today was a horrible day
classes after 12 were cancelled due to strike. we go to morning class at 8-10. this is like a huge lecture class. 20 minutes into class, a huge group of student protesters come in and starts singing and dancing. that lasted for 15 mins, during which time we of course, could not have class. they left for 15 minutes, we continued class, then they came back, in bigger group, with a speaker connected to ipod playing rock music and some guys had brough small drums and started banging. again, singing, dancing, this time some on tables. of course, they were trying to close the building down before 12, and about half the class did leave. anyways, they kept coming back, and by the end, someone had found pots and pans and were banging on that. the recitation professor from 10-11:30 came up with the brillant idea of leading us secretly out of the classroom and while rioters not looking, hustle us into the history dept office and locking the doors. there, we continued to have class, while people continued to bang on pots throughout building along with singing, screaming. we finished late for that class, i had another class from 11:30-1, and i thought i'd be cancelled but it turned out not to be. that went on until 12:30, when we were forced out of the building. meanwhile, i am supposed to have exams for these two classes next week and as of today when we met, the professors did not know if exams will stay same or not. they have to wait for a vote from the school. this is hard to explain, but basically we are so screwed, soooo screwed. because we are not really attached to marc bloch, we don't get the info directly from them, we dont' have communication with the professors. they often reschedule classes whenever they know students will be free (since everyone in history classes are essentially history majors), but these times of course, never work for us because we are taking classes not only in other majors but also at another school. so screwed. i have no idea what's going on especially in my religion class. me and this other girl are saying that if exams are next week, we should just not go and pretend we didnt' understand. oh and we were supposed to present our expose to the professor today but of course that's not happening. actually, i don't even think he remembers. i swear he knows we are so damn lost and i bet he's secretly laughing at us. it must be pretty amusing for him.
and here's the thing. even though technically we just have to get a 10 out of 20, which is passing grade, it seems easy but it's so hard because a 13 basically translates into an A in the states. so like we have to get a B basically. and marc bloch lists grades from last semester and we see these lists and 60-70% of students get below a 10. in my religion class, i know this girl from japan who was here last semester and she said she got a 5 in a similar class and so must redo the class. i am so scared about failing and so mentally drained right now.
and here's the thing. even though technically we just have to get a 10 out of 20, which is passing grade, it seems easy but it's so hard because a 13 basically translates into an A in the states. so like we have to get a B basically. and marc bloch lists grades from last semester and we see these lists and 60-70% of students get below a 10. in my religion class, i know this girl from japan who was here last semester and she said she got a 5 in a similar class and so must redo the class. i am so scared about failing and so mentally drained right now.