again...back in the dumps

Thursday, July 31, 2008

again...back in the dumps

Today I received yet another blow to my ego. I got back my grade for the genetics class I took, and all I can say is that it wasn’t my best or worst. Although I think it is really good that I talk to someone about this. It seems all my professors keep saying the same thing. They don’t seem to see that I understand the material. I apparently focus too much on the background and the description and not enough on the actual question being answered. When I do attempt to answer the question, it generally comes up short and misses the nail. Perhaps I should just stop whining about my grades and poor me and work at it. Yuck. I just want someone to show me exactly how it’s done. Once I get one or two instruction, I’m pretty sure I can do it myself the third time. It does make me feel awful that I didn’t perform my best in this course but finally I get it that feedback is good. Although I wish someone would point me to the help I need once they provide me the feedback. Also, another thing that would so be appreciated is the grades and feedback a lot sooner. Oh, I don’t know, perhaps right after the semester. This essay was handed in back in March and I just received my grade…a day before August. I truly wish that grades and feedback were given in better time. Perhaps I would’ve had the chance to improve for the second semester. Now I have another piece of bad news and another blow to my ego…. oh and I have my thesis due in a month. No pressure at all.