With the intensity of school coming to an end, it's been awfully hard to keep track of things.

This previous week marks the final countdown to the the class material. I think to this point we are now through with everything that was headed towards us. With that in mind, I will solely focus on that perspective.

I can say at the least that my attention has been kept by the sudden difficulty that has been "ramped up" so to speak. I mean that although the material has really been focused around the same concepts, it feels as if things are getting tougher since more and more things are being introduced. Unfortunately, that's only making things worse. I felt that everything was easy at first things like the balancing of equations, finding the molar masses and so fourth, but suddenly I had to do just a few more things like finding the yield and predicting theoretical numbers. I think that was my biggest weakness, since I had a hard time knowing why there would be an excess...I know it seems obvious to anyone else but I'm so used to looking at numbers purely for concrete evidence, and not just to make assumptions. Although it's not super hard, I'd just like to point out that it's been a little stressful.

Something else that wasn't helping either were those two consecutive assessments over two weeks. Don't get me wrong; I'm not complaining. I'm just not really used to it during our schedule. It's totally understandable, since the year is quickly boiling down, but my point is here that maybe I wouldn't have been so much stressed if I had a little more practice time for me to get a grip and a complete picture of what we are studying. I could have practiced myself though, but I can't forget that perhaps some outside forces may have intervened during this time span from the previous week or two.

This makes me a little concerned about next week and then finals. I'm not sure how things will come together with my last re-assessment opportunity coming by, and the final the following day. I hope I will understand everything by then.

By the way, congratulations to the Michigan Teacher of the Year, Mr. Abud!