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Bob
10-20-2005, 09:47 AM
i've been getting the first of my exams and papers back for school this week and i'm feeling pretty high and mighty. i'm taking mostly philosophy classes, so the work is mostly essays and writing and theoretical type stuff, so when i hand something in, i'm always unsure of how good it is. like, i think it's good, otherwise i wouldn't have handed it in, but i'm never sure if it's going to be good by the professor's standards, or whatever. it's always so subjective, so there's always that thought in the back of your head where you're not sure if you did it awesomely or horribly, as opposed to more objective tests, where you either know what you're talking about, or you don't.

so i get my first test back, i'm sweating bullets (well not really but i'm nervous is the point i'm trying to make here) and as the professor hands it to me, he says "well done", or something like that, which is pretty damn sweet, considering he's one of the more respected professors in the department. he gave me a B+/A-, i'm not completely sure which one it is, and i forgot to ask because i was so relieved, but now that i think about it, that's a little wierd.

then i get another paper back today, from another professor that everyone says grades pretty roughly, and it's another A-. i nearly had to masturbate in the bathroom right then, but i didn't. i was so worried about the paper too, because it was a fairly daunting assignment. you have to pick a part of a philosopher's argument, explain it, then argue against it, and i picked an extremely miniscule premise of an argument and wrote the whole paper on that somehow. i was worried that he'd think the scope was too narrow to justify writing a whole paper (not so worried that i asked him about it ahead of time though) and i'd get an F or something, but man, that feels pretty awesome.

so i'm feeling pretty on top of the world right now, i must say. not "i can talk to girls" awesome, but still pretty good. what's better is that my LSAT score is due this weekend. if these trends continue.....aaayyyyyy

beastieangel01
10-20-2005, 10:04 AM
i nearly had to masturbate in the bathroom right then, but i didn't.


hahaha.

congrats on the good grades. It really is a great feeling to get good grades from a tough professor and the like. Go you (y)

wanton wench
10-20-2005, 10:06 AM
bob you should "talk to girls" you are awesome!
*boosts confidence*
good job on your papers (y)

TonsOfFun
10-20-2005, 10:23 AM
you still suck!

jabumbo
10-20-2005, 01:04 PM
i got 1 standard deviation below the average on my wastewater exam, and was a few points above the average on my stats test.

even though both grades end up being a C, i was truely excited about it. usually my tests arent this good.

and to top it off, i felt like both of my tests this week went very well, so i am happy

Bob
10-31-2005, 01:48 PM
i just got another exam back, this one i was a little worried about because it was an essay test where we were supposed to provide specific examples from the readings to support our answers, and i couldn't think of any. i only put down one that wasn't from our class discussions (something he specifically said not to do), the rest was just general answers, so i thought for sure i was gonna get marked down for that. anyway, i get it back and he says in the comments "This exam was a pleasure to read, very well done".

that's pretty damn spiffy, i think. sometimes i wonder, though. do i get good grades because i'm actually smart, or do i just get them because everyone around me is so much worse? there are some real windbags in my classes, i get the feeling that their essays are extremely tiresome to read. i wonder if i'm just getting good grades because i've learned to write well, and my essays are less tedious than everyone else's? like, do you appreciate the diamond in the rough because it's a diamond, or because it's not rough?

wanton wench
10-31-2005, 01:53 PM
do you appreciate the diamond in the rough because it's a diamond, or because it's not rough?
you usually appreciate the diamond in the rough because it stands out from all the rest!
good job on your paper :)

jabumbo
10-31-2005, 01:57 PM
i know what you mean bob

sometimes i will have a big cut off of a problem or paper and a friend will do the same thing and not get as much off on his. and i think its just because the teacher thinks he is smarter or something