Well its time. My first semester’s mid-terms are upon me.
This coming week I have a mid-term in World Literature (Monday), English Composition (Tuesday), and in Application of Information Technology (Friday) otherwise known as Computer class.
The World Lit mid-term should be interesting. The teacher seems to be somewhat vague when describing how we’ll be graded at the end of the year and to-date my observation is if she likes you you’ll do good, if she doesn’t you won’t. Suffice it to say skills obtained from being the son of Scot Jefferies have been in heavy use. In fact, myself and two other students are now competing against each other to see who can suck up the most!
The English Comp mid-term should be a breeze. The teacher is one of those funny people who believe everyone should be positively encouraged at every turn. Plus I’m a native speaker and the least of her problems. Even though I was home-teached I know what the basic essay outline consists of.
Computer class should be another weird one. The teacher thinks I’m pretty much the coolest person on earth….bonus. In this class again, I’m one of the least of the teacher’s worries as other students have never even used Excel in some cases or don’t understand the concepts behind “If” codings, etc., in others. The twist on this class is the teacher seems convinced we should be moving at the same pace as the classes she’s taught in the US (She’s an ABC, American Born Chinese, from Indiana and moved here to be a missionary and does this to support herself) and is frustrated by the language barrier as well as what she perceives as continual shaftings from the university. Maybe the test will be harder than I think it will be? I just don’t know. Plus she has a funny way of wording instructions sometimes so I don’t know if I’ll understand whats being asked of me.
Next week I’ll have the hard mid-terms. Calculus, Accounting, and Economics are all next week so this coming weekend will be harder as far as the studying goes. I feel pretty good about those three even though they’re going to be harder. I get Accounting and how to logically approach it, I have an amazing Calculus teacher and even though its hard I should do ok as long as I prepare. Economics is getting harder and I basically have to learn it by myself because of the teacher but its not to difficult thus far to understand and apply common-sense to so we should be A-ok there at least for right now. God is good!
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