If a professor charges extra fees to take a regularly scheduled class, it would not qualify as consideration because such an act:
A) is prohibited by promissory estoppel.
B) would violate the preexisting duty rule.
C) is new consideration that is provided to support a modification.
D) is a tort.

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As a general rule, performing or agreeing to perform a preexisting duty is not consideration. Public officials obviously are bound to perform their official duties, so promises by public officials to perform these duties are not consideration.

If a Professor Charges Extra Fees to Take a Regularly