Blog #9 - Midterm

Overall, I thought the midterm was pretty bearable. I know I am writing this late, since we have already received our scores. I was pretty confident going into the midterm that I knew most of what Professor McCulloch was going to test us on. In my schooling, I have been exposed to many of the programs we have used. I feel like that put me ahead of the bar already. But don’t get me wrong, I do have a hard time remembering some of the “little things.” I feel like this class is giving me a chance to refresh my memory and skills for these programs. I also feel like I am getting a chance to explore more areas of technology, as well as learning out I can use different programs in my classroom. I guess this is what this class is all about, right?
I know that I missed a few stupid mistakes, but who doesn't? I know that I did a selection shot and not a screen shot for the inspiration portion of the midterm. I realized it when I was looking the midterm over after I had already submitted it. But what can you do? You’ve submitted it and now you just have to wait for the grade. Before I finished my midterm, I sat at my computer for at least 10 minutes, making sure I had completed every portion of the exam. I guess if I would have taken the extra time to understand each question, it would have sunk in that one of the questions asked for a screen shot! A part of me felt like the exam was a little too easy. Once I completed the last question, I said to myself, “this is it?” I was scared that I was missing a portion of the exam.
I feel like what I just said makes me sound like I am too good for this class. But that’s not true! I learn new stuff every week! Doing well on this exam would make me feel so much better because I know that our next assignment, Filamentality, is going to be hard! I know you all did a great job on the exam!

P.S. I don’t have Blog #8 up yet because I haven’t finished the Filamentality assignment. Once I do, I will post that blog!