Tuesday, October 03, 2006

2nd Math midterm

Well, I'll say that I didn't bomb it, but it could have gone better. I never thought I'd see the day when I say I should have studied for a math test. It didn't go as bad as I'm making it sound, though. It's just there was one question (find the roots of z^4 + 16 = 0) that my mind went blank on, even though I've done it before and even got stuck on and figured out before. I got two of them (the wrong way, but I go with what works). There was another question as well later (a matrix question) that I knew the answer to, but wasn't sure if I showed enough work on. After looking at my notes after, it turns out that I think I did. I'm hoping for a 30/33 at best. It's alright, though. I think this test is only 10 or 20 percent of the mark so I only lose a little bit off that, and there's still plenty of opportunity for that A+.

After the test, I looked at my notes for the unsure questions and I did them the right way later. I kinda feel a bit better after that.

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2 comments:

Joel said...

a Matrix question? I'm pretty sure the answer is "there is no spoon"

(please tell me you've seen that movie, because if you haven't, you really need to...)

Matt said...

I haven't seen the movie, sadly, but I know the reference.

It's funny, when I moved in, someone wrote on my whiteboard: "We live to spoon." I think you can guess what I added to that.