Ramblings of a Disturbed Mind

I'm really not as dumb as I look!

   Tue, April 29, 2008 - 4:56 PM
I think my professor must have sent the e-mail to the wrong person. It had my e-mail address on it. It said something to the effect of: "Sorry, you'll have to settle for 100."
My first thought was "no..." followed by "really?" and much disbelief.

You must understand, yesterday was a very full day for me. For starters, my shoulder didn't feel any better. I oozed into the shower at 6:30 am. Econ started at 8. I spent my 3 hour break doing my graphics homework. I went to Structural analysis at noon and learned about setting up a matrix to apply the "stiffness method" for finding joint diplacement. I immediately disregarded everything we learned in that class in order to study some last minute stuff for my structural analysis exam, which started at 2:30. I also needed to eat lunch. My shoulder is KILLING me. I've been studying and working problem left-handed. I sat down at my test. I worked the first 3 problems by 3:00, had a fourth done by 3:30. I had an hour and a half to do the last problem: a shear and moment diagram. We've been doing these since last semester, right? How bad can it be? After struggling through 45 minutes of miserable calculations, I realized I had written a distance down wrong, meaning I solve for a reaction and got it wrong. Everything else is based off of these reactions. I knew the diagram didn't look quite right. I started over. I checked and double checked numbers. I had the shear diagram drawn, and had values I wanted for the moment diagram, but had yet to draw thge graph. The TA says, "You have 10 minutes remaining." I got nervous. I labeled values quickly. I tried to draw a pretty parabola. I tried to estimate my cubic curve, and I tried for a nice, accurate slope between them. I looked over my test one last time to make sure I had answered what was asked. I turned it in. I knew it was in the vicinity of 5pm. I raced to a lab to print off my e-mail about the Chi Epsilon initiation. It started at 5:30. Luckily, I had dressed and bejewelled myself for the event at 7 in the morning. I was initiated. It was a neat event. We convened to dinner at 23rd Street Brewery. Ryan initially headed for Free State Brewery, but we made it regardless. I had a delicious dinner while chatting with Dr. Darwin and fellow students. And Ryan, too. When we got home, I collapsed in bed, watched the end of Charlie Wilson's War, and fell asleep. I slept soundly. I forgot I had taken a test until I recieved the e-mail tonight. Ryan said my hands were shaking when he caught up with me after the test. Perhaps it was adrenaline?
I remind myself now: I AM an honors student. A score of 100 is not out of the realm of possibility. However, I will still enjoy my couple minutes of gloat!



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Tue, April 29, 2008 - 5:57 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Some of us are not very surprised with the score of 100. But, sometimes we are surprised you survive your own stress. We're just glad you're still with us! And glad your initiation was enjoyable. They didn't make you strip and get spanked did they?
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 5:55 AM
Big Congratulations!!
Sounds like you definitely worked for your moment of gloat -- enjoy!! Yeesh..... be careful not to burn yourself out at that pace! *sends virtual hug*