Well, yesterday I received my test score on my final exam for my American Government class at St. Petersburg College. Dum, dum, dum...
100 percent!
It was an essay test, exactly like all the other tests in that particular class. I actually don't much care for essay tests, for a number of reasons. I'm someone who has written quite a bit in my life, and I always feel like, at least in my case, writing has to be "inspired". Therefore, trying to "inspire myself" to write a lengthy essay about subject matter that I don't find particularly inspiring or interesting, can be a chore.
Back when people used typewriters instead of word processors, it sometimes becomes the equivalent of rolling a nice, clean, white sheet of paper into the typewriter, setting the margins, sliding the platen over to the right, hearing that little "ding" of the typewriter's bell, then staring blankly at that foreboding white page. For what seems like hours. But this time around, even though I didn't care about the material, I was able to find a good "slant" on each of the topics of the exam so I was able to dredge up some good material to fill out the pages of my essay paper.
So, final grades are not yet posted, but I'm expecting an "A". According to the syllabus for this class that was posted by the instructor, eighty percent of our final grade will be based on our test scores, with the other twenty percent based on class participation and assignments. I actually blew off two assignments this time around, one because I was just too sick to sit upright and do it, the other because I just procrastinated until past the deadline. My test scores were two 100's and a 97. So, based on that, I don't see how I can't get an overall "A".
I'll let you know as soon as the grade is posted. Until then, I'm going to kick my Statistics class into high gear.