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The descent into madness is a little like a rollercoaster ride, I'm finding. You have that segment where you're locked in and wonder "Was this really a good idea?" followed by that vague dread as you're dragged upwards. And then there's that part where you're poised over the edge and the designers give you the chance to STOP and look down so you know how fucked you are. After you tip forward, god only knows from there.
I am currently just short of that point.
I didn't do well on the previous Organic Chemistry exam. Not at all. I worry about the lab quizzes like you wouldn't believe. And I have a Conservation Bio and an Organic Chem exam on the same day. Five damnable outside sketches for figure drawing are due Thursday. I'll be taking care of those today apparently. I hope. Because I'll be begging the other instructor if I can curl in the room and draw.
Speaking of Figure Drawing, I skipped it again yesterday. Instead, I read the two chapters that I was responsible for in conservation biology. It was typically common sense but had some interesting quotes and all. Considering he said he might give us a studyguide and then we never got one, the class has gotten just a little worried. I think I'll do better this time, if only because I won't be called on to remember names this exam. More reasons I would never survive as a history exam. "Yea yea, that guy influenced that current president on the idea of conserving our forests!"
. . . that becomes a bit of a problem.
Paper topic had to change. I'm hoping to use the original one in a research class next semester. But it looks like the instructor may screw me. If so, I'll just need to find another class OR another instructor willing to take me on. I don't think finding another instructor is likely unless I went straight to the chair head because he knows the stuff I wanna write about. I may just replace the class with another bio course since I'm closing in on the end. So that gives me general genetics, intro to environmental science and policiy. Maybe I'll add in physiology (I hear it's murder). . . ugh, it depends if I weasel out of the marine science concentration. They're really stiff requirements and I could get the normal biology degree with a lot less effort. I just want out now and to get some internships and start my graduate degree.
That and I should really clear away my academic appeals letter today. They sent in the paper request last week so the letter should follow up pretty quickly or they might not think I'm sincere enough.
I am currently just short of that point.
I didn't do well on the previous Organic Chemistry exam. Not at all. I worry about the lab quizzes like you wouldn't believe. And I have a Conservation Bio and an Organic Chem exam on the same day. Five damnable outside sketches for figure drawing are due Thursday. I'll be taking care of those today apparently. I hope. Because I'll be begging the other instructor if I can curl in the room and draw.
Speaking of Figure Drawing, I skipped it again yesterday. Instead, I read the two chapters that I was responsible for in conservation biology. It was typically common sense but had some interesting quotes and all. Considering he said he might give us a studyguide and then we never got one, the class has gotten just a little worried. I think I'll do better this time, if only because I won't be called on to remember names this exam. More reasons I would never survive as a history exam. "Yea yea, that guy influenced that current president on the idea of conserving our forests!"
. . . that becomes a bit of a problem.
Paper topic had to change. I'm hoping to use the original one in a research class next semester. But it looks like the instructor may screw me. If so, I'll just need to find another class OR another instructor willing to take me on. I don't think finding another instructor is likely unless I went straight to the chair head because he knows the stuff I wanna write about. I may just replace the class with another bio course since I'm closing in on the end. So that gives me general genetics, intro to environmental science and policiy. Maybe I'll add in physiology (I hear it's murder). . . ugh, it depends if I weasel out of the marine science concentration. They're really stiff requirements and I could get the normal biology degree with a lot less effort. I just want out now and to get some internships and start my graduate degree.
That and I should really clear away my academic appeals letter today. They sent in the paper request last week so the letter should follow up pretty quickly or they might not think I'm sincere enough.