Trip to the Museum of the City of New York

My expectations of the museum were different from what I actually saw. I thought the museum would be bigger, but I had finished viewing everything that the museum had to offfer, even the gift shop, in 45 minutes. This was a let down because there wasn't actually that much to see. The displays that were there were mainly about the architectural design of buildings. One thing that stood out to me about these models were that the were made with cardboard. I think that the MET would have more exhibits to actually view whereas, even though the Museum of the City of NY was good, it was too small Well, the MET doesn't really apply to DNY. Other than this, the trip was alright. It was also the first time I took the subway by myself, so this was a learning experience.

Bio Midterm 2

Once I knew how the test was ordered after taking the first one, I found the wording of the 2nd one's questions similar. I remember when I took A.P. Bio, the tests covered 4 chapters, but this test covered 6, from chapter 7-13 (excluding 11). Plus, the topics were somewhat confusing because they involved processes that were almost similar like photosynthesis/cellular respiration and mitosis/meiosis. If you didn't know a detail, you could confuse the two because they both involved similar steps. I feel like I got over an 85, hopefully I get over a 90. I just wish instead of having just 50 multiple choice, maybe some short answers could be added.

First Stat test over...

My Stat test was on the 13th, and I have to admit, it was pretty tricky. Unlike the other stat classes, our test was not open book, so we had to memorize all the formulas. Luckily, I realized this, and memorized them beforehand. One thing that I did notice was that a lot of people left after an hour into the test, and I found it hard to believe that they had finished. This is because ever single week we are in Mr Uddin's class, I see a lot of clueless faces. It's true that he is a bit hard to understand, and the only reason I understood the material was because I read the book, which was also confusing. Even though the test was only 10 questions (each question had multiple parts), how did everyone finish so early? Either everyone knew the material really well, or everyone gave up trying to understand and decided it was pointless to stay. I'm hoping it is the latter because then there will be a really big curve. There is one thing that learned, his test was mirrored exactly after the problems on the handouts he gave out. Aside from changing around a couple of numbers and nouns, it was the same exact problem. Fortunately, I also studied by redoing these problems.

Wiley Plus-Practice or a pain in the ass?

The first Wiley Plus assignment was from chapter 1-5, and I remember thinking that it would be pretty simple since there was only 70 questions in total. When I started answering each chapter, I realized that each question had like four sub questions which was really annoying...especially chapter 5 which we didn't even really cover. It was due before 3:00 pm on Friday, September 30th, and the night earlier, I was reading and trying to understand what to do for the last chapter. Now fast forward 30 minutes before 3:00 pm. There were still four questions left, and I still had no clue. Frantically, I copied and pasted each question into Google and tried reproducing the steps they took. Staring at my answers, I clicked submit with the hope that they were correct, but with no avail. 3 out of 4 questions were wrong and I had less than 5 minutes to figure out what to do for the last one. As the time was ticking away, my fingers mindlessly punched in numbers. There was no time to think, this was my last ditch effort to make sense of something I did not understand. It was 2:59, and I typed in my answer and clicked submit as fast as I could. To my horror, my session had just expired. Now I just had 30 seconds to log in, type in my answers, and click submit. Logging in as fast as I could, I once again typed in what I thought was the right answer. If I got this answer right, it would justify spending an hour trying to answer what I got wrong. As I clicked submit, I thought about how procrastination, aside from the negative effects, produces a rush, a feeling of being able to beat the clock when the chances are very slim. The answer had just finished processing. To my amazement, next to number 19 was a green check mark.