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Posted by Gee on October 18, 2006, at 14:39:56
how is everyone doing with their midterms? I acutally have have finals this week, then another 6 weeks of another course. ONLY 7 MORE WEEKS! But, I have to repeat the same course i just did with another prof :(
Posted by SatinDoll on October 19, 2006, at 20:34:15
In reply to Midterm time, posted by Gee on October 18, 2006, at 14:39:56
Well I guess I can be glad I don't have midterms! lol But I am still studying like crazy!
Posted by Poet on October 21, 2006, at 17:38:15
In reply to Midterm time, posted by Gee on October 18, 2006, at 14:39:56
Hi Gee,
I have a midterm on Monday. I'm dreading it. My other college classes were mostly the kind where I did term papers or projects. I can handle a class where the entire grade is based on two papers. I am freaking out over 75 multiple choice and true/false questions.
Poet
Posted by Lindenblüte on October 23, 2006, at 19:02:37
In reply to Re: Midterm time » Gee, posted by Poet on October 21, 2006, at 17:38:15
Good Luck Everyone- just remember
break your material into chunks
Take a deep breath whenever you finish studying a chunk
think like a professor- if you HAD to write a midterm, what questions would you ask?
When it's over, go buy yourself a pumpkin spice latte with whipped cream. Your brains use 25% of the body's blood glucose, for their measly 4% of body weight.
go spice girls! (and boys!)
-Li
Posted by Lindenblüte on October 23, 2006, at 19:07:06
In reply to Re: Midterm time » Gee, posted by Poet on October 21, 2006, at 17:38:15
Good Luck Everyone- just remember
break your material into chunks
Take a deep breath whenever you finish studying a chunk
think like a professor- if you HAD to write a midterm, what questions would you ask?
When it's over, go buy yourself a pumpkin spice latte with whipped cream. Your brains use 25% of the body's blood glucose, for their measly 4% of body weight.
go spice girls! (and boys!)
-Li
Posted by SatinDoll on October 23, 2006, at 20:56:35
In reply to Re: Midterm time » Poet, posted by Lindenblüte on October 23, 2006, at 19:07:06
Posted by Racer on October 24, 2006, at 0:30:56
In reply to Re: Midterm time » Poet, posted by Lindenblüte on October 23, 2006, at 19:07:06
I've taken two midterms so far this term. Coincidentally, I'm only in two classes... Hm... I wonder if those two facts are related?
Never mind...
I did so badly I nearly withdrew.
One, the instructor offered to let me take the exam again, and I got my score today. I'm satisfied by it now. The other, though, will always be what a dear friend calls a curvaceous F...
I'm behind, no question, and it's terrible. The one class, the one I retook the exam in, I've caught up with. The other, though, I'm really floundering in. {sigh} I'm a wreck because of non-school related things, and it's affecting my performance badly.
Still, at least I know that pi divided by 6 is one half, and pi/4 is the square root of 3/2. That's got to be worth something, right?
Now can someone point me towards a cheat sheet showing the number and function of serotonin receptors?
Posted by Lindenblüte on October 24, 2006, at 8:25:07
In reply to Re: Midterm time » Poet, posted by Lindenblüte on October 23, 2006, at 19:02:37
Oopsie- I think I hit "back" on my browser and then posted duplicate messages. Sorry all!
I'm SOOOO happy no more exams. Just papers to write.
Racer, I'm glad that you were able to retake that exam. It must be really difficult to go through what you're going through. I would love to create an extra 6 hours a day for Racer to lie and snuggle on her couch with her nice kitties, play with her yarns and get the icky feelings out of her body and mind.
I'm sorry it's so hard right now. Are you convinced yet that the world will not END if you get an F, a curvaceous F or another grade? It will all be okay in the end. I know that you must be going through a LOT if your grades are slipping, given your tendency towards perfection grades that you posted about this summer.
All the other students, remember that your best work is the work that you do when you're not jammed between deadlines.
Take a moment of your "free time", like a Saturday morning, and do some internet research on a topic that you found intriguing from one of your lectures or texts. Just 20 minutes. You can do anything you want- draw a picture of your favorite receptor, or compose a melody to go with the Neopolitan chord progression that you were struggling with all week long.
Twenty minutes to re-energize your "learning" brain, and motivate yourself to slogging through the nitty gritties and the ugly work. Keep a reminder of your little project by your workspace. You found an interesting article on a psychology topic? Print it out, read it and take notes. Then hang the article near your workspace (or your cartoon of a chemical reaction (benzene rings making friends with eachother through a dehydration reaction handshake!; or your little melody; whatever you create)
Studying is not much of a reward to our creative mind, but if you can keep that part engaged, it will help a lot.
I like taking notes with interesting pens on pretty stationary, attempting to do different versions of handwriting for different ideas.
hugs and hot cocoa for all y'all hard at work.
I'm gonna get back to my D-Nial (that's the code name for my dissertation project- now occupying roughly 20gb of my brain's hard-drive space)
D-Nially yours,
-Lip.s. if you need a chuckle, remember that you're posting on http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/studs/
GO STUDS!!!!! YEAH!!!!
Posted by Racer on October 24, 2006, at 14:44:55
In reply to Hanging in there- engage your creative mind! » Lindenblüte, posted by Lindenblüte on October 24, 2006, at 8:25:07
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> I'm gonna get back to my D-NialI don't believe in D-Nial. I just get a lot of exercise with my AvoiDance...
:-D
Thanks,
Your friendly neighborhood Stud...
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