Testing, testing...

I remember taking precalc my senior year in high school. I literally put no effort into that class... I probably got a C in the first semester, and I'm pretty sure I failed the second. I hated school, and figured I didn't need it to graduate anyway, so why bother? Lol. Plus, I was busy talking to a guy I had a big crush on, haha. He and I were both failing miserably.

Anyway, I know the teacher was frustrated with us, and at the time, part of me was embarrassed by my lack of effort, but a large part of me didn't care, and the latter won out, lol. I haven't had a lot of this precalculus stuff since that class, and I always wonder what that teacher must have thought of me. I still remember him asking me if I needed to pass the class in order to graduate--even though I didn't need it, I don't think I'll ever forget those words.

So, anyway, I had a precalc test on Monday, and we got them back today. At the top, I saw a big red 88.5% and my heart sank... then I saw the little +6 (from the extra credit), so I actually got a 94.5%. I still can't get past that stupid 88.5, though. I keep making silly mistakes!

The professor is obviously unhappy about the grades on the test. She kept saying, "You need to do the practice problems from the book. If you failed this test, you are going to be struggling." This test actually seemed a bit harder than the review problems, so if students only had a vague idea how to do those, then they were really screwed once the test was given.

I also had my first organic chemistry test yesterday, and I think I did really well.