But It's My Lucky Hat
Recall: I had 6 comprehensive exams over 2 days. That meant 4 hours on a Friday for:
Policy Analysis
Management Systems
Organizational Behavior
And 4 hours the next day (Saturday) on:
Research Methods
Budgeting
Ethics
I haven't said much since I wrote them (I didn't want to jinx anything). I passed them all. Which is great given 20 - 25% fail at least one of them.
What a friggin' hassle that was! I studied my ass off and still felt I only knew about 5 things: if I could allow my mind to operate like a Chinese box I might be able to expand on those 5 things.
Day two was a nightmare, people were giggling mid-exam without provocation. I had to do a mental verta-hold on my retina to keep from going brain dead. By the 6th hour I was in a crisis; statistics, and no room for bullshit - you either know it or you don't. My answers became terse to the point of haiku. They were riddles really... I dare you to question my competence. What a tightrope... any temptation to expand on the rational thought process would surely be callout for the malarkey it was, and destine you for certain failure.
So how'd I get through it? Two toques. The one on the left for Friday, the one on the right for Saturday.
Something on my noggin to remind me why I was there.
posted by John Allore @ 2/05/2008 06:27:00 PM
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3 Comments:
Congratulations John!
(How exactly does one do a "mental verta-hold on the retina"? Sounds like a useful technique that I could use to stay awake during meetings.) LOL
I had beef jerky and altoids when I took comps... Beef to boost brain power, and strong peppermint to augment attention!
Way to go, John!
I'm sure you'll be happy as all get out when all this crap is behind you!
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