One down, one to go
I just finished the first of the two exams I should have been studying for in the last 3 weeks.
Luckily for me it was a multiple choice test, because I was not so much answering the questions according to my knowledge as by random guessing. I only have to have gotten 50% right to pass the test, but right now I feel like that might be a close call.
On the other hand, considering I did actually study for only one day (yesterday), I am pretty ok with the amount of stuff I did remember. Of course, almost nothing of that turned up in the test. But then I didn’t really expect it to.
Actually I am quite curious to see what they will have me do if I should fail. Back at uni, when I was still taking my studies seriously, I would probably have been a bit worried. With this course not so much. The worst they could do is kick me out. But I’m afraid I won’t be that lucky.
The next exam next week will be an oral examination, which I absolutely hate. We will have to go in groups of six, for an hour per group. So, everybody will be questioned for roughly 10 minutes. Doesn’t sound like much, I know. But the thing is, if you don’t know what to answer, 10 minutes can get awfully long. Plus, we got 2 guys in our group, who love to hear themselves talk, and I guess once they get started the rest of us won’t get a word in edgewise. So that’s gonna be really painful again.
Oh, and right now I have to go back. Hopefully they will all be finished with the test by now. This afternoon we will have a class called “communication training”. Needless to say it’s a subject I hate. The instructor apparently told the other ones yesterday (when I skipped classes to study) that today everybody would have to give a speech on a self-chosen topic.
I hate speaking in front of an audience. Now I know, overcoming that fear and loathing is kinda the point of this whole class. But since I’m not exactly afraid, I don’t see why I should. I can talk in front of audiences. Had to do it numerous times at university and as far as I remember it went ok. I just hated every single minute of it. And when I got my diploma I swore to myself I never would give another speech again in front of anybody. And I won’t.
