Finals and the End of Term

Drawing Structure and Expression II:

 

Monday morning we had our final crit. I was the first to present. Unfortunately, I was wigging out about both that and the English Final I hadn’t studied for much over the weekend so I was really wound up. Also, because of the boil order I couldn’t make or get any Coffee from Davio’s downstairs, so I was dragging. Luckily, our presentations are fairly relaxed. Gabe pointed out that I didn’t map out figures with structural lines as much as I did at the beginning of the year. This is because I’ve become more relaxed and confident about my drawing ability. Also, I have a better understanding of color: during our final project Gabe did not suggest any color to use. I have to figure out a way to get myself to keep drawing over the summer as not to lose the skill set I’ve achieved. I’m thinking about concentrating on architecture.

 

Advanced Painting:

Our crit is tomorrow. We need five finished paintings for it. I grabbed Katia yesterday and had her critique my work. I thought all of my pieces might need a lot of work, but was happy when she pointed out that two only needed minor corrections. I really don’t have a lot of time to correct them, so this was good news. The one I’m struggling the most is the first piece I tried automatism on. I played with that for a few hours, got to a point where actually I felt satisfied, and put it away. The plan for tonight is to go to the store for pie supplies (there’s a party going on for the Library, so I’m baking). I’m also going to buy some bagels to bring so the six of us can have breakfast while the crit is going on. Julie mentioned bringing food, so I thought I’d bring something in too as not to be a total leech.

 

Western Art II:

            We had our final yesterday morning. As usual, it included three parts, with six or ten minutes per slide, all open response. I’ve had Afshan for practically a year now: this is how she always conducts tests. It’s really not that bad, the writer’s hand cramp that forms is the worst of it. I managed to study my flash cards this time, but still couldn’t remember all of the artist’s names. I did remember all the work names though, so hopefully that will be sufficient.

            And no, I did not manage to finish my research paper for that morning. It’s due on Monday at 9am. I’m on draft three or four. I plan to put it in her mailbox with all my notes and such by tomorrow morning, so I’m in good shape.

 

English Literature II:

 

            I had my final on Monday. Again, I hadn’t studied much over the weekend. I was writing three papers and didn’t have time to review everything. However, the stuff I did manage to read and skim was the material on the test, so I lucked out a bit. However, I didn’t research everything in depth, so I’m not entirely confident about my answers. I’ll be checking blackboard for grades, but honestly there’s nothing I can really do if I did badly (at least that I’m aware of).

 

Social Ethics:

 

            I had the final paper and journals completed for the final that took place on Tuesday. I managed to read over my notes twice before hand. Also, by completing the final paper, I didn’t have to do parts 2 or 3 on the final. This was good, but part one was a bit hard to wrestle with and I ended up scribbling all over it. I’m serious; my handwriting is so big I was writing stuff in the margins. We had two questions we could mark for extra credit, but I was hazy on three. Also, my final paper was a general back and forth argument on legalizing active Euthanasia. He gave this option, but I don’t think he wanted it to be eight pages long or to ping-pong back and forth as much as I did. However, after going through five drafts, I was determined to pass the thing in. Period.

 

Chemistry 101: Again, there still aren’t any textbooks listed on the Suffolk Bookstore, so I decided to be bold and email the professor. I haven’t gotten word back yet. I’m really hoping the class is taking place.

 

Last Entry (?): Other than that, Friday is pretty much the end of Spring Term. I’m not sure if Molly will want to me continue this over the summer. I might continue posting about the Chemistry class, but make no promises. If I don’t make another post, I’d like to thank anyone that took the time to read this and hope the information it provided was useful to you.

            Have a great summer.