Eight Hour Tests Suck
There is no feeling worse than going into an 8 hour test after having studied various problems from assorted disciplines for the last 2 months and then sitting down, looking through the exam, and realizing that not much of what you studied is actually ON said test.
Since I signed a waiver saying I wouldn't discuss specifically what problems are actually on it... I can tell you what wasn't on it. There weren't as many integration problems as I thought there'd be, there were no matricies, determinants or inverse & transpose of those, truss problems-- forget it-- No block on incline, no pulleys... ugh. Nothing. Argh!
I went into what I thought was going to be a "math" type test and ended up taking a "theory" type test. I seriously felt as if I hadn't spent the past 2 months putting off all my fun hobbies in order to study.
In the morning, I started with ethics, economics, and transportation... then worked my way from the front to do math, dynamics, statics, materials, structures,hydrology, circuits, and thermodynamics (I may have forgotten something). I got so frusrtated in the math section because it was a lot of number theory, that I got quite discouraged... and by the time I was bubbling in the last 5 of 120 questions with C because there was only 1 minute left, I was considering not even coming back for the second half of the exam.
... of course, it's silly to pay $130 for a test and then not take it, so I did show up for the second half.
Jordan brought me Taco Bell and the energy drink I'd left in the 'fridge' for lunch. You almost need an IV of caffiene to survive that test... and it's almost the only time I really justify drinking so much caffiene... I vented about the first half of the exam. It was HORRIBLE.
I went into the second half of the test not really caring... I worked on soils, transportation, and hydrology... went back and did surveying, statics, dynamics, structural analysis, structural design, and engineering management. I did what I could.... and guessed "C" for the rest. I got a lot of "A's" for several sections I did work for... and that psyched me out a bit. 6 A's in a row?... I don't think that's right, but it was all I had and I was running out of time.... of the 60 questions, I answered maybe 30... and guessed on 30. It was horrible. Once again, the test was chalked full of "THEORY" and the problems that involved math were intensive and took more than the almost requisite 4 minutes per problem. I died inside and took my $130, crappy mechanical pencil and walked towards the door... where I found out they were giving away the equation manuals (so long as you didn't get your own)... so I took one, which devalued my pencil to $105 (the book is worth $25).
I got in my car, put on some baroque tunes and took 6th street home in something of a lethargic daze with periodic bouts of "stressful eye-watering disease" to release the tension and feelings of worthlessness that are customary after I take tests. I don't know about anyone else, but I suck at taking tests... so when I finish I feel completely and utterly worthless and stupid.... especially after 8 hour tests that are exactly the opposite of what I studied.
I came home and played my character "Maynce" on City of Heroes. He is adorably cute with his wings and his tiny-self kicking villian booty. I had a "save the bank" mission... but missed out on the bonus stuff because I accidently hit "exit" before the bonus missions at the end were completed. I got mad... and went to bed.
Sunday, I made basecamp in front of the TV. I was scrapbooking all day and watching pointless crap. I started with Shanghi Noon, moved on to the Joe Millionaire (cowboy re-runs) marathon on the reality TV network, and polished off with Encino Man on a movie channel at 10pm. I picked up my mess and went to bed.... where I read half of the first chapter of "Little Women" before getting sleepy enough.
I finally scrapbooked all the baby showers, baby announcements, wedding announcements, my U-mart stories, my nephew's birthday... I must have done 20 pages, none of them terribly fancy because I was going for quantity. Of course, I still have 3 weddings and my sister's recent trip as well as some cutesy-lovey dating stuff. I'm so far behind! I really want to scrapbook my own wedding photos and Jen's wedding and Christina's wedding... but that's a lot of weddings. I don't know where to start.
I also want to draw, but I was to depressed to draw.... I almost spent the day listless in bed.
I'm over the stupid test until 2 months from now when I'll get my sucky (or amazingly awesome) test results... but I'm still a little anxious.
Since I signed a waiver saying I wouldn't discuss specifically what problems are actually on it... I can tell you what wasn't on it. There weren't as many integration problems as I thought there'd be, there were no matricies, determinants or inverse & transpose of those, truss problems-- forget it-- No block on incline, no pulleys... ugh. Nothing. Argh!
I went into what I thought was going to be a "math" type test and ended up taking a "theory" type test. I seriously felt as if I hadn't spent the past 2 months putting off all my fun hobbies in order to study.
In the morning, I started with ethics, economics, and transportation... then worked my way from the front to do math, dynamics, statics, materials, structures,hydrology, circuits, and thermodynamics (I may have forgotten something). I got so frusrtated in the math section because it was a lot of number theory, that I got quite discouraged... and by the time I was bubbling in the last 5 of 120 questions with C because there was only 1 minute left, I was considering not even coming back for the second half of the exam.
... of course, it's silly to pay $130 for a test and then not take it, so I did show up for the second half.
Jordan brought me Taco Bell and the energy drink I'd left in the 'fridge' for lunch. You almost need an IV of caffiene to survive that test... and it's almost the only time I really justify drinking so much caffiene... I vented about the first half of the exam. It was HORRIBLE.
I went into the second half of the test not really caring... I worked on soils, transportation, and hydrology... went back and did surveying, statics, dynamics, structural analysis, structural design, and engineering management. I did what I could.... and guessed "C" for the rest. I got a lot of "A's" for several sections I did work for... and that psyched me out a bit. 6 A's in a row?... I don't think that's right, but it was all I had and I was running out of time.... of the 60 questions, I answered maybe 30... and guessed on 30. It was horrible. Once again, the test was chalked full of "THEORY" and the problems that involved math were intensive and took more than the almost requisite 4 minutes per problem. I died inside and took my $130, crappy mechanical pencil and walked towards the door... where I found out they were giving away the equation manuals (so long as you didn't get your own)... so I took one, which devalued my pencil to $105 (the book is worth $25).
I got in my car, put on some baroque tunes and took 6th street home in something of a lethargic daze with periodic bouts of "stressful eye-watering disease" to release the tension and feelings of worthlessness that are customary after I take tests. I don't know about anyone else, but I suck at taking tests... so when I finish I feel completely and utterly worthless and stupid.... especially after 8 hour tests that are exactly the opposite of what I studied.
I came home and played my character "Maynce" on City of Heroes. He is adorably cute with his wings and his tiny-self kicking villian booty. I had a "save the bank" mission... but missed out on the bonus stuff because I accidently hit "exit" before the bonus missions at the end were completed. I got mad... and went to bed.
Sunday, I made basecamp in front of the TV. I was scrapbooking all day and watching pointless crap. I started with Shanghi Noon, moved on to the Joe Millionaire (cowboy re-runs) marathon on the reality TV network, and polished off with Encino Man on a movie channel at 10pm. I picked up my mess and went to bed.... where I read half of the first chapter of "Little Women" before getting sleepy enough.
I finally scrapbooked all the baby showers, baby announcements, wedding announcements, my U-mart stories, my nephew's birthday... I must have done 20 pages, none of them terribly fancy because I was going for quantity. Of course, I still have 3 weddings and my sister's recent trip as well as some cutesy-lovey dating stuff. I'm so far behind! I really want to scrapbook my own wedding photos and Jen's wedding and Christina's wedding... but that's a lot of weddings. I don't know where to start.
I also want to draw, but I was to depressed to draw.... I almost spent the day listless in bed.
I'm over the stupid test until 2 months from now when I'll get my sucky (or amazingly awesome) test results... but I'm still a little anxious.