Half way there

I'm now officially half way through my degree. The marks from the first semester of my second year came out at midnight today. I totally bombed out during both my exams so I wasn't too sure how I'd go. It's quite a relief to finally know that I have passed. I received a credit for public health, microbiology and justice and a distinction for planning and environmental law.

This semester was quite frustrating. I was doing two subjects that I see as a compete waste of time. I'm referring to Justice and the Australian Legal System and Health Promotion Needs and Assessment Planning. Both were frustrating in that not only were both courses poorly run with the grading expectations ambiguous, but also the content was not remotely interesting. I do not want to go into details but I am very disappointed with them and how they were run, not just my final mark. I would have liked to done better in Microbiology and believe my results in the final exam had a major affect on my final grade. In the exam I completed the multiple choice without too many issues. However, the second part of the exam, the short answer questions, was a different story. There were 5 questions each worth 10 marks each. My mind went blank and I could only write something for 2 of them. Before the test there were two pieces of assessment left, the exam and a write up of a lab activity. I was on 37% before those two were submitted. Therefore I must have performed badly on both. Once again I find the empty words flying around my head once again, "I must apply myself more next semester".

Later I found out that I received 85 out of 100 for the lab report (a distinction) and only 58 out of 100 for the exam (a pass). That's why I only received a credit and could have done so much better. If only I could remember what the western blotting technique was!