Mixed results Posted September 22, 2004 at 12:00 am

Classes were remarkable today for a couple reasons.

On the one hand, Prof. Keene absolutely loved my first political ideology paper comparing pre-modern and modern political thought. I was more than a little surprised; I thought the paper was barely passable and thus quite suitable for my "pass/fail" needs. I fear that the professor will expect the same level of work from subsequent papers, thus destroying the objective of taking the class solely for credit.

On the other hand, simple mechanics escaped me in my time of need. Prof. Smith administered the first exam of the term to our thermodynamics class today. I hit a wall on the first problem, a simple mechanics problem involving a projectile traveling at constant velocity (until caught). The remainder of the test flowed with relative ease, perhaps too easily. I really can’t call this one; Prof. Smith seems to be generous with partial credit so there may be hope.