Have you ever had a moment where you are so stressed by school that you just hang your head and cry. I am there. My dh is sympathetic, to a point. I only have one more week before finals, but this one class is literally making my blood pressure rise.
Here are a few of my 'complaints' about the class:
1st it is Advanced Human Physiology and the way our school does admission is they rank each class with a certain number of points based on your grade. This class is the heaviest weighted course of all of them - 32 pts for an A; vs. 12 pts for an A in Psych or 24 in ANP 101/102. Okay, add to that stress the fact that we have a new instructor - from IU - that wants to make our course on the same level as the one at IU. While I'm grateful for the challenge, it seems unfair when there are 2 other sections being taught by a different instructor at an easier level. I am not just saying this - they know it is true because they went as far as to compare the instructor's tests.
Okay - well, beyond that, his testing style is unlike anything we have ever been exposed to. Every question is a critical thinking question. By the time I finish with an exam - I am mentally exhausted. The first exam's class average was 66 and the 2nd was 67. I got a 90 & an 80. The 80 being the lowest score I've received since returning to college.
Finally, we have one lecture prior to the exam and we still have 1 1/2 chapters to cover - RENAL of all things! Difficult stuff! I am so stressed out that I can hardly stand it. I am at the point where if I don't score at least a 75 on this last exam, I am looking at a B. I know that a B is a good grade, but when you are a 4.0 student and this is the heaviest weighted class in regard to admissions, this really stinks!
Am I being a brat? I mean we started with 25 people in the class and we're down to 15. It isn't just me....
