I have a very bad panic problem. Most of the time, this is due to insecurity and an overactive imagination on my part, but it strikes me that whereas other people kind of resign themselves in the face of a week of midterms and labs, I just get increasingly agitated. In a way, I wonder if it isn’t the same tactic people use when fishing for compliments–except that it’s not compliments I want, just reassurance.
I don’t think anyone is really interested in the details of all my midterms, so here’s a sampling of the more interesting tidbits from each one:
Analytical Chemistry: The prof had SIX VERSIONS of the midterm. (Technically only three; he just rearranged questions on some of them.) The best part? The average on the all three versions individually was 65%. Gee, now that’s what I call a fair test.
Matrix Algebra: Question 5: (0 marks) What really happened in Roswell New Mexico in 1947?
Organic Chemistry: I wrote this one twenty-hour hours ago. I already have it back. In fact, I’ve had it back for a couple of hours now. Tell me, when was the last time YOU had a midterm marked this quickly?
And some fun stuff from the labs:
Analytical chem: I feel so sorry for our TA. He’s always the last one to leave. We must all be very bad chemists. XD We pepper him with questions incessantly. Sometimes I think he’s sick of us. XD
Organic chem: I had “beautiful” crystals of salicylic acid *_* And they were very pretty indeed. I got about 90% yield for that lab, so it makes me happy :cheerful:
Coordination chem: OMG WHAT’S THIS A FEMALE CHEM TA? Actually, they’re not that rare, I’ve just never had one. She’s very nice and encouraging. The other TA seems a bit snarkier, so I’m glad I have this one. Apparently I make pretty crystals of cobalt coordination complexes too *_*
The courseload is seriously getting to me. Six courses, three labs, two of which are every week…. I get to school at 8 every single day, regardless of whether I have a class or not. I can’t afford to let myself sleep in on Tuesdays and Thursdays–it’d become a bad habit. I am living from midterm to midterm, basically. Cram one, write it, move on and cram for the next. Arrrgh.
If it weren’t for Bio and French, I’d be totally insane right now. >_<