Hmm, direct correlation between frequency of blog entries and readership? Likely.
I spent all of last week catching up on Greek and getting ready for my Latin exam. I felt awful about my Greek quiz on Friday - it was right before my Latin midterm and I really didn't give it any study time given how frantic I was about Latin. I started using a totally awesome resource from UVIC to help me study: this website is wonderful. Aside from the minor flaws, it has really got me going on reviewing previous chapters, especially the crossword at the end of every unit. I love crossword puzzles!!
So how did my Latin midterm go? Well, I'm fairly comfortable with it actually. I was the last person to finish and when I handed it in I decided I either knew my stuff of was totally and blissfully ignorant of the material. We'll see tomorrow. Here's hoping I killed it in a good way. I know already there were several mistakes that I made, but I'm hoping that overall I put in a good enough effort to get a decent mark. I could use the confidence boost!
The oddest thing happened to me though when I came home from the midterm: I had my chill time and then I wanted to keep studying! I wanted to study for the sake of knowing the material. That has never happened to me with a language before. I've never viewed Latin as a reward in itself - this was a pleasant surprise and I'm hoping this new drive sticks around for a while!
In slightly less educational news, Guitar Hero III for the Wii came out. My fingers are raw from playing. I'm glad my drive showed up last week, I'm going to need it until the newfun-ness of this game wears off!
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Big old Saturday night! Yeah!
Spending my Saturday night at home...likely doing Latin. Woo!! Ha ha...
The week ended out nicely - the new book was helpful to have, though I've not got any of my handy penciled-in notes in the new one. Maybe one day when I'm really bored I'll go about adding the more important ones in, but for now I'll just keep both books at hand.
So guess what happened to me on Friday? I woke up at 7:30, had my shower, ate my breakfast and started reviewing for my quizzes that day. Nothing unusual here (unless you count the wake-up time!). Then I'm doing the dishes while watching Martha, just after 10 AM when it finally dawns on me - my Greek class started at 10!! For whatever reason, I had it in my head that it was 11:30. That was a shock. So I grabbed all my books and ran out to the bus. I made it to class half an hour late, but there was no way I wasn't going to show up at all! Thankfully the class is a little slow-moving right now and I had only missed going over the rest of the vocabulary list in our text. It's also a good thing that the quiz is always given at the end of class. No harm done.
Doug and I got the chance to chat after Greek, which was pretty awesome. He's in my Greek class too and we seem to have a fair bit in common (aside from him being American and currently sick). He's also got pretty good taste in music, a clever blog and a similarily low tolerance for stupidity in the classroom.
Latin was better for some reason on Friday. I think what we're going over now might be something that professor #6 taught us at Carleton when I took Latin II over in 2006. Or I'm just finally "getting it." Whatever it is, I'm thankful! The quiz wasn't too awful either...mind you, I haven't gotten it back, so it could really go either way. We'll see on Monday.
In the mean time, I thought I'd post some stellar marks I've been getting in Greek - one is a quiz and the other is my homework assignment. I suppose I'd really like to know how other people are doing in the class too, but I guess all that really matters is how I'm doing. Still...the competitive side of me is dying to know how many of my fellow classmates I'm trouncing in the marks department.
The week ended out nicely - the new book was helpful to have, though I've not got any of my handy penciled-in notes in the new one. Maybe one day when I'm really bored I'll go about adding the more important ones in, but for now I'll just keep both books at hand.
So guess what happened to me on Friday? I woke up at 7:30, had my shower, ate my breakfast and started reviewing for my quizzes that day. Nothing unusual here (unless you count the wake-up time!). Then I'm doing the dishes while watching Martha, just after 10 AM when it finally dawns on me - my Greek class started at 10!! For whatever reason, I had it in my head that it was 11:30. That was a shock. So I grabbed all my books and ran out to the bus. I made it to class half an hour late, but there was no way I wasn't going to show up at all! Thankfully the class is a little slow-moving right now and I had only missed going over the rest of the vocabulary list in our text. It's also a good thing that the quiz is always given at the end of class. No harm done.
Doug and I got the chance to chat after Greek, which was pretty awesome. He's in my Greek class too and we seem to have a fair bit in common (aside from him being American and currently sick). He's also got pretty good taste in music, a clever blog and a similarily low tolerance for stupidity in the classroom.
Latin was better for some reason on Friday. I think what we're going over now might be something that professor #6 taught us at Carleton when I took Latin II over in 2006. Or I'm just finally "getting it." Whatever it is, I'm thankful! The quiz wasn't too awful either...mind you, I haven't gotten it back, so it could really go either way. We'll see on Monday.
In the mean time, I thought I'd post some stellar marks I've been getting in Greek - one is a quiz and the other is my homework assignment. I suppose I'd really like to know how other people are doing in the class too, but I guess all that really matters is how I'm doing. Still...the competitive side of me is dying to know how many of my fellow classmates I'm trouncing in the marks department.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A little of this, a little of that
What I can't quite understand about these classmates of mine, is why they spend so much time fighting with the professor over things they're not likely to have an impact upon...say, oh, the way the professor chooses to mark! If she is used to marking in that manner, live with it and stop looking for ways to improve your odds at a better mark through less work.
Appropriately enough, both my classes are plagued with senseless commenters. Was university always like this?
I feel quite bad for a girl who just picked up our Greek class today...that's a heap of information to have missed! Silently I was thankful that we didn't do a refresher for her though, nor was anyone asked to help bring her up to speed - it appears she knows someone in the class anyway. Man, what horrid course selection is that on her part. Poor thing.
I'm happy to report that I received a 5.5/5 on my Greek quiz. I'm on a little Greek roll....or should that be a dolmathakia...hee hee...
So to recap where I'm at...
Greek: feeling good about the alphabet, pronunciation, accents and getting started on the first declension. No feelings of dread, nothing I can't handle. Looking forward to the thinning of the class next semester and possibly building a new peer group, since, you know, everyone I did my BA with is gone!
Latin: feeling not-so-hot here, feels like some major concepts may have flown over my head in previous classes and I'm having trouble picking up the pieces. In all honesty, I would benefit from some more structure in my study...I might have to buy myself an egg timer and set out allotments each day of what I should cover.
Appropriately enough, both my classes are plagued with senseless commenters. Was university always like this?
I feel quite bad for a girl who just picked up our Greek class today...that's a heap of information to have missed! Silently I was thankful that we didn't do a refresher for her though, nor was anyone asked to help bring her up to speed - it appears she knows someone in the class anyway. Man, what horrid course selection is that on her part. Poor thing.
I'm happy to report that I received a 5.5/5 on my Greek quiz. I'm on a little Greek roll....or should that be a dolmathakia...hee hee...
So to recap where I'm at...
Greek: feeling good about the alphabet, pronunciation, accents and getting started on the first declension. No feelings of dread, nothing I can't handle. Looking forward to the thinning of the class next semester and possibly building a new peer group, since, you know, everyone I did my BA with is gone!
Latin: feeling not-so-hot here, feels like some major concepts may have flown over my head in previous classes and I'm having trouble picking up the pieces. In all honesty, I would benefit from some more structure in my study...I might have to buy myself an egg timer and set out allotments each day of what I should cover.
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