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Old 12-13-2009, 03:01 AM
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For those of you in school, is the worst part of the semester over for you yet?
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Old 12-13-2009, 03:03 AM
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Old 12-13-2009, 04:06 AM
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In my experience finals are overrated. There no harder than any other tests during the year, its just taht all the classes have them the same week. I laugh at the people who pull all nighters then get pissed that the test was easy and they diod all that for nothing. I jsut go about like normal and have no problem. School ends the 18th for me.
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Old 12-13-2009, 04:11 AM
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In grad school, we have few actual exams, unless you're taking undergrad-level Calc/Stat classes, as I am. My Stat final was tonight, and it was the last thing I had to do for the semester.

But I did have to write a whole bunch of papers. I turned in one that was 50 pages on Monday. I actually kind of miss the days when it was all tests.

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Old 12-13-2009, 04:13 AM
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damn! lucky, i have exams all this week. oh well
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Old 12-13-2009, 04:19 AM
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Yeah, 50 pages does seem pretty damn intense, my longest ever assighned was 10. Im all tests, and mostly multiple choice, but if i ahd to do 50 page papers id flip.
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Old 12-13-2009, 04:27 AM
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It's not quite as bad as it seems. In a typical seminar paper for a social sciences class, the first 10 pages are always introduction and review of the literature by other scholars. Then you have a section where you talk about the methodology you're using (whether qualitative or quantitative). Then you do the analysis, which is basically just describing data or going over case studies. Once you've taken enough classes, it's pretty formulaic, so it doesn't seem that hard. It's just a matter of planning.

But it's still not something I look forward to.
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Old 12-13-2009, 04:33 AM
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I have to take finals 2 weeks after break, so no, it's not over. At least I'm done with that useless waste of my time known as Comm Apps (aka Speech) and PE, which I didn't really participate in because I pinched a nerve a couple months into school.
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Old 12-13-2009, 05:25 AM
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I hated school... the other kids hated me, the teachers hated me... it was a generally difficult time for me.
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Old 12-13-2009, 05:36 AM
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Most teachers love me (I'm really quiet, do my work and don't act like a douche like the other kids) the other kids leave me alone(because I'm quiet and look like I could knock all their teeth out) but I generally dislike my peers because most of them are really stupid and the smart ones have WAAY different interests than me
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