Friday Rocked
Let's just say I had a pretty good day on Friday. The first good news that set the tone for the rest of the day came in my English History to 1688 class. We had taken a test in there the Monday before and it was a big test. It was worth 25% of my final grade. This is the class I have expected to be my worse grade this semester. If I get something above a B, I will be pretty happy. We got a study guide a week before and quickly realized this test was going to be tough. The study guide had four essay questions on it. The actual test had two of those. Of those two, we got to choose one to write about. The essay questions all required us to use the primary documents we had been reading for class to explain some general theme in English history. We had read 50+ documents by this point in the class already. We got no notes, and could not even use the book with the documents. In other words, we essentially had to memorize 3 essays to be truly prepared for this test. As for how long the essays were supposed to be, we were told to expect to write the entire 50 minutes that the class lasted (roughly 3 pages based on my typical hand-writing speed).
When we got the test, the two topics we got to choose from were church/state relations and political organization. These were probably my second and third best topics of the four on the study guide. As we started the test, I came up with a fairly unique idea. I chose to go with political organization, but wrapped up church/state relations by arguing they were a part of England's political organization. The whole controversy between the church and state was over the state attempting to control the church for its own political uses. By answering both topics in one essay I figured I was either writing one amazing essay or fighting for a 'B' which is about what I expected had I written for a single topic.
We got our tests back on Friday. The professor told me he thought I did "pretty good" when he handed me my test. As I looked at it, there were only two comments on it. The first was right beside my opening paragraph. It read, "Which topic are you choosing?" My opening paragraph was fairly confusing, but then again, I was technically answering both topics. The comment did not surprise too much to say the least. The second comment was at the very end. It read, "A really good essay." The word "really" was underlined twice. Just below the comment was a nice, big, red 'A'. Then Dr. Lees told the class he was a pretty hard grader, and if you got a 'B' or better, you should be pretty happy with your grade. I am just going to say I was ecstatic.
The next big highlight came later in the afternoon in a series of emails with my computer science department head, Dr. Wallingford. For a summary of that, just read this blog.
The rest of the day consisted of me just having a good time. I played some Resistance 2 (a new videogame) with a couple friends. We watched some football. We played some Rock Band. We sat around talking and joking about random things. All in all, it was just a fun time with very little effort involved. I think it will be one of the things I miss most about college. With so many friends my age around, I can have a lot of fun just hanging out with a couple friends. I do not have to go out or make any sort of plans. Just sitting around the apartment and doing whatever is fun enough every now and then. Anyways, that was my awesome Friday.
When we got the test, the two topics we got to choose from were church/state relations and political organization. These were probably my second and third best topics of the four on the study guide. As we started the test, I came up with a fairly unique idea. I chose to go with political organization, but wrapped up church/state relations by arguing they were a part of England's political organization. The whole controversy between the church and state was over the state attempting to control the church for its own political uses. By answering both topics in one essay I figured I was either writing one amazing essay or fighting for a 'B' which is about what I expected had I written for a single topic.
We got our tests back on Friday. The professor told me he thought I did "pretty good" when he handed me my test. As I looked at it, there were only two comments on it. The first was right beside my opening paragraph. It read, "Which topic are you choosing?" My opening paragraph was fairly confusing, but then again, I was technically answering both topics. The comment did not surprise too much to say the least. The second comment was at the very end. It read, "A really good essay." The word "really" was underlined twice. Just below the comment was a nice, big, red 'A'. Then Dr. Lees told the class he was a pretty hard grader, and if you got a 'B' or better, you should be pretty happy with your grade. I am just going to say I was ecstatic.
The next big highlight came later in the afternoon in a series of emails with my computer science department head, Dr. Wallingford. For a summary of that, just read this blog.
The rest of the day consisted of me just having a good time. I played some Resistance 2 (a new videogame) with a couple friends. We watched some football. We played some Rock Band. We sat around talking and joking about random things. All in all, it was just a fun time with very little effort involved. I think it will be one of the things I miss most about college. With so many friends my age around, I can have a lot of fun just hanging out with a couple friends. I do not have to go out or make any sort of plans. Just sitting around the apartment and doing whatever is fun enough every now and then. Anyways, that was my awesome Friday.
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