Some good news for today. Finally, after attempting to cram 8 months of College Algebra into my head in only 10 weeks (well, 2 days a week for 10 weeks is actually 20 days, which 2 hours a class is really 40 hours, which is a standard work week... really?), I took my final exam today, and I think I did well enough on it to solidify a B in the class, which would make my GPA after 2 classes to 3.5. Not a bad start. 15% of my degree down, and I begin the home stretch of my core classes on April 5th, Humanities and Speech, which anyone who knows me, knows I have no problem talking.
THE STORY OF THE BOOK BUYBACK THAT DIDN'T BUY MY BOOK BACK
First we define the word "Work" as Informal. to exploit (someone or something) to one's advantage: See if you can work your uncle for a new car. He worked his charm in landing a new job
This is an example of how college textbooks bought and sold though the on campus bookstore is a work. I purchased (out of time and necessity) a brand new 8th Edition College Algebra book for my class this quarter for about $160ish. Thinking that the bookstore would take it back during buybacks, I walked to the spot they had set up, and handed them my Psych book and my Algebra book. They had no problem taking back the Psych book, but when they scanned the Algebra book, they told me that they were switching to the 9th edition and that they wouldn't take back the 8th edition. Meaning I am stuck with a $160 book that I have absolutely no use for (and for those people who would suggest I go ahead and study the rest of the material, let me cut you off right now with an emphatic "HELL NO"!). So now to scour the internets to find someone who will buy it back and not rape me (metaphorically speaking).
All in all though, I am happy that I am done with this quarter, and algebra altogether, but there is a little sadness as well, since I spent so much time and effort studying, racking my brain trying to solve problems, and really getting into the problem solving aspect of it, I will miss the class a little. It was a good challenge, one that I felt worthy of. Can't say the same for Psychology, and probably not for Humanities and Speech. I do have an Economics class in the summer that should be interesting, and once I get into the guts of my degree courses, I should find that satisfying as well. I just hope I don't fall into "auto-pilot" mode and screw these two classes up after a promising start.
In other news, I finally get to go back on a normal sleep schedule (at least, normal for me), and that's about it. I feel mentally strong right now, and my stress level is back to manageable, if bordering on barely noticable. I'm sure that will change in a couple weeks when classes resume.
Oh yeah, arm is out of the sling, some mild soreness in my left hand and minor loss of motor control, but all in all, it's better. Hopefully I can get get full control of my hand again.
In the meantime, here's looking at you!
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