For exams. Blah. Ok so I have four exams in the next two weeks. All are cumulative except property, where I had a midterm where the material is not covered on the final. Everything else is.
Final exams are weird. I've never felt pressure at exam time. Sure, I kicked the studying up a notch, but I've never had truly cumulative exams. Couple that with a completely unique format, and I'm worried. I've been studying like crazy, more than I ever have in my life. I bet I clock at least 10 hours a day of studying, class or review this past week, but probably more each day. I've never worked harder in my entire life and surprisingly I've never been happier. It's weird. The harder it is the more fun. I've never felt challenged as I do now. I've never felt as excited about school. I've always loved school so it's not surprising, but I didn't think it would be this much fun.
Of course, it's not ALL fun and games. It's a lot of work and at any given moment I've teeted between fear or failure and complete confidence. I want to be number one in the class but at the same time I'd be quite content with a C+.
For the non-lawschool kids out there, law school is skewed a lot differently than undergrad or highschool. Normally a C is bad, but here, our grades are curved to a C+ so it would be average to get a C+. And of course people will fail. People will get Ds and Fs and will not return. It's sad to think about. I think to myself, "Are they expecting Fs? Probably not. No one is. So how do I know that I won't completely fail all my exams?" I guess I don't know. But in a just and fair world (I can hope, right?) all my hard work, all my effort will pay off and I will do well. Maybe I won't be number one, but I'll do the best I can. I suppose that's all that matters.
Back to studying.... Oy!
4 comments:
Hi. It's Beckie. I'm only posting anonymously because I have no account.
I got three C+'s my first semester... it's definitely a reality check. But I think you'll do way better - you're head is on straight and you're a good student.
Beckie
I don't know of anyone who's worked harder or put more time into something as you have with school this year. So despite my total confidence that you will do great on your exams, I'm already completely impressed and admire you for your accomplishments and efforts thusfar. Do your best and let the grades fall where they will.
Ry-Bear! I feel like such a bad friend, I just noticed today that you posted a comment on my blog. Anywho, I think the exams are all hard and skewed cause you'll be making big bucks when you finish with this "law school" thing. Just be happy you don't have to write vocab words on 11"x17" cardboard paper. Not 8"x11" cause then the children wouldn't be interested. According to Dr. Tilles, that is. Look at this, here I am blabbing about me, me, me. I love you, Ryan! Your'e fabulous! If you get any F's (highly doubtful IMHO) you can just pretend it stands for FABULOUS!
Thanks guys. I'm sure I won't fail, but it's still a very hectic time. I'm just not getting my hopes up too high. I know that getting a B+ is really good so a C+ isn't too bad. I'm just preparing myself to get an average grade like a C, and being content with it. I would like all As but that's just not realistic.
I'll let you all know how they go, and hopefully I'll get the grades back soon. Maybe it would be better if I got them back after school started next semester :)
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