I took my last final this afternoon. I am glad this term is over. I was stressing out way too much this term. Now I have two weeks before my first on-campus class of the summer term.
The final I took today was for Writing 122. I have been getting good grades in this class all term and I think I may end up with an "A". I was worried about this class before I took it, but it seems that I was, once again, worried for no good reason. I am really happy with the way my last essay turned out. And I learned a lot about the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission since my last two essays were about it. There was an emphasis placed on critical reading and writing in this class. I tried to read critically before, but this class really helped get more practice with this. I think that these are important skills that most people either never develop or they just stop doing it for whatever reason. There wouldn't be so many crackpot conspiracy theories and Fox News, Glenn Beck, and Rush Limbaugh would probably not survive for long in their present forms. Our government, our economy, and entertainment would most likely be very different. You may be thinking about things, but if you discard critical thinking, you have already lost the battle.
I also had my math final on Monday. I studied a lot for it and needed to get an "A" on my final to even have a chance for an "A" as my overall grade. I didn't wait around to see what my grade was as the instructor said he would have final grades posted by this afternoon. I must have done pretty well because I did get an "A" for my final grade. That is a relief. There are still a couple of things I'm fuzzy on but I have a pretty good understanding of the material. I will not be taking any math classes over the summer because I want to take this same instructor for as long as possible, and he will be teaching Math 251 (Calculus I) this fall. And I'm pretty sure he will be teaching Math 252 after that. Then I will still need two statistics classes if I want to major in Economics (I'm still trying to figure out my major).
All I will say about my Humanities class is that I'm glad its over. I might have gotten a "C" in this class. Let us never speak of this again.
I am going camping this weekend. I didn't even go once last year and this might be my only chance this year. Every year, a group of guys I know goes camping on this same weekend. This will be my second time camping with them, although I have stopped by and hung out with them a bunch of time before this. It should be fun. As of today, the weather is supposed to clear up after Thursday night and be nice for the next week. Erik and I will be going out Friday morning and setting up camp before anyone else gets there that afternoon. The normal spot is about 10 miles north of Detroit Lake, is on the river, in the mountains, and away from the city. It should be fun and relaxing.
I got into all four classes I wanted to take this summer. Three of them are online. I'm still trying to convince myself that I should get a part-time job. It might happen. I will wait until after classes start to see what kind of time I have available. But I really don't want to work while I'm in school. If I come across a job that is ridiculously easy and I can study while I'm working I will probably take it, but I'm not holding my breath.
I was going to do something special for my 100th post on this blog, but I seem to have missed the chance. This is post # 102. Maybe I'll do something for post # 200. You'll just have to wait for it.
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