time now for another bit of insight to the life of me
let me start this by saying, school has become very hectic, very quickly. however, school has very little time left to it. the hecticity (i dont care if its a word) is inversely proportional to the ammount of time left. with all the new things ive learned recently, i could make a differential equation, a slope feild, and eventually make a fairly accurate graph as to how exactly hectic things get, and when, and make predicitions as to whether or not i'll get to sleep at all in the coming weeks. but really, id rather just not. some things are best left unsaid, or especially, un-graphed.
so, this week, which seems like 7 now id say, started on monday, which is pretty typical of weeks. it could be argued it started sunday, but lets be realistic people. like "a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step." it does not start however when you put your shoes on. anyway. monday. classes as usual, then, i decided i should study liek crazy for my two chemistry tests tuesday, and my calc one wednesday. yes... there were two chemistry exams tuesday. thats how heartless chemistry is. first the lab's exam, then the lecture's. the lab one was hard, but a lot was multiple choice, and im awesome at bs'ing my way through that kind of stuff. i was exceptionally horrified of the lecture's exam though, as that one was questions like "given 3-bromo-but-2-ene, give a series of reactions that would produce propane" or something crazy like that. another problem is ive just barely got a c in there right now, and i want to keep that c. anyway, i took the test, and did awful. i didnt know any of the answers, except i had a decent idea of the story problem about methane hydrate, not that anyone cares. i would like to point out though that it is not, despite popular belief, my job to entertain you, or anyone else. turns out our instructor (whose name is John Williams, and is from new zealand) is crazy fast at grading exams. they werent scantrons, or multiple choice... these were almost essay type questions, and he had them graded the next day. as the sheet was passed around, i waited, as is generally the case. i wasnt sure whether i wanted to see the grade that really put the nail in the coffin of ryan's chance at passing chemistry, but i looked anyway. i found my id number, and followed the line across to the column that said "EXAM 2"... and it said 82...? i checed it again, and again. about five minutes later, the people behind me waiting to see it were getting frustrated as i tried to figure out what i really got, because a b was impossible, and i knew it. when they finally took it, and saw their grades, i took it back again, and checked... yup. still an 82 there... now i start wondering, did he put the wrong grade down? did he give me someone elses score by mistake? what happened? id like to point out again, that i made every single answer (except that methane hydrate one) up based on basically nothing. i guess it all comes down to one of three things really;
1. there was an error in him calculating my score.
2. ryan is just that awesome at bs-ing his way through life.
or the far more likely number 3 in which you consider that if you put 1000 monkeys in a room with typewriters for 1000 years, chance is going to eventually spit out shakespeare (in this case, they were pencils and not typewriters, chemistry (because we all know shakespeare couldn't do organic chem to save his life) and i was that 1000th monkey who, by chance, got something right)
i would also like to add the highest score was a 92, the average was a 63 and i tied for the third highest grade in the class.
that was long. deal with it.
so, this week, which seems like 7 now id say, started on monday, which is pretty typical of weeks. it could be argued it started sunday, but lets be realistic people. like "a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step." it does not start however when you put your shoes on. anyway. monday. classes as usual, then, i decided i should study liek crazy for my two chemistry tests tuesday, and my calc one wednesday. yes... there were two chemistry exams tuesday. thats how heartless chemistry is. first the lab's exam, then the lecture's. the lab one was hard, but a lot was multiple choice, and im awesome at bs'ing my way through that kind of stuff. i was exceptionally horrified of the lecture's exam though, as that one was questions like "given 3-bromo-but-2-ene, give a series of reactions that would produce propane" or something crazy like that. another problem is ive just barely got a c in there right now, and i want to keep that c. anyway, i took the test, and did awful. i didnt know any of the answers, except i had a decent idea of the story problem about methane hydrate, not that anyone cares. i would like to point out though that it is not, despite popular belief, my job to entertain you, or anyone else. turns out our instructor (whose name is John Williams, and is from new zealand) is crazy fast at grading exams. they werent scantrons, or multiple choice... these were almost essay type questions, and he had them graded the next day. as the sheet was passed around, i waited, as is generally the case. i wasnt sure whether i wanted to see the grade that really put the nail in the coffin of ryan's chance at passing chemistry, but i looked anyway. i found my id number, and followed the line across to the column that said "EXAM 2"... and it said 82...? i checed it again, and again. about five minutes later, the people behind me waiting to see it were getting frustrated as i tried to figure out what i really got, because a b was impossible, and i knew it. when they finally took it, and saw their grades, i took it back again, and checked... yup. still an 82 there... now i start wondering, did he put the wrong grade down? did he give me someone elses score by mistake? what happened? id like to point out again, that i made every single answer (except that methane hydrate one) up based on basically nothing. i guess it all comes down to one of three things really;
1. there was an error in him calculating my score.
2. ryan is just that awesome at bs-ing his way through life.
or the far more likely number 3 in which you consider that if you put 1000 monkeys in a room with typewriters for 1000 years, chance is going to eventually spit out shakespeare (in this case, they were pencils and not typewriters, chemistry (because we all know shakespeare couldn't do organic chem to save his life) and i was that 1000th monkey who, by chance, got something right)
i would also like to add the highest score was a 92, the average was a 63 and i tied for the third highest grade in the class.
that was long. deal with it.