It's that time of the semester again: midterms. Which, of course, means I'm investing my time in the following things:
-writing papers
-studying for in-class examinations
-study groups
-all nighters (Sunday was one, today will be one, tomorrow is questionable)
Since I haven't posted a journal in so long, and I'm gonna be slaving away tonight ANYWAY, I figured I'm make a short distraction out of a journal entry with how I see midterms.
Yes, they are a total pain in the a**. And I consider them more difficult than finals in a way, because with finals, you know there isn't going to be more work afterwards and you aren't covering more material as you prepare for them; not the case with midterms. Plus, you get get Dead Day before finals - you have no such luxury for midterms. I hadn't ever had to pull an all nighter until my first midterm week at UTEP - they're that big a deal (also had to pull one for finals week, but I considered the midterm more stressful).
Here's the thing though - slaving away for these tests and papers, pulling all nighters (or at least VERY late nighters up to 3-4 AM) is part of the definitive college experience, I feel. And it is extremely rewarding when you do invest that much effort into these tests and reap an A-grade on them. And on that note, while I often doubt if I can truly 'make it' in academia to the level that I aspire to, the most reaffirming experience I've ever had at college was getting my Chicano Literature midterm back (after pulling an all nighter for it, of course) and having the highest grade on it out of the class. That midterm was from HELL (just like this week is). And when I got the only 48/50 (would have made the 50 with 2~ more minutes, too) in the class I really felt like I COULD 'make it,' so to speak (the other reaffirming experience was getting a perfect score on the first paper I turned in at UTEP for a Literature class, as well).
And when I think about life experiences that you simply MUST have, all nighters for tests and papers in college is on the list (it's somewhat like going to a midnight premiere). Am I going to have virtually no energy tomorrow? I am (already have the energy drink to make it through the night in the fridge). Is this night gonna be from Hell? It is. But by noon tomorrow, I'm gonna be on a sort of high from knowing I pulled it off. And it's real ego-boost. A very well earned ego boost.
And on that note, I'm logging off to make it work for my test/paper due tomorrow for my Shakespeare class. Chou~
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I'm afraid that's another reason I would completely suck at them.
I absolutely dislike energy drinks. D: