Coming home in tears...

So I had a hard day today...

I got my Anatomy lecture test back--82%. I got my Anatomy lab test back--70%. I wasn't totally displeased with the 82%. In fact, I felt that it was accurate. However, I do feel that if nearly everyone in the class misses an answer because it was one of the two correct answers and the professor felt that everyone should have picked "C" simply because she likes that letter better than "A" (even though she stated that this was a correct answer), there should be some displeasure. And there was. The worst part is, before trying to explain herself about that one particular question, the professor had stated that she would credit a question if half the class missed it. THEN she refused to say that she would give credit for the so-called botched question. :( It's not the fact that we all could have had 2 more points, it's the fact that we have been dealing with those kinds of things for 5 weeks already. She informed us that because some of the class had done well on the test, she was going to make the next one fill-in-the-blank. How thoughtful.

As for the lab test, I WAS disappointed. I felt okay going in, but I felt better about it when I left. I thought that it had went well. When we were handed our tests back by our lab "assistant," who is nothing more than an undergraduate student, we were told that the lowest score was 68%. That means I was the next lowest score. When there were a few questions about how certain things were pinned and labeled, we were told by our UNDERGRADUATE LAB ASSISTANT that, because we were graduate students, we weren't able to argue about our grade like we did in undergraduate courses. THE NERVE.

The stipulation in the PA program is that we can only accumulate 9 credit hours of a "C" grade before being excused from the program. I realize that we have a long time to go in the semester. But, with the physiology test on Wednesday (yeah, the one that is a TOTAL foreign language to me), I feel like there is a strong chance of making a C in Anatomy and a C in physiology. Let's do the math. Anatomy--6 hours. Physiology--3 hours. YIKES. Just the simple realization of this has made me realize my mortality within the PA program. Again, I must remind myself, this is ALL I WANT.

I tried studying with three people from my class this afternoon. After listening and contributing very little to their intellectual conversation, I found that I have a lot to learn about physiology before Wednesday.

Wish me luck for Wednesday. I apologize for the sarcasm. I just don't like coming home in tears.