Shalacked by Politics Midterm

2002-10-15 @ 10:10 am

Just got done with my Politics test. It sucked pretty badly. As with all fifty minute essay form midterms you just wish that you had a little more time, just ten more minutes, to get everything down. The test was broken down into three identification questions and an essay. The first ID question went great and I know it went well. But then it went downhill from there. The second ID was pretty good, still about a page and a half in length. However, I was really running out of time and still needed to write my essay, so I skipped the third ID and went to the essay. The essay was OK, but definitely not how I wanted it to be or planned it to turn out. Plus it didn't have a conclusion. So then I had like two minutes to write my third ID question and I was totally screwed. I chose to write about Detente, which really doesn't take much to explain, but I completely missed it's significance and example even though it's significance is pretty self explanatory and there really is no example. In the end it consisted of a half page of third grade hand writing and probably language. So that makes me a little unhappy. However, I can feel a little better because pretty much everyone didn't get done on time and I did do that paper about the talk about Iraq that I went to. So I'm hoping I got a B out of this. I worked really hard on it. Just ask Madeleine. But it just came down to a lack of time and too much focus on that first ID question. It's not the end of the world, I will still be OK in this class and technically I can get an A overall even if I happen to get a C on this test. But I'm just hoping for a B right now. It should happen.

Well, I skipped my economics class today to finish up my paper for education. It's almost done, but I just need a mental break to make sure it sounds OK and everything. Plus I also need to write another short paper for that class talking about the significance of this child abuse article I was supposed to read, but didn't. Looks like I'll just continue my horrible BS'sing skills on that one.

After that I'm going to go to Madeleine's and help her study for her politics midterm, which is tomorrow. Then at ten I have to go to our crappy sectional that I just found out about through Keegan's email that I just got. Bastard. I thought we'd skip today's sectional considering that we are going to work on the star wars show on friday as an ensemble. What a crock. Oh well, today's going pretty crappy anyway, so why not just continue it? RIIGHT. At least fall break is much closer to being here now after that pols midterm. I can be fortunate for that. I still have to fight the uncertainty that I did well on the test though and that always sucks. I'll just try telling myself that I did the best I could...and that's the truth.

Here's a tip to relieve stress and continue on with future tasks at hand: listen to Bob Marley. I'm doing that right now and it's helping me a lot.

OK, that is all.

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