Zhanga: December 14, 2006
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Yesterday morning I woke up at 6:10 to study for my 9 AM final. So I stumbled out of bed and into the hallway with boxers and a tshirt, and headed for the shower.
As I exited my room, I vaguely made out* some poor, unsuspecting couple making out down the hall in the other direction.
Haha. Suckers. I totally killed their mood.
* This reminds me of a footnote from the linear algebra textbook:
6One of the authors apologizes for the atrocious pun; the other didn't even notice.
(Shifrin & Adams, p. 266)
Linear algebra wasn't too bad, but it wasn't good either. So let's talk about econ, which was total ownage. After the exam, I typed my answers into my calculator so I could check against the answer key later.
The test was out of 115 points, and I calculated how many points I need in order to get an A+ in the class. As Murphy's Law dictates, I need a 115.9 on the final to get an A+. What kind of crap is that? As Murphy's Law further dictates, life will spite me whenever possible. So I looked at the key and I got everything right. Yes, I'm bragging. (Too bad it's the only exam I get to brag about.)
By the way, I find it really lame that calculators are allowed in econ where you get to do amazing calculations. Like systems of equations: { P = MR = 20 - Q, MC = 2Q, MC = MR }. Ok, maybe that's a bit oversimplified, but it's not that hard to calculate. On the other hand, in linear algebra... ugh. Let's find a orthonormal basis for the columns of a 4x4 matrix, do a QR decomposition on it, then find its inverse. And end up with 16 numbers that all kind of look like 773/14613. All by paper/pencil. I hate linear algebra.
Oh yeah, I was listening to my iPod during the final, and the professor apparently hates me so much he actually came up to me and asked to listen to what I was listening to. I guess he thought I was listening to a looped recording of all the theorems. Either that or he just admires my amazing taste in music.
2:32AM
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Who doesn't admire your amazing taste in music? It's impeccable.
Tiffany on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 11:42 PM
LMAO. you made your linear algebra teacher listen to brittney spears....
Maylene on Friday, December 15, 2006 at 2:11 AM
i don't understand how your teacher would let you listen to your ipod during the exam... much less at all after hearing what you listen to
kt on Friday, December 15, 2006 at 2:53 AM
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