Wow have the past couple weeks been rough! I was talking with some of my classmates about it recently, and we all agreed that we knew the program was going to be rigorous...but none of us expected it to be like this. Don't get me wrong- I'm not complaining, I love the fact that we'll have a full out MS degree in only 9 months...but good grief we're earning it. I've never worked so hard (except for my mission) and felt like I'm still struggling to tread water. The homework assignments all take many many hours to complete, and they continue to come, like clockwork, overlapping at the same time every week without relief. At least I score well on the homework.
I've had three of my four midterms now and numerically done horribly on all of them. Fortunately, it doesn't matter! All that matters is that I do as well or better than everyone else. For example, on my first midterm I scored an 80 out of 120. The class average was a 77/120, so that'll probably land me an A- or B+ for the test. Still, though, after all the studying I do, knowing that a 67% will probably be the highest percentage grade that I get on any midterm this year is kinda disheartening. I had my hardest midterm today because, according to my teacher, Halloween seems like a good day for it...grrrrr.
I asked him if anyone had ever scored 100% on his midterms before, and he replied "I don't think so." Faaaaaaaaaaaantastic. Couple that information with the fact that I am not Asian (those kids are seriously intellectually amazing) and I had zero hope of answering all the questions (not answering the questions correctly, just flat out answering the questions). Taking that test was like stepping on the end of a rake so that the pole comes up and whacks you in the face...over and over again. Fortunately it seemed like everyone else had similar bruises on their foreheads afterwards.
Well, hooray for the tests of this week being over! Check the family blog for pictures of the fun part of Halloween (mostly of James, of course :) )
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Oh and I thought your studying was why you were so zoned out recently. Now I know it was the multiple repeated blows to the head!
You sound like Mike in his graduate classes. I remember those days of long tests that even if finished were failed before the curve which was set by some Asian professional coming back for his doctorate...good luck!
For getting your MS in twice the time mine took, I'm glad you're at lest suffering as much :) Oh wait, you still don't have to write a thesis ;)
Good luck with the classes. I can't say I envy you right now.
Good job, Dan. You and Jared should be friends because you're both so busy you can't even breathe...oh wait, he's too busy to have friends at the moment...:) Good luck!
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