Errgghh…
My test today did not go as well as I had planned. I still did okay (it was an open-note test), but I made a bunch of stupid mistakes that were caused by the cardinal sin of test takers: I did not read the directions. How many times did my 3rd grade teacher tell me to read the directions first? Obviously, not enough.
While my instinct is to beat myself up about this, I’m trying to just move past it. If I was going to mess up, it may as well be on a pre-test that does not affect my GPA. The one positive thing is this: I didn’t miss any of the hard stuff. It’s the stupid, little stuff that tripped me up. As Danny pointed out “You would have read the instructions three times if it were a final. Don’t stress over it.” This is true.
On a positive note, I think my presentation went fairly well. Even though I went into verbal rapid-fire mode half way through, I remained confident throughout the speech. I know I have plenty of stuff to work on, but at least I didn’t underperform in one of the few things I truly enjoy.
Lead week starts on Monday. We also got our class schedule today. It makes sense in a weird way. Let’s just say that I’ll be at school a lot, but I won’t have to be there at 8:30am everyday. This is a good thing….at least for this quarter.