Read The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Contemplate time travel and enjoy a great story along the way.
I have my last math class on Tuesday and this should provide some relief to myself; however, this being the last class means this is the final. You remember finals? It's usually at the end of the semester and the educational system thinks "hey, wouldn't it be a great idea if we gave students four exams on four different subjects all at once?" Of course you remember those feelings of failure and regretting all that procrastination you did. Who can forget the endless presentations about cardiovascular disease and Inuit art? What about, at the last minute, kissing so much butt that your lips hurt? Yeah. I'll be going through that on Tuesday.
Except the summer semester is a bit different from the usual fall/spring semesters. It's true, students don't normally carry a full load during the summer-- like myself, I'm only taking a math class-- which might cause one to think that just one class should be easy to pass. This isn't the case. I'm surrounded by people who don't have to study or turn in homework. When friends say, "hey, lets go to the beach" I have to check my schedule to make sure it doesn't clash with homework due dates or tests. It's hard trying to have a successful summer and a learning experience. During the normal semesters I'm in school-mode. I'm programed to stay stressed out, procrastinate, and then catch up with whatever I put off, while learning. It's how I get things done. But summer classes... I don't feel stressed so I tend to put my homework off. It moves so fast that I don't think I'm learning anything. And on top of it all-- it's math! My brain can only handle recreational literature during this time of the year, how am I supposed to process numbers?
I'm not really sure what we covered that first week and now my grade is going to be based off how much I remember from all the classes. Finals was a stupid idea. Summer class was a stupid idea. It's too bad, those are the only types of ideas I've been having lately.
Carmen.
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Good luck with your final on Tuesday! I finished my class successfully even though I too was wondering what I was thinking in doing the class over the semester. Sending you lots of good thoughts between now and then :-)
how'd everything go?
are you finished with CP forever!!!?
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