Frustration

It is time for mid-terms. It seems as though all of my professors got together and discussed when and what kind of tests would really throw me off. Yesterday was my first of three this week, along with two mid-term replacement papers for other classes. The test yesterday was on Shakespeare. I studied a ton, with two different people even, to discuss their perspectives on the plays and to compare notes. I felt really good going into the testing center. I handed my student ID to the student employee working the desk there, she handed me my test and said "it's timed."

My jaw dropped and I am sure that my eyes bugged out of my skull. "It is?!" I asked. "Yeah", she said, "you have like 45 minutes...its not a big deal." Not a big deal? I wanted to yell at her, but then I thought maybe it was my professor's fault for not telling us it was timed. I had even asked in class, "about how long will the test take?" he responded "I would give myself more than an hour." I assumed that because it was timed, he must have given us a different test instead of the one he gave us a review sheet to study for.
"oh well." I thought to myself. "If it's timed for only 45 minutes, then it must not be that hard."

WRONG!

It was ALL essay and short answer. There is no way that ANYONE could take that test in the time they gave me. I freaked. And I not being the best test taker in the world anyway, was so nervous, I am positive there were questions that I missed just because I was rushing and was freaking out. Needless to say, it was a bad experience and my professor is going to be having a bad experience today in class. We're going to have a little heart to heart chat on his skills of being an "educator." Don't worry. I will try to be nice.

And if it so happens that my Professor is not at fault, but it was in fact the STUDENT employee's fault (very likely) then that girl is going to get an ear full. If i do poorly it will be because i was rushing through it because SHE told me I had to. Therefore, she is messing with my education and the outcome of my GPA which is necessary for me to achieve my goal of getting my MFA someday.

Testing center girl, if you ever, ever, for some reason stumble upon this, and if this mishap IS your fault,thank you so much for messing with not only my mid-term exam, but in the long run, with my life goals.

Dream wrecker.

So hopefully the rest of my mid-terms go A LOT better. They have to be better than that...right?