The Physics of Physics

I did it.

I wrote my physics exam. Truth be told, I had given up on it a week ago. I was gonna let this one slide, accept my crappy mark, and chalk it up to experience.( to never break up at the beginning of a term.) But then I had visions of myself sitting there, staring at the questions having no idea how to solve them, beads of sweat forming on my forehead, and butterflies swirling in my stomach. I got very scared. So I studied. Not only that, I made a b-line for the uni bookstore and bought the 2005 physics textbook, student solutions manual, and a book of multiple choice questions.($200+) I studied like a maniac for two days, only breaking for class or when I physically couldnt handee it anymore. I was counting down the hours.

Suddenly I found myself staring at the opscan sheet, with nothing but a pencil, calculator, 1.5 hours, and my brain.

The thing about the phyics exams here is you never know what they're gonna throw at you. You can study the simple stuff and they'll have really hard Q's, or you can prepare for a tiger test and they hit you with a fuzzy kitten. This one was somewhere in between. A fuzzy tiger. Or maybe a black and orange kitten.
Anyhoo, I think I did pretty good. Better than I would have if I had bypassed the studying. But you never really know how you did until you get it back. My first exam I thought I did awesome and I only got 60. My second, I thought I did so-so and I ended up with a 86. My goal is to finish physics with at least an 85, so I gotta work really hard. (Currently at 75) Marks wont be in for a good 1-2 weeks, but I'll let you know the results.