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end of term blacks...
aaron@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (aaron@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri May 13 01:43:45 1988
like end of term blues, only darker...
So I sunk lots and lots of time into 6.170, and, sure enough, I'm
getting a good grade. Big frepping deal.
What about your other classes? they asked. Well, I'm doing all right,
getting most of the work done, I said. Ha.
Well, it's mostly true, but apparently not really good enough. Like,
not even remotely acceptable, as far as I'm concerned. And if that
isn't bad enough, I could probably fix my GPA up by a point or so in
one or two classes, if I had the energy to put into them this weekend.
Of course, there's no way. I just can't deal.
So I'm basically blowing my GPA completely to hell this term. Ok, I
can deal with that. I'm into 6-A; I'm not failing anything; I don't
care that much about grades anyway. Except: I managed finally this
term to pick classes that I would actually enjoy. Ok, so one of them
was 6.003, but it's really not that bad a course. It's 6-1 stuff, but
it's presented in a reasonable manner and the labs aren't that bad.
And I would have enjoyed my other three classes, if I hadn't been
asleep during them for the entire term. I felt like I got a lot out
of some of them, although not as much as I would have liked, but my
grades don't reflect that very well, now do they.
So how did this happen? There are lots of people who take 170 without
either hurting themselves badly, or failing all their other classes.
Ok, so I've got a couple major personality flaws. Big news, huh?
Thanks, <insert list of people who just made assinine comments here>,
I really appreciate that. Comments like that help ever so. I hope
that has improved your little egos.
Anyway (sorry about that), let it be registered that I'm not pleased
with what I see to be the forthcoming outcome of this term. As they
say. And, of course, I am deeply exhausted. Just in general. Very
original, I know...
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- A ron
