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It's a little disheartening to see no comments posted at the end of my last journal entry concluding my trip to Mexico. Granted, I largely write these accounts for myself but it would have been nice if at least someone enjoyed reading it, as lengthy as the entries were. Still, I guess that's the nature of livejournal these days - there is hardly anyone here anymore and those who do post, do so on an intermittent basis. It's a little sad really but nothing beats the superficial instant gratification of twitter I guess. I'm still glad the trip was chronicled even if I did put about 18 hours overall into writing it up.
Despite feeling incredibly jetlagged, I sat my Japanese reading test last night, but unfortunately it didn't go that well. Having missed three lessons prior to the test, I was at a significant disadvantage and that's not factoring in the tiredness and the stress of a first day back at work beset with numerous technical problems. I did manage to do some revision while in Mexico, as well as covering some of the topics for which I was absent, while work did let me revise for a couple of hours prior to the test (which unfortunately became just half an hour due to the aforementioned tech issues we were experiencing which I had to resolve).
In fact I would have largely caught up with everything I had missed had it not been for the test - I would say I am about half a lesson behind now - but as I had to focus on revising, I did not get as much done as I had hoped. Unfortunately I also only had the textbook to go off, and some of the topics on the test were not in there while the half chapter I had failed to cover was. This was a tactical gamble on my part which sadly backfired - the chapter started a new section and I thought it would be logical to test on all the topics preceding it. This meant one whole section out of four I couldn't answer, while the last section was also quite difficult. Thankfully, everyone else found the test hard too and the teacher admitted he had increased the complexity as last year there were accusations from the university that it had been too easy.
I think I have probably scraped a pass which under the circumstances would be an achievement, plus as long as I pass the year overall, I could even fail the test if I do well in the other three modules (listening, writing and speaking). Certainly I have got a higher mark than not taking the test at all and although I know I will be gutted if I do fail (or even scrape a poor pass), I know I did all I could (and probably more than I expected in all honesty) with the situation presented to me and my conscience is largely clear. Being a perfectionist though, even at times like these, is incredibly difficult and I know I will feel I could have done more if the mark is low, even if feasably that would have been unlikely.
Despite feeling incredibly jetlagged, I sat my Japanese reading test last night, but unfortunately it didn't go that well. Having missed three lessons prior to the test, I was at a significant disadvantage and that's not factoring in the tiredness and the stress of a first day back at work beset with numerous technical problems. I did manage to do some revision while in Mexico, as well as covering some of the topics for which I was absent, while work did let me revise for a couple of hours prior to the test (which unfortunately became just half an hour due to the aforementioned tech issues we were experiencing which I had to resolve).
In fact I would have largely caught up with everything I had missed had it not been for the test - I would say I am about half a lesson behind now - but as I had to focus on revising, I did not get as much done as I had hoped. Unfortunately I also only had the textbook to go off, and some of the topics on the test were not in there while the half chapter I had failed to cover was. This was a tactical gamble on my part which sadly backfired - the chapter started a new section and I thought it would be logical to test on all the topics preceding it. This meant one whole section out of four I couldn't answer, while the last section was also quite difficult. Thankfully, everyone else found the test hard too and the teacher admitted he had increased the complexity as last year there were accusations from the university that it had been too easy.
I think I have probably scraped a pass which under the circumstances would be an achievement, plus as long as I pass the year overall, I could even fail the test if I do well in the other three modules (listening, writing and speaking). Certainly I have got a higher mark than not taking the test at all and although I know I will be gutted if I do fail (or even scrape a poor pass), I know I did all I could (and probably more than I expected in all honesty) with the situation presented to me and my conscience is largely clear. Being a perfectionist though, even at times like these, is incredibly difficult and I know I will feel I could have done more if the mark is low, even if feasably that would have been unlikely.
