You know, there are studies that seem to indicate fatigue by lack of sleep can be just as deadly as alcoholic intoxication on the road. Awareness and reaction time drop quite a bit in both cases. So, if being chronically sleep deprived is the same as being drunk, what are all us poor college students to do? I think everyone of you would agree with me when I say that fatigue is intrinsic to being a college student. All college students are tired. It's just the way it works. So we're essentially taking our finals while drunk! And how many people have such a remarkable metabolism that they can down twenty ounces of vodka, take an academic test, and do as well as they normally would? Since all students are performing seriously crippled when they go in to take their tests, the entire system of finals is broken because it's misrepresenting our actual skill levels. It would actually be better as a test of our fortitude than anything. Therefore, I propose that the only students who have to take finals are the physical education majors.
Hey, works for me, and it's got quasi-logic to back it up. ^_^
~Paul
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I agree. It works--kinda. Remember the last days of AP tests, Emmett? THAT was rough, and I felt like I could have done better if they were spaced out, even if I took them sooner. My scores were 5,5,5,5,3,3,3 (or something like that). I can't remember which ones I got my 3's, but I know they were taken later on in the week.
Update: I pulled off a 96% A on my Ceramics final (yes, there's a final). It dealt with temperatures of firings and kiln types, chemistry stuff, Chinese and Japanese and European history via their ceramics, and stuff like that. So only one more test for polsci and I'm done!
~~it was funny to see some guy who's probably 3 years older than I am saying the f-word over and over under his breath as he tried to fill out the test. Before we started he said that if he failed this, he would quite college. He seriously underestimated the test, but I wonder if he is considering dropping out?
*hum..*
...I'll just go back to studying for finals now, thanks!
I seriously was having nightmares about filling in stupid little standardized test dots at the end of the second week of AP tests. And I blame my 4 on Comparative Government on tiredness.
quite college? uh...quit. Yeah. Where did I get that extra 'e'? Pathetic.
I was gonna say something about that, Chris, but then, out of the goodness of my heart, I decided not to. :)
Thanks, Maren. You gave me the chance to redeem myself...somewhat.
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