going to let this one man spoil it for me.
So after my second paper was returned with another "B", I decided to have a talk with him, to see if there was something I could do to improve my grade.
I went up to him after class and asked him if I could meet him for a conference. He stiffly and formally agreed, and he suggested that we have our meeting at his home. Our school is small, and this sort of thing is quite common, so I agreed to meet him after dinner that night.