Reflection Upon The Midterm

Well I'm glad thats over. For one, pumping out these blog posts isn't nearly as annoying or difficult as I had imagined it to be. Mostly because its a train of thought sort of process that allows me to write down whatever comes to mind without fear of correction or correcting what I write. Obviously I'm going to make sure everything is grammatically sound, but there's no need to perfect the style in which it is written. Anyway, back to the point of this blog. I finished the midterm at around 1:26PM Pacific Time and walked away feeling somewhat accomplished. I had completed the first half of my first college humanities course and I felt that one, I had actually learned a lot, and two, that I might not have failed the midterm. While I had procrastinated studying until the two days before the midterm I had already felt somewhat knowledgable because the material that we were learning was interesting and therefore easier to retain. I only hoped that during the midterm I wasn't hit with a wave of stupidity as everything I had learned instantly vanished from my brain. Luckily, this was not the case. Instead I recognized five out of the six identifications (lucky me) and had been looking at the images that were on the test earlier that morning. In addition the essay question was comparing Erasmus and Hans Behem. I had completely read peasant fires and found it interesting and I had ready Erasmus' colloquy earlier that week and had also paid attention. Who knew that paying attention and finding the material interesting could help you on the test? The only slip-up I had was that halfway through my brain completely forgot about the word for those things that you pay for to get time off your time spent in purgatory (indulgences..duh) and I was super stressed that I wouldn't remember what they were called. I just left empty spaces in my writing and moved on then came back to them when I finally remembered the word.. Indulgences. I guess in the style of Kathy Stewart we can blame Satan for that one. Overall though I think I did pretty well. I'll definitely be disappointed if I see anything less than a B in my gradebook.