Don't. Lose. Hope.

Never give up, never back down! I've had some tiny bits of good news in the middle of this challenging quarter. I got over a ninety percent on my lab report. The mean was high, and I only scored a few points higher, but that certainly sounds better than the results of my Genetics midterm.

Which of course, segways nicely into Genetics. I failed the first midterm worse than one can ever possibly fail a midterm. I left a lot of spaces blank simply because I ran out of time. At this moment, I am beginning my Campaign Against Genetics Failure (ie, studying like a madman a week before the next midterm). If I don't get a ninety percent, I may as well give up... well, if I get an eighty percent, I may study even harder for the final.

This has happened before. In CHEM 6C, I also failed the first midterm worse than one can ever possibly fail a midterm. Six weeks later, I got an A- in the course overall.

Moral of the story--failing the first one isn't the end of the world. Having a class that drops low midterms is also a plus.