There is only one day left of actual school, but has my stress level dropped? It has somewhat, only because there are no more papers to worry about and a few the next few days off, free of school and work. But finals are still left and studying for them is not exactly the most stress free activity. I dread this part of the school year. The school semester is so close to being over, but the hardest classes have yet to be finished. I don't mind taking tests necessarily, but when the tests consist of constant writing for an hour or more...that is something that I dread. One may wonder which type of test is better, multiple choice or short answer and essay. It is not an easy choice. In my opinion, it is easier to get a better grade on an essay type test, BUT it is not an easier test overall. Multiple choice tests are less stressful because one does not have to take the time to necessarily "think" about the answer, the choices are there. But students tend to do worse on multiple choice tests because if they guess the answer wrong, they is no such thing as "partial credit". Why am I writing about this right now? I have no idea. Maybe it's because the upcoming tests I have to deal with are on my mind. In fact, that probably is it. So I'll end it there.
Vocabulary:
Semantics: noun 1) Linguistic, the study of meaning, the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form 2) Also called significs, the branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they denote 3) The meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/semantics
Antagonist: noun 1) a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary 2) the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work 3) Physiology, a muscle that acts in opposition to another 4) Dentistry, a tooth in one jaw that articulates during mastication or occlusion with a tooth in the opposing jaw 5) Pharmacology, a drug that counteracts the effects of another drug
Monday, December 7, 2009
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