11.08.2005

day three

this day has not gone as well as the others. one reason is because i'm really tired. this process is exhausting and stressful, so even when i do finally get to go home and go to bed, i haven't slept well because my mind is going crazy thinking of all the things i should have included or that i still need to do in general (like get a damn job if i'm going to move, etc etc).

also, i had to spend part of the day getting grades figured out for the students i teach. they complained to my supervisor that they haven't gotten their last exam back (which they just took on the 27th!), so i had to bust ass and get all of that updated. their complaints and my lack of time meant that i didn't curve the exam like i was thinking about doing.

i still have some work to do on question three and some editing to do on the other two questions, so it is likely that i will be here late tonight. luckily food is on the way. my next exam questions arrive bright and early at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow and are due on saturday at 8:00 a.m. i'm increasingly nervous that i'm not going to pass the oral part of this exam, since a lot of this stuff so far hasn't been on the instant recall. but, i'll jump off that bridge when i get to it.

back to work..

2 comments:

Shells said...

You still rock girl! Just give your eyes little bitty naps every once in a while cuz malfunctioning eyes is bad. i know. ;-) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your oral part is wicked breezy and that you find a job...have you checked the east coast....?? :-)

SaraJ said...

kate, the instant recall thing is bullshit. There are academics who can instantly recall to the page what someone said in a 1971 op-ed piece in "wherethefuckever times" and verbally cite people like it's easy. These people are old usually and they don't have Blinn kids giving them shit. You'll be fine. Things are good. Yes you're tired, but no, you won't fail. It's just not in the cards.
You rock woman! It's all hazing.