Is it okay to say this in an interview or not?

If a recruiter asked me “How did you do in accounting class?” and I had a B.. is it okay if I tell them the truth of what happened or is personal issues supposed to be left out.

Here is my story:

For the first month and a half of the semester, I had a 100 in accounting. However, my 3-year relationship with my GF broke up with a few days before the biggest project was due. Which was worth 35% of my overall grade. I usually could have knocked this kind of project out in a day, however, the breakup actually tore me apart.
As sad as it may have sounded for me, I was literally incapacitated by the breakup and couldn’t bring myself to do anything just because I was in so much pain. I ended up getting a 0 and was failing accounting for a while. Eventually brought it back up to a B overtime but that is the gist of it.

 
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no - you don't want to get too personal. If they ask you about a class, stay professional. Say you did "well" and learned xyz and studied xyz cases. Don't bring your personal story up - no matter how valid - since that will leave the recruiter with a weird feeling about you.

Also no recruiter is gonna ask you that lol

 

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