80% of the material…
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I am so pissed off at myself/school/professors/every freakin' thing!!
Wait, I need to calm down….think happy thoughts….Christmas time…..hanging out with friends……..getting better…….working at a TV studio……even better………getting a Mac……ok I'm ok now.
But man, I am still so frustrated. Today I got back my first midterm test mark back from school.
I got an 80%. An 80 freakin' percent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To some people 80 is great, and under normal circumstances I would be perfectly fine with an 80. Heck 80 is great for me at times. I'm not saying I'm a poor student. I am pretty decent. Mostly my average is anything in the 80's margin. Sometimes I graduate courses in early 90's. So why the hell am I complaining?!!?!!
It was for Computer Applications. Computer freakin' Applications!!!!!!!!!!!
The most Gosh darn easy course I could ever have in the history of courses for me. I mean come on, I'm supposed to be a whiz kid in computers. I thought I was too. Until today. Apparantly I only know 80 percent of Computers.
Now, I'm not saying that I know everything about computers. I do know a lot, but not everything. Even Massive Computer experts can admit to not knowing everything. But 80?!!!!?!!!!
And I was confident, boy was I confident. Not arrogant to not study. I did study, I honestly did. I had to study about Computer History (which was fun, not happy fun, but fun) and the basics of computers, like RAM, Operating Systems, stuff like that. And we even freakin' use Macs for crying out loud!!! Freakin' Macs!!!!!
So I went into the exam confident, and I even left confident. I was so convinced that I smoked that test, I was afraid the cops would show up wondering what the heck I was smokin' If you know what I mean. I was so convinced!!! So damn freakin' convinced!!!!!
Now my confidence is so freakin' shot that I don't even think I can go into to class today to do another midterm exam. I already took 2 more, confident leaving the test, so who knows what I got now. And this is supposed to be for my future career! I'm supposed to graduate with a really high mark in Broadcasting. I want a really high mark in Broadcasting, and if I can't even get that, what hope is there for me now to even finish with an average grade let alone a good one.
A friend tells me all the time to pray about things if I'm troubled about something, and she's right.
I guess this is where faith comes in huh?
Oh well, it's worth a try.
God, I really need your help right now. You know how I want to excel in this program. You know I want to graduate with a high mark so I could stand out above the crowd, and succeed in Broadcasting. I know there are some study habits that I could change, and I'm sorry if there was anything that I did do wrong, or thought wrong, or be so arrogant enough to believe that I could go in with the knowledge I had and do well in the test. Maybe I was too arrogant to think that the information I was studying was just confirming what I already knew, but when it mattered by actually answering it on a test, I failed. So I'm sorry, and please help me with the rest of my course. I could sure use the help. In Jesus name, Amen.
80 freakin' percent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Sorry, sorry, still a bit emotional.
Hope your week is better than mine.
Steve Saylor “Snowball”
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About The Author
Steve Saylor
Steve Saylor is currently the Web Content Editor at Blackburn Radio in Wingham Ontario for CKNX AM920, 101.7 The ONE and 94.5 The BULL. Steve is a New Media Specialist and has worked in this field since Spring of 2005. He is a self-published author, a techie and a geek. To read more about Steve, click HERE
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