I mentioned in my Poland blog that I had a marathon paper writing session the night before I left, because my draft was due that Monday and I was determined to turn in a full draft and not an outline. Well, the week after I got back I realized that I had no idea what I was supposed to know about Belvoir Castle (where we went on a field trip earlier that month) so I went to see Dr. Green to 'have a chat' about the upcoming test. So we talk about the test and how I should approach the question blah blah blah, he makes fun of me for being hungover, then he says he has read my paper. Basically he told me that I don't need to change anything, just a few little things, write my conclusion and turn it in. BALLER! I was so excited. Simon de Montfort will forever be my hero, for being so damn interesting that my 2500 word paper is 'excellent'.
So that was awesome. Even better was the fact that I got a freaking A on that test (which I took on Nov. 5th I think), like the complete baller that I am. I thought I did really bad because I didn't write a single date down on it, but oh well. Either I did well or Dr. Green just loves me, either one is fine with me! I also got an A on my British Studies presentation, the one that I stayed up until 3am the night I got BACK from Poland completing! I've also done no worse than a B+ on all of the 5 quizzes we have, so barring a complete failure on this last test I think I'm set for at least a B!
Politics, on the other hand, is a nightmare. I managed to scrape two B's on my papers so the D and the C paper are dropped, but our final is 40% of our grade and I can't motivate myself to try. It's just so boring and uninteresting to me that it is literally painful to get out of bed to go to that class. I don't even want to talk about it.
History is going to kick my ass. I enjoy the subject and it's interesting, but this class is tough, and when you get a study guide with 136 people, places and events that you need to know, out of which she will pick 7, out of which you need to know 4, AND two essay questions . . . even Dr. Bujak looked at it and said, "Well, this is a bitch." I got a B- on the midterm, a B+ on my paper and an okay grade on one of my quizzes, but she hasn't yet graded one of my papers and the final is . . . well, a bitch.
So academically speaking that's where I stand. At least I'm doing well in British Studies, which is my favorite class for a few reasons :) and it's also my easiest one, which some people can't believe. Someone told me that if I would have taken Genetics as well, I would have had the hardest schedule possible at Harlaxton, and I'm pretty sure I believe them.
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