So I’ve been meaning to post more for awhile.  No, really, I mean it.  But I’ve been busy.  No, really, I have.  I spent winter break moving to another town (also in New Hampshire).  I now live even farther away than I did.

I took my Environmental Law final on December 17.  It was something like three hours, as I recall.  I was wise enough to eat a relatively filling breakfast beforehand, so I wasn’t interrupted by hunger during the exam.  Unfortunately, however, I got very thirsty.  I’d thought to take a bottle of water, but didn’t have one ready to go when I was rushing out the door, so… I just suffered through.  I don’t recommend it.  Take water to your three-hour exams.  Better to  have it and not need it, as they say.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get any real feedback on that final.  I’ve had this nagging fear ever since, though, that I made some silly mistake and if I could see the graded exam I’d smack my forehead and think “Oh, I knew that!  What possessed me?”

So as I understand it, Professor Firestone doesn’t give back graded exams.  Darn it.  It always annoys me when professors adopt this policy; as I see it, the exam is part of what I’m paying for, it’s my work, and I’d like to have it.  For future reference, perhaps?  I might forget something some day.  Or for feedback, so I’ll know what I need to brush up on.  After all, I’m paying for an education, not just credit hours and grades.  Getting an exam back can be educational, in my book.

Okay, I’m done griping about that.  I’m over it.  Really, it’s not that big a deal, I guess. 

Now, on to the spring semester…

I still don’t know my spring schedule for sure, but it looks like I’ll be taking the second semester of Environmental Legal Research and Writing, at least.  That’ll be fun.  The first course was very useful.  And I’m waitlisted for an ADR (alternative dispute resolution) course that I’d really like to take, but am not optimistic about getting into.  I guess I get another shot at it next year — that’s one of the advantages of part-time status… taking more than one year means more than one chance at your top-choice classes.  (Oh, did I mention that the semester started today [January 09, 2008]?  But none of the classes I’m taking, or possibly taking, meet before tomorrow.  So yeah.)

Oh, I mustn’t forget to rave about the chocolate fountain.  VLS hosted a holiday party at the end of the fall semester, complete with a chocolate fountain.  Yay!  There’s another advantage to taking more than one year here: multiple holiday parties. 

Cheers!
Sally