So, I'm studying chemistry -- a lot! My exam is in less than 48 hours now, and while I'm not exactly panicking, I'd feel much better about things if I hadn't missed so much time.
I spent a good chunk of this morning sitting under a large Periodic Table, featuring its inventor -- Dmitri Mendeleyev -- in the corner. It was kind of like having a loving great-uncle watching over me as I toiled away.
Logically, I know there's nothing to worry about. There really is no danger of me failing the course. I crunched the numbers today, and I have something like 47 out of 50 possible marks going into the exam. The exam itself is worth 50 percent of my final mark, and I figured out today that if I get about 82% on it, I'll get the mark I want on my transcript. I like A+ as a mark -- it makes me happy. :) (It will also help to undo some of the damage to my transcript from The Great Hibernation of 1995-1996.)
Most of the chemistry material is stuff I'm confident I've conquered. Now I'm just wrestling with the stuff we did on organic chemistry. It's getting there -- slowly but surely. I've been eating, breathing and sleeping chemistry for days now, and plan to continue doing so until I hand in my exam.
It's a toss-up over what I'll dream about tonight -- Uncle Dmitri or his demented cousin, Ethyl Methyl Ether.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Hangin' with Dmitri...
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Periodically, I can see you sitting at my table, sipping a glass of H20, while breathing in some Oxygen, in it's purest form.
LOL
Okay, it's almost 11 p.m. and I ALMOST failed 1st year chemistry in High School - I thought I did pretty darn good, with this word play... all things considering! har har
Good luck, my friend!!! I KNOW you can do this!
May the teacher put a blue sticky star on your exam! *VBG*
Rosa
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