Tests
Today I took my first tests. It was a good thing that the boss was out of the office today. I did all of my work and then studied for two hours before I left for school. I was listening to the required music pieces, pacing around the office, reciting stuff to myself, using my flyswatter as a gesturing tool...it wouldn't have looked good to someone watching. Only two of the guys were in the shop so it was fairly quiet and there was only once that one of them walked in, but you can never tell where the secretary is headed when you walk in the office, can you?
The very first test was in Music Appreciation. This test was originally scheduled for the end of this month but, because of a lack of TV projector and reworking his teaching schedule, Mr. G rescheduled for the very day that my first Algebra exam was scheduled. Let's just say that Stress & I...well, we're getting to be well acquainted. I've been at the campus library until 10 or 11 for the past two nights and then didn't get to bed until 1:00 both nights. It's not too conducive to being to at work on time.
The plus in the situation was that because of the reschedule, Mr. G reviewed us, which he normally does not do, and gave us a study guide. He told us that we would have to identify ten pieces orally and told us that we needed to know what form each piece was. Well, I just couldn't figure it out so I e-mailed him for some clarification. He replied and, dense old me, I still couldn't figure it out so last night at 12:30 I sent a desperate e-mail with what I had and asked him to correct and fill in the blanks. He actually replied this morning, Bless Him!! He asked before class if I had received the e-mail and I said I had and that I had been desperate. He told me not to sweat the small stuff. Not sweat the small stuff!! If he hadn't given me that information, I would have probably missed at least 10 points right off the top, unless I had just happened to guess correctly. It is very important that I do well in each and every test in this class. If I have an A at the end of the semester as well as three extra credits for attending three performances, I won't have to take the final exam. Now wouldn't that be fantastic!! I think I did pretty well on the test. There were 4 that I was unsure of and had to guess but that should still give me a 92 if I didn't have a brain-hiccup elsewhere.
I was out of that class in 30 minutes so I had to kill a bit of time before heading to South Campus for my Algebra class. Now this Algebra class is something else. For one thing, I've discovered that Math is no longer my best subject like it was in grade school. This class has been the Great Deception revealer for me. It makes me feel like I'm having a Senior Moment every time I turn around. The negative numbers sneak up on me every time. Who would have thought that a negative sign would be so hard to deal with? I think that one of my problems is that I don't ask for enough clarification in class. I kinda think that having guys in the class intimidates me and the guys never ask questions, only the women do. Back when I went to the tech school, I went to class with pretty much just women. I'm slowly getting comfortable enough to ask more questions. By now, they probably think of me as the dunce in the bonnet. I think it would be good if I went and got some tutoring, but who has time for tutoring??
Kris & I went to a workshop last week on the TI-83 calculator. The man that taught the workshop, that's my kind of teacher. He roamed the aisles looking for people that looked vacant and then he would squat down in front of them (me) and talk you out of the vacancy. He would abandon the project until everyone was back on the same page. I'm going to see if I can maybe sneak into his College Algebra class when I take it.
Anyway, back to the test...on Tuesday night, Mr. D gave us a study guide that had about 30 to 40 problems on it. He told us that if we can work those problems, we'll do just fine on the test because he will take about 25 of those exact problems and use them for the test, same numbers and everything. How cool is that?!? He then helped those that wanted help working on the study guide. We even worked several of the problems out just before class today and then turned around and worked them out on the test. One problem in particular would have been a disaster for me if we hadn't worked it out just before class.
There were only two people left in class when I handed my paper in and he asked me if I'd like for him to grade it real quick. I thought that would be fine so I hung around while he graded it. And don't you know, every problem that I got wrong...it was the negative numbers that hung me up. I still got partial credit for the problems because I showed my work. I'm just grateful that the two tests are in the past.
Highlight of the day: Walking away from the second test.
The very first test was in Music Appreciation. This test was originally scheduled for the end of this month but, because of a lack of TV projector and reworking his teaching schedule, Mr. G rescheduled for the very day that my first Algebra exam was scheduled. Let's just say that Stress & I...well, we're getting to be well acquainted. I've been at the campus library until 10 or 11 for the past two nights and then didn't get to bed until 1:00 both nights. It's not too conducive to being to at work on time.
The plus in the situation was that because of the reschedule, Mr. G reviewed us, which he normally does not do, and gave us a study guide. He told us that we would have to identify ten pieces orally and told us that we needed to know what form each piece was. Well, I just couldn't figure it out so I e-mailed him for some clarification. He replied and, dense old me, I still couldn't figure it out so last night at 12:30 I sent a desperate e-mail with what I had and asked him to correct and fill in the blanks. He actually replied this morning, Bless Him!! He asked before class if I had received the e-mail and I said I had and that I had been desperate. He told me not to sweat the small stuff. Not sweat the small stuff!! If he hadn't given me that information, I would have probably missed at least 10 points right off the top, unless I had just happened to guess correctly. It is very important that I do well in each and every test in this class. If I have an A at the end of the semester as well as three extra credits for attending three performances, I won't have to take the final exam. Now wouldn't that be fantastic!! I think I did pretty well on the test. There were 4 that I was unsure of and had to guess but that should still give me a 92 if I didn't have a brain-hiccup elsewhere.
I was out of that class in 30 minutes so I had to kill a bit of time before heading to South Campus for my Algebra class. Now this Algebra class is something else. For one thing, I've discovered that Math is no longer my best subject like it was in grade school. This class has been the Great Deception revealer for me. It makes me feel like I'm having a Senior Moment every time I turn around. The negative numbers sneak up on me every time. Who would have thought that a negative sign would be so hard to deal with? I think that one of my problems is that I don't ask for enough clarification in class. I kinda think that having guys in the class intimidates me and the guys never ask questions, only the women do. Back when I went to the tech school, I went to class with pretty much just women. I'm slowly getting comfortable enough to ask more questions. By now, they probably think of me as the dunce in the bonnet. I think it would be good if I went and got some tutoring, but who has time for tutoring??
Kris & I went to a workshop last week on the TI-83 calculator. The man that taught the workshop, that's my kind of teacher. He roamed the aisles looking for people that looked vacant and then he would squat down in front of them (me) and talk you out of the vacancy. He would abandon the project until everyone was back on the same page. I'm going to see if I can maybe sneak into his College Algebra class when I take it.
Anyway, back to the test...on Tuesday night, Mr. D gave us a study guide that had about 30 to 40 problems on it. He told us that if we can work those problems, we'll do just fine on the test because he will take about 25 of those exact problems and use them for the test, same numbers and everything. How cool is that?!? He then helped those that wanted help working on the study guide. We even worked several of the problems out just before class today and then turned around and worked them out on the test. One problem in particular would have been a disaster for me if we hadn't worked it out just before class.
There were only two people left in class when I handed my paper in and he asked me if I'd like for him to grade it real quick. I thought that would be fine so I hung around while he graded it. And don't you know, every problem that I got wrong...it was the negative numbers that hung me up. I still got partial credit for the problems because I showed my work. I'm just grateful that the two tests are in the past.
Highlight of the day: Walking away from the second test.
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