Up next: Two days from hell.

Remember that horrible class I’m taking where the assessment is rediculously structured in a way to ensure that everyone gets the lowest mark possible?

Where 10% of your entire mark is determined by your draft introduction? And how the lecturer doesn’t bother to return the proposals until the day when the introduction is due, thereby preventing a chance of improvement?

He’s trumped himself.

I mean seriously. He must have planned this.

70% of the course determined in the next two days by way of test and the remainder of the essay.

The test, tomorrow, is two hours long.

We have to write one essay and seven paragraphs.

He was nice enough to give us a “study sheet” with four essays and twenty-three paragraph questions. The sheet clearly states “You will have one hour and 50 minutes to complete the test. You will be asked to select ONE essay question and SEVEN paired identifications from the list below.”

Yesterday we get a ‘clarification’ email reminding us that, contrary to what the sheet implies, not all of the options will appear in the test. HE suggests that only two of the essay questions will appear, and around 10 paragraphs.

So we need to prepare for three essay questions.

‘Get over it’ I hear you say - you have the questions, it’s not that bad.

But no.

These questions are the questions from hell. They have barely been covered by the course work, and require a lot of extra independant research. Not quite what’s to be expected in a test…

So I’m going to have a fun night :)

Then, tomorrow, I get to go and do the test. Come home. And try to finish what is likely the worst essay I have ever written. Hopefully I do well in the test, I’m going to need to.

Got quite stressed about it all before. Just stopped everything. Took a break. Grabbed the guitar out. Spent half an hour just playing. IG’s latest playalong is brilliant, bloody inspiring. It’s amazing how relaxing and de-stressing jamming is. A bit like Shannon’s kick-boxing I guess. Just more mellow. And less sweaty. And doesn’t make me want to hit people.

I need to change my strings though. Pretty sure the B is about to break.

October 10, 2007 | Filed Under Academia, Guitar 

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2 Responses to “Up next: Two days from hell.”

  1. WendySkeleton on October 11th, 2007 1:26 pm
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    For my HSC trials, a few of my exams were independent exams, so my exam marks were really bad. In the exam, the questions were horribly worded and it wasn’t a true representation of my participation in the course.

    Oh, the shame of the education system.

  2. Shannon on October 11th, 2007 4:29 pm
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    Sounds like your next few days are really going to suk. When it all gets a bit too much pick up your guitar and think about all the stuff you’re going to play in the holidays. It helps me, I think about all the things I’m going to punch and it always makes me smile.

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