OK after this I will study. Promise.

Here I sit at the SLC (Student Learning Center for those of you unfortunate enough to choose a school besides UGA to attend *wink*), old Spanish tests, quizzes, notes, and handouts spread around me, and I am starting to realize it was not my best move to bring my laptop with me. I mean, I need it for Biology, which I am studying after Spanish, but I keep finding myself wondering- what if someone has blogged new stuff since I last checked at my apartment? And guess what? They Have. Alejandra and Henry both blogged in the last few hours. (I know, I know. I am super lame and a blog/facebook stalker of my friends. yeah yeah...) Then I think, what about my email? Of course I have to check it. And WebCT? Go figure there are new discussions in Bio. Then what about MY blog? THIS IS KILLING ME. Honestly, I know NO ONE who hates studying as much as I do.

But I am studying despite this urge to do otherwise. In a minute I will close the laptop and re-devote myself to Spanish. The call of the internet hit me somewhere between the rules of estar vs. ser (because I can never keep them straight and it WILL be on the exam) and looking over an old quiz that covered that material. Tom is such a good studier. So is my sister, Kristen. And don't get me started on Jonathan and Dad- they study medical stuff on VACATIONS TO THE BEACH. What is that?!?! I don't know how much Jordan studies, but he does really well too. I am surrounded by brainiacs and study-aholics....and I just don't share the passion. I mean, I do the study groups, the review sessions, the alone studying, the homework and whatever else so that I can say I did my best and mean it. But it is TORTURE. I mean....I would rather spend time cleaning my apartment and even...gasp- my closet at home...than study. I guess that is sad or something, but whatever bc I study anyway.

OH! While I am on the topic of studying and Spanish, get this-> My roommate, Melissa, is in a Spanish course for ppl who are taking it for the first time (didn't have it in hs or anything), and she showed me the study guide that her teacher gave to her class. OH. MY. GOSH. I want to shoot her teacher. He is obviously the worst teacher ever. She said she still doesn't know a thing of Spanish, yet is pulling an easy A in the class. Her study guide? It told every section in order, in detail, exactly what to study, even what side of a matching section (left or right) would contain the answers versus the question. WHAT IS THAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! How ridiculous. Obviously he doesn't think his class can do well by studying alone bc he is a crappy teacher. I mean she said that on tests he would actually add stems to her "o"s to make them "a"s in order to make her answer correct instead of marking it wrong. He is a grad student here, and honestly, he should not only get fired, but kicked out of the grad student program. That is cheating- he has no ethics of teaching, and so probably has no ethics as a student either. I just wanna beat him up. Seriously. I wanna punch him in the face. I don't care what anyone has to say in his defense bc there is no excuse. That hurts the students who are actually trying to learn, and it hurts the university as a whole. I mean, how can we be respected if we have "flippin' idiots" like him TEACHING?! HELLO UGA! FIRE HIS LAZY BUTT!!!!!!!!!!!...or at least let me beat it up so much that he won't be able to come back. Sorry. That just...irks me, you could say. *frown* =X

Ahem. I feel better now. Ok, I really do have to study. Unlike some teachers, mine is not only from Spain but also tough.

Dying for summer,
Meghan

p.s. Good luck to all the people who are taking finals right now-especially shout outs to Tom who is tackling Linear Algebra with the worst professor at Emory and Physics II finals in one day, and Jordan, Dana, Henry, and Seth who are all graduating after these final finals.

pps. Have fun in Italy, Esther! Try not to break toooo many hearts! *wink* ;)>