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[thewingedword]

So far, a very horrible Monday. Gulliver's Travels test with a couple dozen identify-and-context quotes, two short answers (a paragraph apiece) and a full-fledged essay. Not nearly enough time, either, so I didn't finish.

In Law half our Final grade is going to consist of a Moot Court on that Juneau vs. Frederick case; I'm on the team of theoretical attorneys for the respondant. Five-page brief citing historical precedents, applicable portions of the Constitution, and a Risk/Benefit analysis, complete with in-text citations and bibliography, and we have to present it in front of the class. At least it's teams of three. However, considering that it's due Jan. 10th and directly overlaps my English research paper on intellectual property rights and my catapult for Physics... I am screwed. So very, very screwed.

To top off the lack of joy, second Calc test in a row where the highest grade anyone got was an 88%. Does the teacher admit that it might have been a bit hard and curve? No. Instead, she bitches at us for not studying hard enough and not "doing our part, you could do better, I'm very angry right now." There was some talk of a curve, but not in the normal way- that a curve is meant to adjust your grade so that it reflects your actual skill level. She views curves as boons, as gifts that we probably don't deserve and ought to be on our knees thanking her for. AARGH. *tears out hair* The highest grade, in a class of hard working students, is a B+, and I have it. There are Bs and Cs and Ds and even some Es, which is ridiculous.

Lastly... there was this random song called "Black Black Heart" by David Usher from a vid on imeem that I wanted to buy off iTunes, and it's not available. Silly thing, I know, but it just... it's just everything, all at once. No holiday spirit here, for certain.

ETA: Sorry, guys, I just really had to get the whole thing out of my system. It's hard for me to deal with teachers who are unreasonable in the strictest sense; they do not see things by reason.