The Armchair Politician

Well, I made a 114 out of 100 on my Modern Algebra take-home final. I knew I would do well, but I hadn’t suspected it would be that good. This is considering the fact that my average quiz score was around a 60. It was kind of funny, though. When I turned in the final, I asked if he could grade it with me there, so I saw what my mistakes were. He complied, and we went through it problem by problem. As we did, he pointed out where everyone else stepped on land mines, misunderstanding the problem or forgetting to do crucial parts, which kind of made me feel good about myself. Apparently I did just about everything exactly the way I should have; he only took off points for minor things. It was Dr. DeMaio (with whom I did my research project earlier), so I halfway expected him to nickel-and-dime me since he knows what I should be capable of.

On the other hand, my Advanced Object Oriented Methods class isn’t going so well. Continuing my trend of not doing anything in the class, I just didn’t feel like doing the assignment yesterday. Or today. It’s due in roughly nine and a half hours, and I can’t bring together the will to start the last assignment. I’m really starting to question whether or not it’s worth trying at all. Having looked at the final, I’m not sure I’ll be able to answer many of the questions, so it’s likely I’ll get an F in the class anyways. I know I should try to pass anyways, and if I don’t I’m discarding the opportunity entirely, but it’s a hard mentality to get out of.