Got the grades.

[icarus]

The grades just came in today.

I nailed the Geology class. Which was expected -- hooray, extra credit.

Unbelievably I got 3.8 for Logic. I must have aced the final. Given that the score was based on only two exams and three assignments - one of which I only got 50% (the evil dreaded conditional proofs) - I must have had a perfect or near perfect score on the final.

Now time for the sigh of disappointment: 3.6 in the Religions class. Ouch, that's a shock. I'd nailed all most of the weekly assignments and the two exams, so I must have really blown the final exam.

Okay, yeah, it was a really tough class, but I think I've just learned a lesson in "balance" and "overkill."

Guess I worried about the wrong test.

Hunh.

Fourteen years as a monastic and my lowest score for the quarter is in Religions. There's a certain irony in that.

Comments

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I'm not disappointed. This is just me being... me.

I expected to suck in Logic and do well in Religions. I can't wait to get my exam back to figure out what exactly I missed. If it's a stupid mistake (rambling, extrapolating) that's one thing. A fundamental misunderstanding of a philosophical viewpoint has me both concerned and interested.

I'm almost sure it was my bit on Marx. I based too much of it on discussion -- but I had to, because the piece we were given to study was too short and didn't clarify the nuances. I'm interested though, because Marxism has had such a profound effect on Tibet and the Buddhist culture within China as well.

Icarus

[ragnhildholm.livejournal.com]

I can understand that. I'd be more likely to forgive myself (after a brief rant and banging my head against the wall, possibly) if I got a bad grade through rambling or whatever, than if I actually hadn't understood the issue. You're lucky to get your exam back; we don't, and we only get an explanation of *why* we got the grade we got, if we ask for it formally, in writing...

I'm sorry to say my knowledge of world religions is pitiful. Some basic ideas on political ideology has, at some point, managed to permeate my brain - but I know far too little about, for instance, Buddhism. It must be really fascinating to see a connection between Marxism and Buddhism in China...