This is one of those posts where I say how awesome I am...

So over the last few weeks, I took a whole buncha tests. Everyone seems to give tests at the same time. I don't know why. But I guess I'd rather have to worry about 4 tests and 1 group project all about the same time rather than having a different test every week. Reason being... I'm good at doing homework (generally), but I hate to study. Let me explain. I like feeling like I accomplish things. If I have a certain paper due or a reading assignment due, there's an end in sight. With just studying, it's a continuous process. No end in sight. Nothing to check off my list. I don't like it.

Anyway, here's the braggy part of my post: Despite procrastination (although it was less than usual) and trying to study with a 2 1/2-year-old running around, I totally rocked my tests.

First off, Law and Economics. I felt the most prepared for this one. I had a lovely study group, which helped me get on the ball with my studying endeavors. It consisted of 6 or 7 questions that required a short answer and then an essay. I came out of it with 61/60, which is about 102% (we were given extra credit for answering one additional question on the test).

Next was Law and Politics. I felt slightly less prepared for this. We had to know a few court cases in explicit detail, and there was a lot of stuff we had to know about the structure of the government, especially the courts. There was a multiple choice section and also an essay. I wrote about the Federalist Papers. Wahoo! I came out of this with an A-, which I was extremely satisfied with. Honestly, most of my satisfaction came from hearing all the "smartest" boys in my class complaining about their scores :)

After that was Law and Public Policy. I'd sorta forgotten about this test, so I only studied for 5 hours or so the day before the test. We had to write some short answers and an essay that included drawing graphs of markets. The class is actually much more economics-based than I expected. Oh well, I came out of this test with an A! A lot of the class did very poorly with drawing the graphs and had to do a make-up to earn some points back. Good thing I'm a genius.

Next was a group project for my Journalism class. The process was a little painful, but it ended up okay. I don't really want to talk about details... but I came out of it with an A, plus my group earned 10 points extra credit for having the best blog presentation. That basically means that I earned us 10 points because no one else did hardly anything with the blog. Hooray.

Last was American Constitutional Law. I was scared to death about this test. We had to know close to 20 court cases pretty intimately, in addition to general stuff about the Supreme Court and stuff. I had a hard time studying for this because my sister and her kids were in town. I loved spending time with them, but once I actually started to study, I couldn't do so very effectively due to a certain 2 1/2-year-old running around and asking me to play trains... There were some multiple choice questions, then an essay. It turned out okay though, because I came out with an A. You may think I shouldn't be so excited, but Professor Peacock is one of the toughest graders in the Political Science Department. After we got our tests back, he went off on how he is very sparse with his A's and how basically you're a genius if you got an A... Huge self-esteem booster, to say the least.

That pretty much sums it up... Now it's time to start preparing for the next round of tests.

*Note: Sorry I posted about school. It's really all that's going on in my life right now.