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Carolina ([personal profile] fiarra) wrote2004-04-05 03:26 pm

*twitch*

Ahhh... What a day. I had to take my psych test this morning on 3 hours of sleep because I stayed up until 4 studying and then managed to actually get myself out of bed at 7:15 this morning to eat some Fruit Loops. I think it went pretty well though. Out of the 65 questions, there 23-24 that I really didn't know. Plus, he said that in the 30-40 correct range was A's and B's this time around. So I think I may be fine on this one. Lucky for me that I'm more interested in abnormal psychology than anything else and that the interest motivated me to actually study for this exam.

This was directly followed by math in which we had a quiz on the Taylor series. Too bad I still have no clue how to do a Taylor series expansion or any of that. The way the book explains it makes no sense and the day it was explained in class was one of my doze off every 3 seconds days. *sighs* I need to find another way to try and learn it by myself. Maybe somewhere online...

Philosophy lecture today has gone and made me twitchy. This weeks article is "A Defense of Abortion" by Thomson. Such a touchy subject to be bringing up in a class like that. I'm so very conflicted on this issue and sitting in class listening to the philosophical arguments for it is kinda hard. Just by virtue of the fact that my brain goes into hyper-conflicted mode. Nonetheless, it is an extrememly interesting topic and I'm actually looking forward to the next time we meet so I can hear more about it.

Men's final is tonight!! I'm so psyched now. All the excitement on campus is contagious. I can't help but be psyched. Gonna go to Gampel with Susana tonight to watch the game on the big screen there. Should be fun. And yes, I will have my camera with me...

[identity profile] quindraco.livejournal.com 2004-04-06 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I *knew* you'd leave a comment. :-P Can't resist a math question.

Carolina, just memorise the formula. Trust me. Trying to understand Calculus is a fool's errand. I took Real Analysis, which is supposed to really explain Calculus, and I got a B+ and I still have no idea how this stuff works. Memorise and regurgitate is your friend.

[identity profile] starsparkle333.livejournal.com 2004-04-07 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Haha... memorize and regurgitate is my usual method in this class. Unfortuantely, even with the memorized formula, doing any problems with a Taylor series has left me staring at the paper wondering why it can't solve itself and be done with it. Oh well... so long as I get it figured out by the exam...