Despite rumors to the contrary, my exam period actually began today, about 5 hours ago when I sat for my European Law exam. I'm sure I missed issues and I think I may have accidentally merged together the goods and services articles from the Treaty Establishing the European Community, and my policy essay may have sucked to some degree, but I think my biggest obstacle is that the class is curved, and all my classmates are on Law Review... (Oh, and dropping my notes all over the floor in the middle of the test when the clip holding them together fell off didn't help either.)
On the other hand, I didn't fail. And since I've officially stopped caring about grades it doesn't really matter. Except it does matter because the professor is one of my favorites. She's one of the nicest human beings I've ever met, and she's been really supportive and encouraging so I don't want to let her down. I felt really bad about running out of steam before the class was over, not just because it kept me from learning as much as I could, but because I was afraid it could be seen as disrespectful to her and her teaching. It totally wasn't intended to be, and I completely regret on my own behalf not being able to absorb as much as I could. It's just that the rest of my life (er, law school) consumed me.
But it was really interesting, and I learned a lot about the subject matter. I wouldn't say I'm an expert in EU law because it's so complex, but it was good to gain some insight into the institutional, legal, and to some extent political structure.
After the test two friends who were in the class with me and I went over to the new gymnasium they just built on campus. It's fairly labyrinth, and the place has some stupid/expensive policies (No day lockers in the locker rooms??? Given the rampant laptop thefts on campus, they expect us to leave our bags sitting out?), but it does have a hot tub so we went to soak in it for a bit. Couldn't relax too much though – there's still more exams to go...