Have I told you lately how much I can't stand Chemistry?

Today was our first test. I studied some on Saturday, but pretty much studied all day yesterday for the test. So we get to class today and I am feeling pretty good about the test, until I see the grades for the other class that took the test last Thursday. The average class grade was a 56.8 the highest grade was a 79. That kind of made me a little antsy if you know what I mean. The thoughts started going through my head battling at each other, like what if I didn't study the right information and then no I know I studied the right stuff because I did all the practice test and the web tests and did well on those. Well she starts class off as normal Good Afternoon boys and girls as you know today is our first test, if you have test anxiety too bad, this is the only way you get your grades in my class. Then she starts going on and on about all of the test taking seminars and courses that are offered. After that she wants to do a quick over view on the practice test. She also says this is the only test she is going to do this on. The review is going okay, I know all of the answers and then all of the sudden she starts going on and on about something that is not on the review and so I get out my text book and I am not finding it anywhere in chapters 1, 2, or 3, so the other people at my table along with me start to kind of freak out what if this is on the test? Then the TA walks in with the tests and they were thick booklets and so she rushes through the rest of the review talking non stop hardly and breaths inbetween, so if you didn't have test anxiety before the test you did then. Or at least I did. So then I get my test and it was pretty much what was on the review except for questions 15,16, and 17 which were out of chapter 4, even though we aren't suppose to cover chapter 4 until Wednesday? So when I got to work today, I was looking to see if I got the answers right which I don't think I did. I then emailed her to ask her if she knew those were out of chapter 4 she replied and said that she knew and they would still be counted on the test. Anyway let me go back, when I went to go turn in my test booklet and answer sheet, she goes how do you think you did and I said, "Pretty good there were a few I don't remember studying," and her reply was well the last class thought they did pretty good and you seen how they did so if I were you I wouldn't get my hopes up. That just really made me mad, because I went in there thinking I prepared really well for this class and even when my classmates and I were quizzing each other out in the hall from the book, I knew the answers and now because of her I am doubting my ability to take tests. I wish I could just tell her that she is the one that causes test anxiety, but I don't want to make things worse for me seeing how we are not even halfway through the semester yet.
So that was the bad part of my day, the good part was all of the kids at work today were pretty good, I only had to put one kid in time out. Also everyone was picked up by 6:15 so I got off a little early. Shawn is working late tonight, he probably will not be home until 8 or 9 he has been in Lubbock all day today, because they are short on help. Anyway, welcome to my monday! Hope everyone else had a descent Monday! oh ya I also ran into my old room mate Gabby today when I was leaving school, that was interesting, but she seems like she has straightened out since then. The first thing she said to me was I am sorry if I put you in uncomfortable situations and I was like what do you mean and she said when I had guys coming in at all hours of the night. I was like oh thanks. That was nice to know that she was truely sorry about it now even if she wasn't before. Well anyway Shawn is calling!

Toodles~