Tomorrow, by my own instigation, exams will begin.
I'm a little worried. My desire and ability to cogitate pretty much ended a few weeks shy of the actual end of the semester. Plus I ended up missing a whole bunch of classes I did not want to miss but had to for my note and job hunt. And then I've only been semi-productive during the past few days as a result to the Second Coming of my Cold (or sinus infection, as the doctor I saw believes).
So tomorrow I'm supposed to take Copyright. I don't HAVE to take it tomorrow - it's a takehome I can schedule more or less any time within the final exam period - but it's really the best time to get it out of the way. On the other hand, I don't feel as well-prepared as I should, of all the ironies. It's one of the classes I feel like I missed too many of. But I don't think I'll gain anything by waiting, so on with the studying this evening and then the test tomorrow...
Next Wednesday is European Union law. That's also a class I missed too many of. At least it feels like I did because I started to miss a lot at the end. The truth of the matter is that my attendance in all my classes was excellent at least halfway through the semester, and even afterward I never missed more than one of the two classes in a week. But I was overstressed and overtired, so even when I was there, I'm not sure I was really "there."
Patent law comes next, on the 10th, because that's when I scheduled it. It is not a takehome, but I had two exams at the same time so I moved the harder one up. I attended Patent class much more regularly - at least it feels like I did - and was much more on top of the readings. On the other hand, it felt like I really needed to be. I learned a lot, but right now it's all tangled mess in my head.
Then I do Legal Ethics. I don't have a lot of time to study for it, but when I was in that class I was IN that class. And I've technically already studied for a legal ethics test. So I'm not too worried, although perhaps I should be a little. I don't want to accidentally look past it.
Overall, I don't expect to fail anything, but I'm not optimistic about avoiding mediocrity either.
So it's a good thing I've decided against ever looking at my grades again, or else I might really be worried....
Edit 4/29: OK, I've decided it was dumb to try to take the copyright exam so soon. I've pushed it off to Monday so I can do more reading.
Comments (1)
Well, I don't remember looking at my grades after my first year in grad school either. Mostly because it was pointless. If you did well, you got an A. If you didn't, you got a B. Except for when I took them - I seemed to get As in classes I slept through. I imagine there's a little more significance to your grades than that, so it might be worthwhile to look at them every so often.
Either that or you care about your grades as much as I do, in which case, well...
Posted by Koichi | April 28, 2005 10:58 PM
Posted on April 28, 2005 22:58