Most students would be proud to pass a course, but my goal was for straight A's. Unfortunately, I have failed my goal because I got an A- in Research methods. I'm not a good tester, that's for sure. That's where my failings were. My midterm and final tests were definitely not my best work. It was me. I'm not going to blame the curriculum or the professor. I own it.
I have learned from the experience and now I know what I need to do for subsequent classes. So now I must revert to my new philosophy of staying in the now. I'm going to quote from a movie called Gumball Rally: the Italian driver climbs in a Ferrari 250GT with an American as co-driver. He grabbed the rear view mirror, popped it out, and threw it behind the car. He said this: "First rule of Italian racecar driving is what is behind me is not important." In other words, I'm not going to dwell on my failures, learn from them, yes, but I need to move forward and stay sane.
I'm currently in the hardest class of all: Graduate Statistics. Thankfully, the lecture and the textbook has been really good at explaining the different formulas and their meanings. My mind is squarely on statistics. Research Methods is over. After this, two more classes and I'm done. Moving right along...
