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Nov. 8th, 2007 01:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tammaiyaYesterday kind of sucked, not least because our TRANSACT box died and we had no internet.
But in regard to the IP exam, I am going to say what I wanted to say then:
"Oh my GOD, what the fuck WAS that?!"
Seriously. Worst law exam EVER. The guy has no idea how to set an exam paper. (My brother agreed with this assessment when I told him about it.) I've never had to check my textbook so many times, and yet it didn't help all that much, because the entire second problem questions was on pharmaceutical patents and, like, the Therapeutic Goods Association, which is ridiculously specialised and ISN'T IN THE FUCKING TEXTBOOK. Springboarding got a whole paragraph, the TGA wasn't mentioned at all. *headdesk*
In conclusion, it was brutal and I feel violated. Hopefully we will all fail together and I'll scale up. Whatever; it was only worth 40% and it's over. I will never have that lecturer again. And there's only one more exam between me and a month of freedom. YESSSSS.
Also on the depressing scale of news, I'm feeling discouraged about my Japanese grammar. My comprehension is quite fine; I'm reasonably fast at reading these days and I always get high marks on translation questions, but my grammar is screwed up and it never seems to improve despite how much time I spend reading/listening to Japanese in my spare time. Grammar isn't like kanji; there are a lot more ways to make a mistake. Once you know a kanji you know it (unless you don't practice it and forget it), but things like using a transitive verb instead of an intransitive, using the wrong particle, using a totally awkward sentence structure... that's different each time so I just make the mistakes over and over again. It's frustrating because I've never had to deal with this in English. I've never been confused about how to use commas and semi-colons, or which is the right their/there/they're, or how to use contractive versus possessive/plural possessive apostrophes. Grammar has always been instinctual for me. And now it's not, and I don't know what to do about it. I feel like I'll never have good grammar and will always be making stupid mistakes.
My parents say that studying in Japan next year will fix that. Logically that makes sense, but emotionally I still feel like nothing will help. I guess we'll see.
In brighter news, book 14 of Mirage of Blaze came yesterday and I've resumed playing Tales of Destiny Remake. Yes, there's an awful lot of com con study going on, I know.
I'm a chapter into MoB 14, which is the second half of the arc. I am reserving any and all snarky comments (a lot of them boil down to wailing "NAOE, WHAT ARE YOU DOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIING?!" and laughing at Takaya and/or Kotarou) for when I get my act into gear and actually do a proper summary. It's okay, I'm keeping notes in bright purple pen for the occasion. *g*
But in regard to the IP exam, I am going to say what I wanted to say then:
"Oh my GOD, what the fuck WAS that?!"
Seriously. Worst law exam EVER. The guy has no idea how to set an exam paper. (My brother agreed with this assessment when I told him about it.) I've never had to check my textbook so many times, and yet it didn't help all that much, because the entire second problem questions was on pharmaceutical patents and, like, the Therapeutic Goods Association, which is ridiculously specialised and ISN'T IN THE FUCKING TEXTBOOK. Springboarding got a whole paragraph, the TGA wasn't mentioned at all. *headdesk*
In conclusion, it was brutal and I feel violated. Hopefully we will all fail together and I'll scale up. Whatever; it was only worth 40% and it's over. I will never have that lecturer again. And there's only one more exam between me and a month of freedom. YESSSSS.
Also on the depressing scale of news, I'm feeling discouraged about my Japanese grammar. My comprehension is quite fine; I'm reasonably fast at reading these days and I always get high marks on translation questions, but my grammar is screwed up and it never seems to improve despite how much time I spend reading/listening to Japanese in my spare time. Grammar isn't like kanji; there are a lot more ways to make a mistake. Once you know a kanji you know it (unless you don't practice it and forget it), but things like using a transitive verb instead of an intransitive, using the wrong particle, using a totally awkward sentence structure... that's different each time so I just make the mistakes over and over again. It's frustrating because I've never had to deal with this in English. I've never been confused about how to use commas and semi-colons, or which is the right their/there/they're, or how to use contractive versus possessive/plural possessive apostrophes. Grammar has always been instinctual for me. And now it's not, and I don't know what to do about it. I feel like I'll never have good grammar and will always be making stupid mistakes.
My parents say that studying in Japan next year will fix that. Logically that makes sense, but emotionally I still feel like nothing will help. I guess we'll see.
In brighter news, book 14 of Mirage of Blaze came yesterday and I've resumed playing Tales of Destiny Remake. Yes, there's an awful lot of com con study going on, I know.
I'm a chapter into MoB 14, which is the second half of the arc. I am reserving any and all snarky comments (a lot of them boil down to wailing "NAOE, WHAT ARE YOU DOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIING?!" and laughing at Takaya and/or Kotarou) for when I get my act into gear and actually do a proper summary. It's okay, I'm keeping notes in bright purple pen for the occasion. *g*
