Yesterday was my first Marathon-O-Exams.  I was indeed able to start the first one on Monday and then finish it up on Wednesday.  This probably put me at a slight advantage to the other students because I was able to see what was on the test.  However, the way I worked through it probably minimized that impact.  But the final tally on the first exam was right at 3 hours.  A standard exam…3 hours.  I’m one of those people who seems to take tests well and I guarantee that some of the other students in that classroom needed more than 4 to complete it.  I’ve heard numerous accounts that this professor’s final exam can last more than 6 hours.  I think he needs some help.

Exam #2 was e-mailed to me around 10:00 AM, and I finished the last problem around 11:00 PM.  I probably put about 4 hours in on that one.  The good news is that it was a mid-term, so I won’t have another one like it until the final.  The downside is that there are really only two exams and I hope I did well on this one!

So, no more exams for a few weeks.  The swirl of academics is now yielding to the swirl of meetings and business.  My advice to you youngsters out there is if you want to get an additional degree, do it while you’re there.  In some ways it’s easier to get the master’s now, but in others, it’s harder.  Time constraints being one of the “others.”  So, stay in school.  And don’t do drugs.