I am slowly but surely lurching through my final exams and assignments. It's been a tough slog, I don't mind telling you. Today was the first day I wasn't working like a maniac, but that's because I turned out a stellar final paper over the weekend for a class tomorrow and gave myself breathing room. I do this because I am both extraordinarily talented and averse to all nighters. I have pulled only one so far in college; freshman year for my Russian history class. I had to write two 5 page papers, an output I consider laughable now, and I researched and wrote from about 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM. And then I went to a deli on University Place and saw about three students I knew getting breakfast after writing all nighters. It was what I imagined college would be like--primitive socialist accumulation and poppy seed bagels living side by side.
These days, I am usually able to finish assignments a day from the due date, which gives me time to edit the paper or give it to someone else. Before, my enormous ego and unshakable faith in my abilities wouldn't let me, but then I continued to get papers back with embarrassing typos and sentence construction at which even Borat would shake his head. I also have a lot of problem sets and math based exams, which doesn't really lend itself to peer review, or what professors would call "cheating." But here I am, putting together a presentation on Alexandre Dumas for Thursday in between cracking wise with my roommates. It's just what I imagined college to be.
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i loved this post! very understated and simple, but i felt like i was getting a good sized peek into the head of nitin at the same time. it flowed!
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