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beandelphiki) wrote2009-01-20 06:41 am
beandelphiki) wrote2009-01-20 06:41 am
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AARGH long-term memory fail!
Bad News: I don't remember chemistry.
I mean, it's been four years since I did any of this stuff, and I quite seriously do not recall ANY of this. I discovered last night that I don't really even remember how to balance equations. *FACEPALM* Although at least THAT's gradually coming back to me as I look over chem help websites.
Ugly News: There's no way I'm even going to pass my prelab. None.
As hideous as it is to contemplate having to do this for the FIRST wet lab, I think I will skip it, catch up on some missed math homework instead (I hear we have a quiz today), and contact the instructor as per the course outline to ask for make-up work. Claim I was awake all weekend (I was, actually), and that I slept in (I did, actually, since I was planning to get up in the wee hours and figure this crap out, and I didn't wake up until 6:15 because I forgot to set an alarm, ARGH). And that it will NEVER, EVER happen again, really.
(I hope and pray. *dies* Why, oh why, does this lab have to be at 8 am?)
Then I'm going to go find some tutors (electronic or otherwise) and I'm going to spend ALL AFTERNOON (since I have no classes) on REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW so that I'm not sitting in front of my lab manual next week looking at it going, "What's a mol again?"
I got a 98% in chemistry once. It HAS to all be in my brain SOMEWHERE, I just need to nudge it out.
Good News:
...
Um. I look really, really awesome in a pristine, white, knee-length lab coat. If I do say so myself.
Yeah, that's not a lot of good, but there had to be SOMETHING.
I mean, it's been four years since I did any of this stuff, and I quite seriously do not recall ANY of this. I discovered last night that I don't really even remember how to balance equations. *FACEPALM* Although at least THAT's gradually coming back to me as I look over chem help websites.
Ugly News: There's no way I'm even going to pass my prelab. None.
As hideous as it is to contemplate having to do this for the FIRST wet lab, I think I will skip it, catch up on some missed math homework instead (I hear we have a quiz today), and contact the instructor as per the course outline to ask for make-up work. Claim I was awake all weekend (I was, actually), and that I slept in (I did, actually, since I was planning to get up in the wee hours and figure this crap out, and I didn't wake up until 6:15 because I forgot to set an alarm, ARGH). And that it will NEVER, EVER happen again, really.
(I hope and pray. *dies* Why, oh why, does this lab have to be at 8 am?)
Then I'm going to go find some tutors (electronic or otherwise) and I'm going to spend ALL AFTERNOON (since I have no classes) on REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW so that I'm not sitting in front of my lab manual next week looking at it going, "What's a mol again?"
I got a 98% in chemistry once. It HAS to all be in my brain SOMEWHERE, I just need to nudge it out.
Good News:
...
Um. I look really, really awesome in a pristine, white, knee-length lab coat. If I do say so myself.
Yeah, that's not a lot of good, but there had to be SOMETHING.
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It sounds like what i'm worried about will happen to me this year or in a few years...though being sick i might not have actually learnt it all so...it just might not be in my head at all! Which is then worse...or is it?
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