The Septimus Notes

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

This is my last post today, I'm almost entirely certain.

Regarding the midterm I took today that raped my ass, flipped me over, sat on my face, and cut one, my Professor emailed the class after the exam and had this to say:

"Sorry for the long exam..., we are aware that answers must be somewhat schematic in an exam format, and they will be graded accordingly. If you 'got' the main arguments in the books, you'll be fine.

Prof. W"

I responded to the last line of his email:

"> accordingly. If you 'got' the main arguments in the books, you'll
> be fine.

Yeah, I thought that prior to the exam. Although, not being late and remembering that it was open note might have been of some use to me. Although, actually, probably not really. I guess we'll see.

SWS2.1"

And he came back with this:

"Given your general command of the material, I'm sure you'll be fine (though on time might've been a good idea...). I tried to write it so that notes and books wouldn't make a difference - broad brush answers are fine - I just don't want people to waste time memorizing stuff they'll forget in 24 hours.

Now if only I hadn't, to borrow a phrase from the president, misunderestimated how long it would take to answer the questions. Live and learn. At least it's the sort of mistake that can be corrected for after-the-fact in grading.

see you monday.

Prof. W"

I think he may be misoverestimating me.

promulgated by SWS2.1 at 20:01.
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