I survived this week's midterms
After 2 week relay, I am back to write my blog again. The two week absence is result of three midterms this past week. When the class started, I already felt that focusing on the lecture for longer than 100 minutes was impossible. Even if I am paying all of my attention to the professor, I can hardly catch his humor. Studying in a foreign language is really a big challenge for me.
The first exam, Logistics Management, turned out quite unexpected but was unexpectedly good. Although I struggled to try to remember all the key points for a question, the professor is kind to only ask for two main points. The exam was simple in format but was complex in that it tested our understanding of the class content.
For the second exam, the professor wrote the exam and included some of his personal humor. For the bonus question, he set up 5 choices of names, asking which one is the president of US that brought about most changes in the transportation regulation. However, 3 out 5 names are those of former football coaches at Ohio State. I was surprised when I heard the underlying story of his choices and felt embarrassed because I happened to randomly picked the most famous coach!
I was rather unsatisfied with my performance in the third class, Linear Programming. It is the the only course we are taking from the College of Engineering. As MBLE is a combined program between Fisher and Engineering, we will spend half of the total credit hours on engineering related courses. My classmates were happy to see that the exam was not as difficult as the homework.
Now the first exams in Fisher are over, I am much more aware of how to study and prepare for the exams, so I guess I will be fine for final exams - at least I will not be sleepless for 2 nights out of nervousness :-)