I was never a person who got worried about taking test. I actually think i do better on test than if they were to just gove us a fill in the blank sort of thing. But biology always makes me nervous. Especially with my horrible performance last year with it.
I studied hard over the weekend though. So i took many breaks to get a burrito or simply to watch tv, but i pretty much felt comfortable with the material to not become crazy about it.
It's unitl those few moments before you step into the lecture hall that you get nervous. It's something about a piece of paper with 33 questions on it, which can determine if you fail or pass a course which is nerve racking. It become even more nerve racking when you are sitting next to nervous students who look as if they might through up at the sight of it.
Mike didn't show up to English class today, and i didn't see him in biology either. How someone can manage to miss an exam is beyond me. The first thing we learn here is that unless someone has died or you yourself are knocking on deaths door, you make an exception to coming to exams. Snot and all. Trust me he isn't sick, but he went away for the weekend to like bunjee jump or something, and i can't wait for the excuse he makes up, or if he even knew there was an exam today.
Anyway, after scanning the room for his face, i gave up, took my seat and pulled out my notes. I don't really pull out my notes b/c i am trying to crunch cram, but really cause everyone else has them out, which instantly makes me think there is something i am messing. Maybe there is actually more on the test than i studied for.
People study out loud, which messes up the whole process. I think i may wear headphones for the next exam, b/c other people's thought process can screw up yours. The professor comes in rolling this cart full of test. The room becomes quiet.
You can see the fear in people's eyes, as he holds up the paper, mouths are becoming dry, and there may have been a total breakdown in the corner, who knows. And then the test are given out.
I don't know whether the test was hard, or just that the questions were tricky. You had to think about them and work them out in your head. When people start getting up, you become worried that you are too slow and the first instinct is to rush through it. I took my time, after finishing reading over the questions to make sure that i had done them right.
I didn't leave feeling like i had bombed, just left feeling OK. If Ok is passing than that's great. The material that hard, but i'm saying that now. We'll see on friday.
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