Faye
Hazel Douglass - Chem 1.1 XB
chemistry was a real challenge for me. actually, i was planning to shift to BS chem... not that i was scared of the
subject... i was just simply a bit scared that i might not succeed and i might regret the decision later on...
i felt that the project implemented was a big stone that i tripped on. mainly because my groupmates were seminarians
and they weren't of any help mainly because they didn't have that much time alloted for making the said project. well... i
realized more personally my worth...
i realized alot about my priorities... i didn't want to have groupmates that can't help me not because they don't want
to but because they just simply can't. and i couldn't fail them because it wasn't their fault....
i don't want to whimper about it... i do appreciate the help they give me especially when it came to numbers... it's
funny though, i barely understood stoichiometry, but i learned alot about give and take. and being the beadle meant that i
had to be patient and a bit sympathetic towards those around me.
i learned to be passive at the same time persevering... and it amazes me to this day that i was even planning to quit
schooling just because of this subject. i cried so hard because i failed 3 conscutive quizes... but then it really got me
nowhere so i guess, i hope, i passed...
it was fun in chemistry because we were all able to share a very dstinct bond between us. especially when it came to
assignments. everyone was always rushing here and there which proved how much we really wanted to get a good grade. and the
thing that struck me like a hatchet was during exams. no body asked questions, nobody was looking at someone else's paper.
not any of them... in fact they were all looking at the test paper. sometimes in answering the exams, i sort of wished that
the islamic jihad would bomb the nearest building so as to have an excuse to not take the exam..
but all is well... i feel good now that it's over. but a bit saddened because of the 5 months short experience.. i
hope in my coming years in college, as well as being an atenean, i would keep these experiences in my heart to remind me of
the trials i once faced with chemistry 1 block xb.
