The End is Nigh

I should be working on my two final paper. But, true to form, I'm procrastinating. One is more or less done, although I'll probably still make minor changes to it throughout the night. Cause that's how I roll. It's due in class (last one!) tomorrow morning. This is for my Economics of Green Power class. My paper is on residential conservation/efficiency measures and using energy service companies (ESCOs) to finance retrofits and upgrades. Exciting, huh? I'll bet you can hardly control yourself. I was surprised at how much farther we can go with relatively little effort in these areas. They are a big reason our country's net energy use has gone flat even though we have more people and way more electronic devices. I think I'll get a solid B in this class. Possibly an A, but I kind of doubt it. I suppose it depends if he grades on a curve and if he does, how the others are doing compared to me. We will see.

My other paper (group project) is the one I mentioned before. It needs a lot of work still. I've spent a ton of time on this already and will be glad when it's done. Our group is apparently meeting tomorrow at 2 to get it wrapped up. We have until 11pm Friday night to post our paper. I've been dreading writing up coherent summaries of what we found, where we went wrong, recommendations, etc. I'm pretty confident we will address a lot of this tomorrow. And I'll have a couple of hours to kill between my last class (ends at 11:20) and when we meet. I haven't even finished addressing the last few issues with my own section of the paper - background/literature review. I was lulled into over-satisfaction by the praise the professor gave it during his recorded video critique (this guy is a gadget and tech freak). Tomorrow is also the last time this class will meet. I will still have a referee report due on another student's final paper, but it's not due until the last day of finals week. I might get an A in this class. I've done pretty well in most of the areas of grading (there are a bunch and they are a little complicated and somewhat arbitrary - more ADD stuff from this guy) and I am above average in almost all the areas, some by quite a bit. This professor does grade on a curve. But I don't know what kind of distribution he uses so I may only rate a B. Not that I would be disappointed with a B. This class has been challenging, confusing, stressful, and rewarding. I loved/hated it.

Our last regular class for Energy Economics was today. Our final exam is on Tuesday morning. I found this class very interesting and informative. Because of my great interest in the subject, I found it relatively easy to absorb the material. It didn't hurt that I really like the professor. I wish he taught more classes than the two I already had with him. We spent the last two class periods going over what will be on the final. I've been through this before and pretty much know what to expect. His classes are one of the few that I don't stress out about finals. At least not very much. That doesn't mean I won't have to study for the test. I'll have all weekend and Monday to do that. I think there is a pretty good chance of an A if I do well on the final. But my midterm was an A- so I'll have to get at least that on the final. Professor Katz also grades on a curve. I think the grad students get graded separately though, so I won't have to compete with them for my grade.