end of class, end of finals - not quite the end
Argh. I must complain. I cannot believe that the final for the one and only class we had this quarter was so freaking hard. I’m afraid I won’t pass this class and will have to take it again next year. I’m bummed because although we’ve taken three tests already in the class, we’ve only gotten ONE of them back, and that wasn’t until this morning, just before the final. I almost had a heart attack because my test was completely out of order, somewhere in the middle of the stack instead of near the end. When I finally did find it, the grade indicated made me even more depressed - the very reason I’m scared of not passing the class. Now, sidenote, I’m not going to fail, but we have to maintain a certain grade to pass a class, and I’m scared I won’t get a good enough grade to pass. And this is because of the one test I got back today, and because the final was so hard. Three parts, two not bad, but the last was this was anal-retentive prof’s section, where we were asked too many detailed questions. I honestly cannot remember all that stuff for one test, but also a large part of my brain refuses to memorize most of that stuff anyway, when I know if I need it later, I can look it up. I had that problem as an undergrad too, and thought we’d be tested on more broad concepts as graduate students. Not the case, I see. Thank goodness it’s only one year of classes at this program. 
