So I'm just about rounding out my first week of the Fall Semester.
I didn't even post about how the full 3 weeks of "summer break" went, but boy am I glad I had them. I think I was honestly starting to get pretty antsy and eager to leave by the end of fall. But as my last post showed, that final day was well worth it! I passed all of my classes with flying colors, so now it's on to Fall Semester!
This semester will be pretty busy, if I do say so myself. The breakdown is as follows:
MONDAY:
- get in by 10am when the lab opens; do transcriptions or other homework
- 140 speed building class from 12:30-1:15
- possibly live read for the high-speeds
- 160 speed building class from 3:05:3:05
- 140 NIGHT speed building class from 6:00-7:45
TUESDAY:
- same
- same
- same
- Basic Medical Terminology from 5:45-10:00pm!!!!!
WEDNESDAY (see Monday)
THURSDAY:
- same
- same
- same
- Court and Depositions Procedures class from 4:15-7:45pm!
FRIDAY:
- no class (phew!)
As you can see...pretty garsh darn busy, I'd like to say. But I'm really excited! I've already tended the first Medical Terminology class, but I think it's going to be a blast! (an easy blast, heh heh heh) But honestly, I'm eager to learn about the human body and all the pathological and structural terms that come with it. Ironically enough, I'm also doing the extra medical terminology for my speedbuilding class anyhow, so it's a two birds with one stone situation.
So far as I've just begun venturing into the 140 level, I've had so-so results from my tests. It honestly reminds me of how it was when I first started the 120s. Sorta like, "Nooo way I'm gonna pass this test, but oh hey look, only double-digit number of errors."
I sense and I WANT to get through the 140 level a little faster than with 120. With the night classes and more dedicated time, I really think I'll be able to do that. My goal right now is to be done with 140 by mid-October. I feel like the 120 Lit and 140 JC will be the first to go, hopefully knocked out in just the next few weeks. The remaining two might take longer, but it'll be SOOO worth it for the following reasons:
(1) Scheduling. With 140 class at 12:30 and 160 down at 3:00, there is an incredibly awkward amount of time between them. Other students have echoed my thoughts that the gap in time is pretty annoying.
(2) Art modeling. That's right, I've just picked up art modeling to make a little extra cash, and boy do I love it!! However, many morning art classes finishing at 12:00pm which makes it tough to rush to school in time for 140. Once I'm out of there earlier class times, I'll be able to take on more gigs and further away ones, and still make it to campus on time.
I thoroughly enjoy my art modeling so far. The praise, the opportunity to be naked, and just the overall participation in art is such a good feeling!! I hope to continue it and do very well at it.
So yeah, let's see how my mid-October goal turns out!! Until later!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
120 Level Passed!
Wow, I last wrote about mid-July, but it took until August 1st to complete the final 120 test. 3-Voice!!
I have to explain a few things about how momentous I feel this accomplishment has been.
First of all, I was feeling very down just a week ago, because I was frustrated about not passing this final test. I believe I'd mentioned in my last post that I had the goal of completing the 120 level by the end of the semester, but I was starting to feel convinced that I was not going to accomplish it.
There is only one chance a week to do each category, so 3-V were few and far in between. The only additional opportunity was on Thursday nights starting at 6pm. To be honest, I'd started feeling a little burned out over summer semester and was really starting to look forward to the 3-week break in August.
Would you believe it? I was REALLY close to not even staying late on Thursday for that last-of-all-last chances, but boy am I glad I did! I passed the 3-V test with 12 errors (15 being the max)! I was so elated, I immediately called up Martin and said, "We're going out for sushi!"
I think that this experience has reminded me that I shouldn't let myself get so down and frustrated. I mean, if you look at it, it was still a solid two weeks between tests which has been the pattern since I started speed building. Next time I start to get frustrated, I should remind myself that (1) this isn't a race, (2) it'll come when it comes, and (3) 2-3 weeks is the normal timeframe.
I should also mention that Thursday August 1 was also the semester's vocab final exam, of which I apparently scored 198 out of 200. I have reason to believe that the Scantron machine misread two of my entries because I had to erase a previous answer and fill in the correct one. Call me stubborn, but I KNOW that I got a perfect score. I should be happy either way, but I probably won't be satisfied until I have it looked into a little bit.
Anyhoo! I'm already in the second day of my vacation, and will write next about what my daily studying routine should be. No goals set for the break except to study, study, study! I wanna stay sharp for when I start up Fall semester again!
I have to explain a few things about how momentous I feel this accomplishment has been.
First of all, I was feeling very down just a week ago, because I was frustrated about not passing this final test. I believe I'd mentioned in my last post that I had the goal of completing the 120 level by the end of the semester, but I was starting to feel convinced that I was not going to accomplish it.
There is only one chance a week to do each category, so 3-V were few and far in between. The only additional opportunity was on Thursday nights starting at 6pm. To be honest, I'd started feeling a little burned out over summer semester and was really starting to look forward to the 3-week break in August.
Would you believe it? I was REALLY close to not even staying late on Thursday for that last-of-all-last chances, but boy am I glad I did! I passed the 3-V test with 12 errors (15 being the max)! I was so elated, I immediately called up Martin and said, "We're going out for sushi!"
I think that this experience has reminded me that I shouldn't let myself get so down and frustrated. I mean, if you look at it, it was still a solid two weeks between tests which has been the pattern since I started speed building. Next time I start to get frustrated, I should remind myself that (1) this isn't a race, (2) it'll come when it comes, and (3) 2-3 weeks is the normal timeframe.
I should also mention that Thursday August 1 was also the semester's vocab final exam, of which I apparently scored 198 out of 200. I have reason to believe that the Scantron machine misread two of my entries because I had to erase a previous answer and fill in the correct one. Call me stubborn, but I KNOW that I got a perfect score. I should be happy either way, but I probably won't be satisfied until I have it looked into a little bit.
Anyhoo! I'm already in the second day of my vacation, and will write next about what my daily studying routine should be. No goals set for the break except to study, study, study! I wanna stay sharp for when I start up Fall semester again!
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