Strike Force Bowling League

My Bowling Scores from Friday Night:

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O 1 1 7 O

I'll spare you the details...

If you give a mouse a cookie,

Well, midterms are over. It wasn't pretty, but they're over none the less. The aftermath didn't turn out as well as I was hoping though. I'm particularly bummed about that. I really thought I had it all together, and I was prepared. It's a difficult moment when you study more than you ever have in your entire life, and you obtain the lowest scores of your entire life.

How does that happen?

Wait, I recognize this mechanism:
The harder I study, the more I desire to do well.
The more I desire to do well, the more anxious I become.
The more anxious I become, the less I excel during performance.
The less I excel during performance, the more I focus on why I can't answer questions I know I know the answer too.
The more I focus on what I don't know, then less I show what I do know.

It's the whole if you give a mouse a cookie thing! But not nearly as tasty. Gotta love it when children's books explain your life.

I guess that means my real challenge is getting past my test anxiety, huh? Unfortunately, that's a considerably more difficult task than doing some extra studying...

Uff da,

Waha

Condsider the function f(me)

f(me) exist for all values of me such that, birth < me < death

f(me) is a dependent function with several independent variables including Energy, Health, Sleep, Grades, Relationships, Consumption, Stress Level... amongst others.

And neither Re{f(me)} nor the Im{f(me)} = 0

If one were to take the (Df(me)/DE) from the beginning of midterms to the end of midterms, where E = the energy is a function of time, and D represents the partial derivative, it will approach zero as time approaches the end of midterms.

Implying that the partial with respect to energy will approach zero at an exponentially higher rate over the interval of the start of finals to the end of finals. Such implications cause reason to examine the (Df(me)/DH), where H = health, also, a function of time. Unfortunately, it is known that H varies proportionately to E.

Questions?

Waha.

The Midterm Monster

I faintly recall the stress this cruel monster suppressed me with last semester. In fact, I believe I wrote midterms a fairly detailed letter requesting it never return again. But, then, here I am, once again standing below a cloud of bricks awaiting their fall. It's not that I don't like school, it's that I don't like test and I enjoy sleeping. I greatly enjoy doing the work, and this summer, I had no problem doing independent research, learning new things, working new equations, and presenting my findings to my lab team. Test, however, are not a part of the real working world. The entire concept of tests seems skewed to me... how does putting me under the pressure of a clock with limited work space and zero resources say anything about what I am capable of except my ability to perform in extreme conditions? I'd rather write a paper, or have an oral exam, so I have a chance to explain that I understand the concepts even if I forget the equations. Why do you have to be so cruel midterm monster? And I guess I don't really mind the test concept in comparison to the take four test on completely different subjects in a small time frame concept. What working world situation does that stimulate? Cause I'm not working there! Truth is, I'm tired, but there's a monster in my closet who's not letting me sleep.

Waha