Tonight was the last night of market research hell. My final paper was due by midnight, but I decided to submit it early. I emailed it to the professor, and he rejected it and asked me to upload it to the website (for some reason, my classmates got a real charge of this when I told them). Rejected is also how I feel after the final exam. I can't think of any test I've ever taken where I did worse. Of course, I studied for a grand total of 15 minutes, so this shouldn't come as a surprise.
Part of me feels relieved to be done with this class. There is another part of me that feels depressed. Tonight's failure isn't just a bad grade. It's a reminder of my own mortality. Apparently, I'm not so super-human that I can get away with not studying or paying attention in class.
I have three weeks until school starts again. I'm so happy to have a break.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
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not sure why it would matter whether you uploaded it to the website or emailed it to him unless he was specific of what he wanted. and duh, might try studying. why did you take this class again?
ReplyDeleteThe email vs. website thing made no sense. I think that's why everyone thought it was so funny. That class was one contradiction after another. The final paper, for example, was explained multiple times in class differently than it was explained in the written instructions the professor gave us. His contradictory explanations came both before and after the written instructions were handed out. The professor is from Germany, and while I'd like to believe that that had something to do with it, I don't really think it did.
ReplyDeleteI worked in market research for a couple years while I was attending BYU. I would never go back to that industry, but it's good to understand how market research works, how to design it, etc., especially if your job is marketing-related, as is mine. That said, it was pretty much the only option available for me this summer, and I wanted to stay on track to graduate in December.
The final exam was one of four exams we had during the semester. I got A's on the other three and on all my papers, so it's not like I'm going to fail the class. I just bombed the last exam. It was one of those strange situations where you understand each word on the page individually, but then have no idea what they mean when they're put together.