1st of 3 Mid-terms done and I did rather well

Thirteen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:37:47 +0000

Our first midterm is completed and in the books. What a process of emotions I went through for this exam. Most were fear, and trepidation. You know, the thoughts of I am not ready for this test, and there was way to much to study, and what do I do if I fail, etc.
When we finally recieved the test I looked it over and realized it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. We had 40 questions and 5 essay type questions of which we had to pick 3 to answer. Each essay question was worth 5 points and the 40 question section each worth 1. Total of 55 points. I finished mine about in the middle of the rest of the class as far as time was conserned. And then awaited the results the next week.
The next week roles around and we have a substitute in our class, our instructor’s baby decided to come two weeks early and so, we were not able to get our tests back. Baby was full term and totaly fine by the way.
The following week comes around and we get our tests back from the instructor. I had missed 3 questions of the 40 and only lost 1/2 a point on the essay portion. Oh and to even out the possibility of speculation from students that would say my essay question was worth more than what you gave me, she automatically gives each student 1 point for each question answered whether it was wrong or right. So grand total out of 55 you could actually get 58. Well I recieved 54 1/2 points. Only 5 people in our class got A’s 11 poeple got B’s and 8 got C’s 3 got D’s and we had 1 F in the class. I was shocked that I was in the upper class. I was with the smart kids. This was not a place I was used to being, I normally would score in the B/C range of tests.
Basically I am on cloud nine right now considering all my points thus far put me with an A in the class. Now for the next scary part for me the “Term paper”. I managed to never write a term paper all through high school. This will be my first Term paper. The fact that I have to write 4-5 pages of material, site all my sources, and have reference pages, TOC, and other items is daunting. Granted it really isn’t that much. But for someone who has never done one, it can be overwhelming. I have 2 weeks to get a “draft” TOC done with my 3 minimum sources. Keep me in your thoughts and prayers please.

Until the next time,

Thirteen

Back to school after a 10 year break

Thirteen — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:55:22 +0000

Yes that is right, I am finally going to get my bachelors’s degree. I have waited way to long to get school started. I have watched a good friend of mine go through a lot of pain and suffering of not being able to spend much time with his friends and family while he get’s his bachelor’s degree and he is now just seeing the fruits of his labor. He graduates at the end of the spring semester with a degree!

I have a large degree of work to do to complete my bachelor’s, so much so I wasn’t even sure where to start. I also didn’t plan very well and ended up getting the tail end of registration here at our community college, so I took what ever class I could find.

This semester with everthing I have going on, I decided just to take one class. I am now enrolled in Pshycology 101 and so far after the first 6 hours of lecture, I believe I am giong to enjoy the class. There is a small set of homework and other tasks that need to be completed, but I feel that I will be up to the task.

I’ll post more when I have time to update. If any of you have any idea’s on how college, studies, psycology, study habbits, etc, let me know via a comment.

Until the next time,

Thirteen

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1st of 3 Mid-terms done and I did rather well

Back to school after a 10 year break