The message for today...

[kitsap_charles]

(Actually, the message for last Friday; haven't had time or access to post since then...)

No matter how ill-prepared (or well-prepared) you might be, sometimes you get a Free Pass.

I finished finals on Friday; my first quarter as a returning student is done. Two of the three exams were about as easy as I'd expected, but the third— the first (of four) LAN courses— looked to be a beeyatch.

We were going to have a two-part exam: fifty points for a written test covering the last four chapters of our textbook, and fifty points for a hands-on practical exam on what we'd been doing in class the last half of the quarter.

Now, none of the text material had been covered or reviewed in class. No lectures, no pop quizzes,nada. And needless to say, my grasp of it was pretty weak. Yes, I should've read the text, taken the end-of-chapter review test, yadda yadda yadda. And I did, eventually... about a half-hour before the final exam.

So, comes the appointed hour. The instructor asks us to be patient for a few minutes. Then he asks us to be patient for ten more minutes. Then he leaves the room. Then he returns, a sheepish look on his face, and says, "I'm sure you'll be deeply disappointed, but I can't find the diskette the written exam is on. I'm afraid I'll have to give everyone full marks and proceed with the practical exam."

I felt not only that I'd dodged a bullet, but that I looked like Neo from The Matrix while doing it— leather coat flying in the wind, supersonic trails zooming past me.

I had the grace to wait until the building door was solidly shut behind me before whooping at the top of my voice.

Comments

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

*whoops at the top of her voice*!

[jenkitty.livejournal.com]

*best redneck Rebel yell*

YEEEEE-HAW!!!!!!!!!!!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what she said.

WOO HOO! :)

--
"My name.... is NEO!" WHAMMMMM!!!!

[riverheart.livejournal.com]

And not only that, but you aced the practical, beloved. You rock.

[aladriana.livejournal.com]

ROFLMAO. Many were the times in college I would have killed for this answer! Good for you!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

Soooo...this bodes excellently well for NEXT quarter! A little luck and confidence go a long way towards making the hard work tolerable.

[miraclemax.livejournal.com]

Woo Hoo!! That's great :D

Reminds me of my High School finals - all cancelled. A mountain blew up about 35 miles from my school :D Thank you St Helens!

[fiddledragon]

Ditto in LA in '92 - all finals cancelled due to the Rodney King riots.

[fiddledragon]

er....at least it was the case at USC - don't know about other L.A. universities...

Woo!

[tygereclipse.livejournal.com]

Congrats Dad! Having not so long ago gotten through my finals to graduate highschool and acing them I know very much how you feel, only you feel it more because WOW that was awesome!
Well done you Neo-like Bad-ass!
Miriam

Woo hoo!!!!

[shadowsofgrey.livejournal.com]

Congrats! It's wonderful to hear that you did so well on your finals! Hope the all the rest go as well as this one did. :)

Good News is a good thing!

[pondside.livejournal.com]

That's the one good thing about my university program - no exams, all assignments. I have lots of chances to bomb (yeah, I know, I don't but I could...) but no exam sweats or untidy things like heaving all over the desk before the pencils raise.

I'm soooo happy for you dear! Keep it up - you can ace this stuff.

Huggs and squoogles
J

[mittelbar.livejournal.com]

Hee hee.