FIRST TEST RESULTS ARE IN...

I TOOK FOUR TESTS LAST WEEK AND THE RESULTS ARE IN.

CALCULUS: 92
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PERFECT 100. I LOST TWO POINTS ON ONE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH MY ANSWERS WERE RIGHT; I LEFT OUT A DASH TO SIGNIFY WHICH LIMIT I WAS CALCULATING (ALTHOUGH IT WAS IMPLIED BY MY WORK). BUT THAT'S FINE, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE REASON HE TOOK OFF POINTS THERE. THE OTHER FOUR POINTS WERE DUE TO A SIMPLE CALCULATING ERROR. I CAN BLAME IT IN PART ON THE CALCULATOR I WAS USING. I KNOW I KNOW. LAME EXCUSE, BUT LET ME EXPLAIN. I'M USED TO USING MY TRUSTY TI-83 GRAPHING CALCULATOR, BUT WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO USE GRAPHING CALCULATORS, SO I HAVE TO USE THIS OTHER ONE THAT IS ALL BACKWARDS. I'M JUST NOT USED TO THE WAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ENTER THE EQUATIONS ON THIS THING. ANYWAY, MY ANSWER FOR THIS PROBLEM CAME OUT TO BE 1/4. WELL, COINCIDENTALLY, 1/4 WAS ONE OF THE CHOICES, SO I MARKED IT DOWN THINKING THERE WAS NO NEED TO CHECK MY WORK (SEEING AS HOW MY ANSWER CAME OUT TO BE EXACTLY ONE OF THE CHOICES). THE CLASS AVERAGE FOR THIS TEST WAS AN 86.

PHYSICS: 100
NEED I SAY MORE?

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS: 89
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS SCORE. THE TEST WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN I WAS EXPECTING, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY THOROUGH WITH IT AND I ONLY REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH ONE QUESTION AT THE END, WHICH I WOUND UP GETTING MOSTLY RIGHT (EXCEPT FOR TWO LINES THAT I ENDED UP ERASING!). I WAS A LITTLE ANNOYED WITH THE REASONS THAT I GOT SOME QUESTIONS WRONG. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE QUESTION WAS, "WHEN LETTERING, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE?" THERE WERE REALLY ONLY TWO ANSWER CHOICES THAT MADE ANY SENSE. ONE WAS "ALWAYS USE GUIDELINES." THE OTHER WAS, "ALWAYS USE THE END OF THE PENCIL WITH THE LEAD PROTRUDING." I'M NOT KIDDING. I SAT THERE FOR A MINUTE LOOKING AT IT WONDERING IF IT WAS SOME SORT OF JOKE. I REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS GOOD TO USE GUIDELINES, BUT I THOUGHT THAT, MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, YOU NEED TO USE THE PROPER END OF YOUR PENCIL. I MEAN, WHAT GOOD ARE GUIDELINES GOING TO DO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO WRITE WITH YOUR ERASER?! I GOT IT WRONG. IT TURNS OUT THAT USING GUIDELINES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN MAKING SURE YOU USE THE LEAD END OF YOUR PENCIL. I WAS A LITTLE ANGRY. I LOST OTHER POINTS FOR FORGETTING A COUPLE OF CENTER LINES ON SOME COMPLEX DRAWINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLASS AVERAGE WAS FOR THIS TEST, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE FAILED IT OR DIDN'T DO WELL. SHE'S GIVING AN EXTRA CREDIT QUIZ BECAUSE OF HOW BAD MOST PEOPLE DID. I GUESS THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER, BUT I'M STILL MAD I DIDN'T GET AN A.

TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING: A?
I'M NOT SURE WHAT I GOT YET. HE'LL HAVE IT GRADED BY TOMORROW. THIS WAS JUST A STUPID PUNCTUATION TEST SO I THINK I'LL BE FINE. IF I DIDN'T GET AN A ON THIS TEST I'M QUITTING.