Can the Adults Please Smoke? Part 27 - It's a Brand New Day! — Page 74

*hugs DayDreamer*

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I'm having a slightly down night, but that's okay. Tomorrow will be better.

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I'm petrified I won't pass! I'm prepared, yet still scared!

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What if they ask me a REALLY specific question, such as

"How does Thomas Aquinas extrapolate on Aristotle's idea of the nutritive soul?"

I mean, I know my stuff, but that's the really hard one for me. Thomas Aquinas, I mean. The others aren't too bad. (Hippocrates, Epicurus, Galen).

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Yup! Apparently "everyone passes", but to me, I wanted to actually put effort into it and not just "do it".

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It's an Oral Exam.

"In order to qualify for graduation, all students in the the undergraduate program must successfully complete a final oral examination called the colloquium. The colloquium is an intellectual conversation among four people?the student, the student's adviser, and two other members of the faculty about a selection of books representing several academic disciplines and historical periods. The colloquium provides an opportunity for students to reflect on their concentrations and to synthesize various experiences studying books, taking courses, doing independent study and internships into an integrated discussion about several books and themes. In preparing for the colloquium, each student creates a book list of twenty to twenty-five works and writes a brief paper the rationale which describes the themes the student plans to discuss in the colloquium."

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Shira, were you in the Great Books program?

You will be fine!

Y, there were no orals in the bar exam, but I would not want to do that again! Thank god our school time is over!

Brd - I am so glad that I only had to do the bar exam once. It is a stupid test, and does nothing to demonstrate one's aptitude as a lawyer.

But, it is much easier to say that having passed it on the first try than if I had not.

And Shira, that is quite an amazing collection. I would be completely lost. You go girl!

Where did the freakin' snow come from?! Last I heard they were saying "possible" snow "squalls" in the afternoon. I didn't expect to wake up to find snow on the ground. Again.

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Beautiful again here - but rain may come on Wednesday.

Zander did his evil dance and woke my up at 5:15 - but I kicked him out and just went back to bed.

He started with plopping down butt-first on my chest to sleep, and it went downhill from there.

Today is football and cleaning day.

Bonjour, Adults!

I'm finishing up my packing right now. Going back to school tomorrow, finally! I've enjoyed the break, but the last week or so ahs been riddled with tension. Dad got his hours majorly cut at work and Mom's stressed as hell. It's made living here a bit like living without arms: I feel helpless.