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One down, two to go...
Dec. 5th, 2003 01:01 amOne exam, that is. I've survived my first Queen's University exam. I loved the course, but thank G-d that endurance test is over. (I get extra time as someone with a learning disability, so I was sitting there for four and a half hours.)
I still wasn't completely finished with essay business (difficulty photocopying an awkward oversize score) until the end of Wednesday. ( ... )
I collapsed in a heap of mental and physical exhaustion from about 9pm Wednesday evening to 1pm Thursday. The exam started at 12:15 today. That's simply not enough time to accomplish the minimum amount of studying required. (Naturally, I didn't sleep last night.) After this, there's World Musics on Monday, and Theory on Wednesday. All need quite a bit of reading, study, and practice... but tonight, I rest.
Have I mentioned yet that I dropped Ear Training and Sight Singing? ( ... ) I'm now down to a regular course load--not reduced (as is usually the case): regular.
By the way, that same professor of the Canadian Music course I enjoyed so much is teaching a course on opera in the Winter term. Romantic opera! No Mozart, but still... whee! That course would fit perfectly into the requirements for my degree; in fact, I've been intending to sign up for it since September, before professors were decided. It would be hard work--he's a difficult marker--but fascinating. And I can't take it because I have a required introductory conducting class at the exact same friggin' time! (And he's only here for this year, filling in for someone on hiatus...)
It's nice to have a class taught by a professor who is obviously just as much of a geek as I am. ( ... )
( more geekiness )
Whoa! So much for the resting. Okay, backing away from the computer now...
I still wasn't completely finished with essay business (difficulty photocopying an awkward oversize score) until the end of Wednesday. ( ... )
I collapsed in a heap of mental and physical exhaustion from about 9pm Wednesday evening to 1pm Thursday. The exam started at 12:15 today. That's simply not enough time to accomplish the minimum amount of studying required. (Naturally, I didn't sleep last night.) After this, there's World Musics on Monday, and Theory on Wednesday. All need quite a bit of reading, study, and practice... but tonight, I rest.
Have I mentioned yet that I dropped Ear Training and Sight Singing? ( ... ) I'm now down to a regular course load--not reduced (as is usually the case): regular.
By the way, that same professor of the Canadian Music course I enjoyed so much is teaching a course on opera in the Winter term. Romantic opera! No Mozart, but still... whee! That course would fit perfectly into the requirements for my degree; in fact, I've been intending to sign up for it since September, before professors were decided. It would be hard work--he's a difficult marker--but fascinating. And I can't take it because I have a required introductory conducting class at the exact same friggin' time! (And he's only here for this year, filling in for someone on hiatus...)
It's nice to have a class taught by a professor who is obviously just as much of a geek as I am. ( ... )
- NB: John Beckwith. Have I mentioned him? Canadian music legend. ( cut for those who wouldn't appreciate relentless CanMus name dropping ) I don't think I'll be able to forget how starstruck so many of these full-grown professional adults looked.
( more geekiness )
Whoa! So much for the resting. Okay, backing away from the computer now...
