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May. 19th, 2008
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May. 19th, 2008 11:01 amI finished my nutrition report last night, only to discover, after turning it in, that it wasn't actually due until the 27th. The 27th! Over a week from now! I have 6 million other things to get done before then! Oh well, at least it is done, and at least I didn't screw up in the opposite direction.
I watched my last history lecture last night. I need to write him a nice email, because I've really enjoyed him as a lecturer. Yes, this is the same professor I complained a ton about at the beginning of last semester. He grew on me. Now I want to take him out for coffee or something.
Going back over my Anatomy, I'm suspecting that there is a way the course could have been taught in a more holistic manner that would have made the whole thing less confusing, though I'm not certain if that is realistic, a matter of 20/20 hindsight, or a lack of initial paying-attention on my part. In any case, I may mention this to my Physiology teacher, who will be teaching Anatomy during the fall semester.
Some of it is just unavoidable suckage. When you have to memorize the names of a good portion of the bones, muscles, etc. in the body, there isn't a whole lot to make it easier. But there's enough places where the basic structure is the same that spending a few classes early-on specifically discussing some of those reoccurring themes would make it easier and quicker in the long run.
Tomorrow I have the history and Anatomy finals.
In History, I feel a little frustrated. I apparently currently have a 91% in the class, which confuses me, because I thought I was doing better. I'm hoping that's at least pre-extra-credit. I finally heard back from him about the previous test, and it turns out that my fill-in questions were graded wrong (as I'd figured), which makes me wonder about my grades on other tests, both this semester and last. If I feel I do well on the final and get less than an A in the class, I may pursue this. (I love the professor as a lecturer, but I'm not so sure about him from a testing/communication/grading standpoint...)
In Anatomy, I need to get about 184/200 on the final to get an A. Slightly less, because the lowest test grade gets replaced with the final grade if the final grade is higher. Unfortunately, my grades on the lecture tests have all been between 88 and 91, so I don't think it will make much difference - but a few points difference is where my grade is hanging right now (I wish it applied to the lab tests, where my grades have a much wider spread). She's been giving more extra credit and grading more leniently on the past few tests, so I'm hoping that will be the case here. And she did say that the test will be more on general concepts than specific details because she knows we forget everything as soon as the test is over... so hopefully it will be manageable.
I've so far retyped approximately 12 pages of notes (extra credit is to turn in 1 page of notes per unit, and I just kept going from there), which is barely even scratching the surface. I'm debating whether or not to keep going with that now that the extra credit portion is done (and then some). I can certainly use more studying... but I'm not sure that's the most effective way. It helps a whole lot with the stuff I manage to get to, but I think it would take me all night (at a minimum, and assuming no interruptions) to get through the whole semester that way.
I watched my last history lecture last night. I need to write him a nice email, because I've really enjoyed him as a lecturer. Yes, this is the same professor I complained a ton about at the beginning of last semester. He grew on me. Now I want to take him out for coffee or something.
Going back over my Anatomy, I'm suspecting that there is a way the course could have been taught in a more holistic manner that would have made the whole thing less confusing, though I'm not certain if that is realistic, a matter of 20/20 hindsight, or a lack of initial paying-attention on my part. In any case, I may mention this to my Physiology teacher, who will be teaching Anatomy during the fall semester.
Some of it is just unavoidable suckage. When you have to memorize the names of a good portion of the bones, muscles, etc. in the body, there isn't a whole lot to make it easier. But there's enough places where the basic structure is the same that spending a few classes early-on specifically discussing some of those reoccurring themes would make it easier and quicker in the long run.
Tomorrow I have the history and Anatomy finals.
In History, I feel a little frustrated. I apparently currently have a 91% in the class, which confuses me, because I thought I was doing better. I'm hoping that's at least pre-extra-credit. I finally heard back from him about the previous test, and it turns out that my fill-in questions were graded wrong (as I'd figured), which makes me wonder about my grades on other tests, both this semester and last. If I feel I do well on the final and get less than an A in the class, I may pursue this. (I love the professor as a lecturer, but I'm not so sure about him from a testing/communication/grading standpoint...)
In Anatomy, I need to get about 184/200 on the final to get an A. Slightly less, because the lowest test grade gets replaced with the final grade if the final grade is higher. Unfortunately, my grades on the lecture tests have all been between 88 and 91, so I don't think it will make much difference - but a few points difference is where my grade is hanging right now (I wish it applied to the lab tests, where my grades have a much wider spread). She's been giving more extra credit and grading more leniently on the past few tests, so I'm hoping that will be the case here. And she did say that the test will be more on general concepts than specific details because she knows we forget everything as soon as the test is over... so hopefully it will be manageable.
I've so far retyped approximately 12 pages of notes (extra credit is to turn in 1 page of notes per unit, and I just kept going from there), which is barely even scratching the surface. I'm debating whether or not to keep going with that now that the extra credit portion is done (and then some). I can certainly use more studying... but I'm not sure that's the most effective way. It helps a whole lot with the stuff I manage to get to, but I think it would take me all night (at a minimum, and assuming no interruptions) to get through the whole semester that way.