It's been forever and two days since my last post but I'm taking some time to update today's post to see if I can't get back to my more productive habits. We're winding down the end of the summer semester with six or seven tests a week and grades flying every which way. I'm missing a few tests but right now my test average is 67.7 an if that seems low, you should consider that I'm in the upper middle range of my class. The last test we got back I only managed a 57, the highest grade was 89, and the lowest was 34. So yep, I'm right in the middle somewhere between the half Japanese guy and the lazy girl that doesn't study or pay attention in class.
Next week we have a final exam and two weeks later we have a placement exam. I don't even understand what the difference is between the two. If we bomb the final exam they will hold us back to "relearn" the material we're weak on, so it's like having two chances to fail and only one chance to pass. Add on to all that poop'lah the fact that my class is spending an our or two each day preparing the drama and you get the perfect formula for mediocrity. I'd do the usual rant about studying this or practicing that, but I'm basically going to do as little as possible to pass until I get a teacher who changes my mind.
A shining example of why I'm so PO'ed with the current teacher is that she finally gave me the term interview after making me wait for her for five days and she just used it against me. I pointed out that she was only give us half the time that other teachers in the week were giving for kanji tests and that with only 7 minutes I wasn't able to finish. In addition the people from Asian countries that have been writing kanji since they were two have an unfair advantage because they write lightning fast and even if I study harder and know more of the answers they come out with the better grade. To show that she took my concerns into consideration she gave us five minutes to finish the test today.
It especially got under my skin because I was confused about the day and was expecting one of the good teachers to come in. I studied all night, woke up at five to put in a few hours before going to school, and crammed out the last thirty minutes or so in the class room. I knew every single answer but I still missed three because I can't read Japanese, comprehend, and write that quickly. Five minutes for 30 questions is great if you're testing the proficiency of an upper level class but at my level it's just singling me out as the one of a handful of students who don't have a back ground in kanji prior to coming to school.
The main reason I started posting is because I realized I can add a "health" tag to my blog to track any illnesses or problems that come along and see how much of the year I'm at 100%. Last night I was really dizzy and I woke up with blood in my ear, so I wanted to make sure that it's not a re-occuring thing since I'm ignoring it for now. It was just a little blood, how bad could it be?
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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