let your heart be light
After more than a week of non-stop studying and only 15 minutes of questions, the all-horrifying oral exam is done. The results probably won't be so good and that's because my fake confidence made them think they should start with the deep questions. When I started to freak out slightly, they threw me Aristotle's causes and from there on I think I was fine. I probably got some F's, D's, and C's, but I'm hoping I got some B's too to ballance it out... I think I did (?) But even if I didn't, I don't really care. It's not like my GPA this year is exactly important, it's more about the fact that I'm surviving this ridiculous program. As long as I get a B- at the end of the year I can stay in journalism and I think I'm capable of doing that.
It was so frustrating though... I didn't get asked anything about Dante, which is huge and I know it inside out. They kept asking me stuff about things I didn't read, like Erasmus and Matteo Ricci. Luckily I managed to find a way to relate some of it to Socrates... also lucky that they threw in some Augustine so I got to talk about Plato, which is my fave.
After my exam I went and got my paper back, and to my surprise and delight I got a B+!! From Schmidt!! He's such a hard ass!! Becky (2nd year who had almost all of the same tutors as I do) says it's like an A- from a normal tutor haha. I was really happy about that, it makes me feel like I'm doing *something* right.
So yes... now I am at home. Jey & Liane and I went shopping after we got our stupid exams out of the way and then came to my house to relax and bask in the glory of my Christmas tree, which if I do say so, is the biggest it's ever been - 15 feet high and nearly 10 feet wide at the base. This is graaaaand :) However, we didn't really do any work so we'll be heading back to campus this afternoon.
Just one paper left and I'm free... I've never been so excited for Christmas break in my entire life. I really just want to put Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the majority of the Renaissance behind me. I love FYP but I am getting really sick of it. I need a break, because right now I find it in *everything* and it's so annoying... I even found FYP references in the Christmas specials we watched yesterday, and that's getting a little too engulfed in school for my liking.
So yes... when I hand in this paper on Monday, life will be sweet. And with that I'm going to go read some Galileo!
It was so frustrating though... I didn't get asked anything about Dante, which is huge and I know it inside out. They kept asking me stuff about things I didn't read, like Erasmus and Matteo Ricci. Luckily I managed to find a way to relate some of it to Socrates... also lucky that they threw in some Augustine so I got to talk about Plato, which is my fave.
After my exam I went and got my paper back, and to my surprise and delight I got a B+!! From Schmidt!! He's such a hard ass!! Becky (2nd year who had almost all of the same tutors as I do) says it's like an A- from a normal tutor haha. I was really happy about that, it makes me feel like I'm doing *something* right.
So yes... now I am at home. Jey & Liane and I went shopping after we got our stupid exams out of the way and then came to my house to relax and bask in the glory of my Christmas tree, which if I do say so, is the biggest it's ever been - 15 feet high and nearly 10 feet wide at the base. This is graaaaand :) However, we didn't really do any work so we'll be heading back to campus this afternoon.
Just one paper left and I'm free... I've never been so excited for Christmas break in my entire life. I really just want to put Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the majority of the Renaissance behind me. I love FYP but I am getting really sick of it. I need a break, because right now I find it in *everything* and it's so annoying... I even found FYP references in the Christmas specials we watched yesterday, and that's getting a little too engulfed in school for my liking.
So yes... when I hand in this paper on Monday, life will be sweet. And with that I'm going to go read some Galileo!