Finals Season

I HATE FINALS IN THIS COUNTRY.

Seriously, from my experience with the tests in this school system... the exams are just like, hey you see those 500 slides or so on information? Yeah half of them are random illegible diagrams and tables or seemingly supplemental examples of transgenic organisms.. Question 1: What color was the mouse on slide 34.

Real life though, the exams I have taken so far require you to memorize EVERYTHING because you have no idea which detail the professor will decide to ask you, and then just vomit information on the test. No understanding of concept or process, just which gene number was changed to create the FLAV tomatoes. Like WHAT?!

It's funny because at tech I was never afraid I would fail a class. Normally going into the final I am borderlining A/B or B/C but I was normallyyy pretty confident that I would be able to hold my B. Here it's like, well let's play Russian Roulette. Maybe the professor will decide to blow your brains by asking you what a DNA sequencing technique is referring it by the name of the guy who developed it instead of the name of the technique (Rocher 454 v. Pyrosequencing. Really??)

I have taken two finals. Well actually 2 tests and a final. The final I had today was Molecular Bio which is what the above references. I don't know if I passed. I think I knew at least 25 of the 50 questions but I don't know if word for word regurgitation is required.. I also took Microbio monday but that was a partial test. Of course I decided to memorize every single type antibiotic and bacteria and such that was in the notes but she decided not to ask ANY of that. Instead some random things that were in a table that was poorly imagined from the book that I didn't feel like straining my vision to read. Pretty sure I failed that which means I need to take the recuperation test. Normally it's in July but seeing I leave Valencia next week I will be taking it next week if need be.... I got an 8 out of 10 on the first section which was the 3rd highest grade in my class... so even if I get like a 4 on this one I would still technically pass but I don't want a C in a class that I KNOW I can get at least a B in. GT instincts kicking in....

I have Statistics monday. This class is the one I am legitimately worried about failing. I only need to get  a 3/10 on the final which seems doable.. OH WAIT I got a 2.4 and a 1.8 on the two partial exams. Hurray for getting no partial credit on a 4 question each with 5 parts exam. You mess up the degrees of freedom in part A, so longgg 3.3 points. I cried to her a bit and told her my HOPE sob story. I think I will pass but seriously if she had given me partial credit on the test, I would of gotten a 7.

SOO here is to  a frustrated Camila studying for the third week in a row missing tons of going away parties and such. Yes I know I have had a partylicious semester so I shouldn't complain about having to study finally. The thing is I don't mind studying when I know it pays off. The amount I have studied I would hope to be passing with flying colors... but it really seems to have no direct correlation. Here it seems like the professor wants to fail you or at least trip you up and then you can retake it in July.

WHEN IN SPAIN... take classes that aren't real and full of other Erasmus students. I brought this upon myself taking real classes... Microbiology, Statistics, Molecular Biology... I can honestly say that I have learned nothing of value this semester. How to memorize and make excuses...