The entire world would be shocked at the grade I got on my calculus test today: a D+. Yes, for the first time in her life, Paige Foreman got a D+ on a final exam. I'm definitely not proud of it and I hope it'll never happen again.
My math teacher assured my class that F's and D's are normal for calculus, and she even said that my grade (sadly) was one of the highest she's seen in a calculus class at my school. Still...I couldn't help but feel depressed because I spent a lot of time studying for this test. In P.E. I would be doing the treadmill and figuring out calculus problems.
It's not only that. I love calculus. With the exception of geometry, it's the only math class I've ever really liked and to be that horrible at it is really depressing. It just goes to show that I can love derivatives all I want, but that doesn't mean they'll love me back. It doesn't mean I'll have a natural talent for intergrating.
It means that I'll just have to work even harder at figuring out those math problems. I don't think I'll ever take the time to get really good at calculus since I'll be an English major. However, if I decided to go to RIT and dive right into pre-med, I would have had to spend the whole summer with a "How to Ace Calculus" book and graphing calculator.
That's if I cared enough to and I'm not sure if I do. Writing seems to be my calling and not math. I know some writers have had to work really hard at learning to be good at writing. Writing was not their natural talent, just as calculus is not mine, and they had the stamina to keep pushing on even though the thing they loved fustrated them.
I really do admire those people for their strength and willpower. Trust me, there are some times I wish I had half of that willpower.
That's my thoughts on my math test. Thank god I got a 95% on the physics test or I would be a wreck!
With finals out of the way, I am now focusing on studying my valedictorian speech. The governer of the state of New Mexico will watch the speech...
No pressure at all! Yeah, right.
I curved the finals, so it wasn't a D+. :-P
ReplyDeleteAnd you don't suck at it. There are a lot of rules to keep track of, and most of your mistakes were small ones that piled up (from what I could tell ... nothing I can do on a MC question where you didn't show me any work).
So there. ;-)