Good News and Bad News

Well the good news is that I made C's in both my History class and my Statistics class. I'm really happy for that. Now the bad news is that I made a D for my final grade in Accounting. My  heart dropped when I saw the grade that was posted. After having a C in the class, that is what I got. I knew that when I walked out after doing my exam, even when I was taking it, that I was going to bomb it. I didn't put forth into studying it at all to tell you the truth, but I deserved that grade for that reason. Ugh, I hate that, but I learned my lesson. I really have to work harder next semester. I think a lot of stressful things that has been going on, didn't help me to concentrate on what I needed to do, but I can't change it now. Well no use to dwell on it, just have to move on. Hope you all did great on your finals and are glad for you grade for those who are finished for this semester. =)

3 More Days to Go

Not to much longer before the semester is over with and boy am I glad. I do dread of having to study, study, study to make sure I can at least pull a C or better on my exams to keep the C grades that I already have. In history, the exams are only 2 five page essays to write which is due on Tuesday.. I only started on the first essay last night with 2 pages of it. I would have started earlier, but I wasn't feeling well the past few days until yesterday when I got up. I'm going to try hard to do both essay before the end of tonight hopefully so that I won't be struggling to try to finish them Monday night into Tuesday morning. At least Statistics, we will be able to use our books, past test, homework and notes to do our exam... Yay! so I will definitely make the two hours useful to make a passing grade. Accounting I defininitely will have to study on. This time, no notes, homework, or book to help me with this. I will have to study off of my past tests. Crossing fingers and everything else that I will pass these courses though. Good luck to everyone else on their exams if you have them coming up to do.

I'm Still Here

I haven't went away or anything, just been busy with a lot of things. There are only like 3 1/2 more weeks of school left for me this semester and it's going to be a busy 3 1/2 weeks. Tons of papers to write, test to do and then exams. With the Thanksgiving break that is coming up too, those weeks are going to go by even quicker. I'm steadily trying to bring up my grade in Statistics to a C. The instructor is assigning more homework assignments to help us out a bit from low test scores that we all are bringing in. My Immediate Accounting I class is ok. I just have to practice the homework assignments that are given, although my first test I didn't do so hot on. I even spent the entire week doing the test before it had to be turned in. I took my time and went through my notes and textbook that we were able to use and still didn't do well. I just have to try harder.

Registration for Spring 2009 classes started this past Monday. I went to my advisor and got what I needed for registering online, although I still have to pay for my parking ticket before I can register for my classes. Trying to do little extra jobs online is what is also keeping me busy so that I can get some extra money for that. Hopefully I will be able to pay it Monday *crossing fingers* So next semester, I'm planning to take only 3 classes to still keep my full time status, but also so that I don't feel overloading and overwhelmed like I was this semester. This weekend I have another take home test to do for Statistics to finish up, a letter to write to an imaginary CEO for my accounting class and then some reading for my history class. I'm planning to get started on my assignments later tonight when the kids, including hubby, are asleep so that I can concentrate on what I need to do.

What Celebrity Does Your Instructor Remind You Of?

Have you ever had an instructor that put you in mind of a celebrity or someone that you may know or have known. My history instructor, from the first day of class, looks like Bill Nye, the Science Guy. lol. Do any of you know that show when it came on, I can't remember when, I know I was early in high school maybe then. But he just puts me in the mind of that person. All he needs is the white lab coat and there you go. I guess you can call the instructor Bill Nye, the History Guy.

So who all has a celebrity instructor on your campus?

Need to Buckle Down in Statistics

So I found out that I'm not doing well in Statistics. I mean not well at all, I have a D in that class so far. Yeah, I was surprised to, but I can see why. The first test we had I didn't do well at all and it was an open book, open note test. Also we only had two assignments that were given to us that needed to be turned in and that's it. I know one of the assignments I got an A, but I'm not sure what I got on my second assignment. So the rest of the rest of this week up until Tuesday night, I am going to take my time to do the test that we have to turn in on Wednesday nights class. I didn't know I was doing so terrible.... ugh.

On another note, I am making a C in history class at the moment, but I don't know what I made for my Accounting I class right now, hopefully a passing one. Monday is when classes start back up and I will be in Immediate Accounting I, another fast track class and hopefully the instructor will be lively as the other one.

Accounting Test, Exam, Midterms and a Parking Ticket

So starting on a happy note, I got a B on the third test in accounting. I had a huge grin on my face, I couldn't believe that I made a B. Everyone in class did well, there weren't any complaints so that ended my night on a good note. I have the exam on Wednesday night along with a project due on the same night in accounting. There is a midterm for History on Tuesday night and then a take home test that will be given to us in Statistics to be done over the fall break.

On the other hand, the same night, I ended up getting a parking ticket on campus. I parked in the designated area, didn't do a speeding violation, didn't park out of line or anything. I got it because my vehicle isn't registered, I guess to use on campus. Over the summer I had to get a new tag and wasn't able to make it to the CCE check-in when they had it at the beginning of August, but I knew that I had to get it registered. You know how things go, a lot of stuff on your mind and plate and a few things just slip. Well I will be paying a big $100 for that slip. I didn't make it in time before the office closed to do so on Thursday, so hopefully Tuesday I can get there early enough to get that done. It's funny though, the one area that I don't normally park in is where I get the ticket. The two areas that I do park out, all the time where I normally just pull into a space, I never gotten a ticket (knock on wood).....

And the Grade Was....

For my accounting test, not a good one, even when the instructor based it on a 10 point scale of the grades like 100-90 is an A, so forth and so on. I was one point from a very low C if I'm calculating it right. The good news is that he will allow us to take the test over if we feel as though it wasn't our best work and that grade can replace the one we got on this test. So I am debating about it. The highest I am allowed to make on it is a 75, so that would be a B. I guess I should go ahead and try to get a better grade on it. I hate falling below a C on things when I know the information. Just looking back through the test it was mostly a few points here and there from where I may have switched things around and the multiple choice hurt me too. It was mainly on definitions kind of. So Monday is when I can take it over, then there is another test that is due at the end of Tuesday night that I have to take for my Accounting class. So that means I have to do a ton of studying this weekend.

I had a take home test and a in class test in my statistics class. We were able to use our notes and textbooks for the take home text and then notes for the in class text. I get the jist of figuring out the problems that are given to me, but when it comes to explaining what it all means, then forget about. So I know there will be points off of that part that needed explaining... sigh. I have one more test for Accounting and then an exam for that class, then it will be on to Immediate Accounting I. At least I won't have to worry about buying anymore textbooks for the next few accounting classes since they will be using the same book.

Another draft essay is due today for my HP: History 101 class in which I finished doing not to long ago. My whole intention was to do it bit by bit, but I didn't know which essay question to do, then didn't really know how to approach and when trying to do it late, late last night.. conflict aroused about so I put it off until this morning. Did I mention, I don't like to write papers... lol. Comprehending literature is not my thing. Give me a few math problems or some science/chemistry questions and I will work that out to death. lol.

It's almost TGIF... woohoo.

My First Graded Essay

Well I received my graded essay today from my instructor by email and it had at the bottom of it B-/C+. I guess that is good, not sure how to read that so I will just have to wait until Tuesday for the instructor to explain how he went about grading it. He wrote that my ideas were explained better although I was still missing the historical information that should have been in it. Well, I have three more essays to write before the end of the semester, so hopefully I will get better at writing them since they all will be a continue from the first essay.

Tomorrow I am suppose to be able to get my reimbursement check from the loan that I received. I definitely need it and it will really help with gas money. So that is one of my task for tomorrow plus try to finish reading stanzas from a poem for my Medieval class. The Song of Roland is one of the books I have to read and as I was going along reading it, I started to understand it and it was pretty interesting so far. Still have some 83 stanzas to read by Tuesday.