.Wednesday, June 27, 2007 ' 10:49 PM
So today was the major exam in Social Studies, I ended that subject this year, since I only have it in C level its only for one year. So the grade I would get to the exam will be included in my certificate of grades when I graduate in 2009.
So yeah I studied for like 4 or five days! I was able to leave the internet alone for that period, well I admit I have been online alittle, but that was because I needed to do some extra research. I was studying so hard that it changed my view on politics, before I thought it was a really tough topic but now I like it because there is alot of things to discuss.
Well the topics we can draw in the exam are: Economics, Politics, EU(international alliances) and Sociology.
Under those topics there are subtopics like:
Economics: Circular-flow, Inflation, equilibirum, disequilibirum, etc.
Policits: Different views of politics, party polictics, ideologies, etc.
EU: Single market, its foundation, the members, etc.
Sociology: relationships, socialization, social system, macro-,messo-,microsocial levels, etc.
Well as I said above I found politics really difficult to understand before, perhaps because I didn't really sat down and concentrated before. So yeah it took me 2 days to study polictics and the other topics half a day each. The last thing I studied was Sociology, and I didn't expect it would be difficult to understand it, it might be because I didn't had much notes about it so I couldn't really remember what the concept really meant or if I understood them correctly. So yeah I was totally frustrated, when am I not frustrated?! :p I really prayed to God not to get Sociology, ESPECIALLY macro-, messo-, and microsocial levels. I tried to read it over and over again in the morning before I went to school just to make it clear to me, but it didn't help, neither did it help reading it when I was at school waiting for my time to draw a topic.
When I went inside to draw a topic I told myself pick the first one your eyes will see. I wen to the table, there where small folded papers that I needed to choose from. The first one I saw was the one in the middle, I wanted to take the one beside it but I hesitated because I earlier told my self to take the first one that will catch my eyes and I wouldn't ruin anything, So there I was picking the folded paper in the middle, I opened it up and saw that the number was 15. I told my teacher what number it was and she said: "Sociology!"
Wasn't I just lucky or what?! The last thing I ever wanted to get, the only thing I wasn't so sure about. I was so shocked when I heared her say that and especially when she added: "The macro-,messo-, and microsocial level."
I was totally speechless that time I think my teacher could see that too, she was looking at me.
I had 50 minutes to read the case that she gave me and answer the questions. While I was sitting there and preparing for my death sentence I was thinking how it could go wrong, how I can be so unlucky. Of all the topics that was available, of all the topics I was feeling more sure about why did I get about sociology that I really couldn't understand? Well actually I could understant it when I was reading my papers at home but I just couldnt make the concepts to fit together.
while I was sitting there I tried to read the 2 pages case paper she gave me in hope that it would help me, it kinda did but I must admit the english was really hard to understand.
I looked at the questions, it wasn't really about the case but more of the concepts in Sociology, so I tried my best answering them and saw its relations to the text so I tried to compare them or draw up some of the main problems in the case and try to explain them in relation to the different concept in sociology.
When I was inside to present what I have got to my teacher and examinator I was kind of nervous in the beginning. I was surprised that I did get alot out of the text and could relate it to the things I've read at home but I was still nervous because I didn't knew if the thing I have got to say were enough. I just started talking, my teacher didn't do anything that nooding or saying: "yah.. yah.." and the examinator was writing all the time, taking notes of what I was saying.
Then came the time that my teacher started to ask about questions that wasn't really on the paper she gave me. Questions were related to the things we were talking about so I tried my best to answer them.
The last thing we talked about was globalization if it is good or bad.
I gave my opinion and that was it, they asked me to leave the room because they needed to talk about my grades.
After just less than one minute my teacher called me again.
The first thing she said was: "Congratulation Jasmin, you got a 12!"
I really couldn't believe it! I was like: "are you sure?! Me got a 12?" well I didn't say that to them, of course, it was just something in my mind!
Then she said: "you were a bit shy but other than that you did great, you understand the concepts and you could answer the questions really well."
Then I told them that I couldn't believe it because I wasn't so sure about that topic and that it was the only topic that I didn't want to draw!
can you believe that?! Luck in a bad luck!
Man I believe in miracles now! well ok I think that I really worked hard this past couple of days to get a really good grade, but I didn't expect to get a 12, especially not with that topic. I don't know what happened but I guess God knew that I could do it well with that topic evenif I didn't believe it myself. wew! I really thank him! I must admit, when I was sitting and preparing for that thing I really got disappointed by God, I couldn't undestand why he could do it to me because he knew so well that I really didn't want that, I prayed so much not to get it but he still gave it to me, but I guess God really knows what he is doing.
Now I can see it, God really has plans for all of us, it may look hard to understand in the beginning but wait till you see the outcome of it, it will be more than what you have expected!
God believed in me when I couldn't, I really thank him for that!
I must admit, this really event really made me more believe in God.
Aaah.. finally its all over! Now its summer vacation for me even though its raining outside its still wonderfull to feel that I don't need to study for uhm.. I dont know how many weeks but loads of weeks!! there is only 3 sleep left then I'll be one the plane flying to Philippines!!
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