Ah. I could be busy if I wanted, but I'm definitely not efficient unless under a real solid deadline.

Right? Sometimes I need them to work at all.

yep. That's why I was so much more productive in school.

I like to write a paragraph or two relatively early so I feel better about myself...but I still write 90% of the paper in the days before.

Is it going to be your last semester?

All three of my Lit papers I wrote last semester, were writen the week before they were due, but I managed A's on all three of them. The last one, I only missed 2 points on because of stupid formatting errors. xD LOL

Yeah.

It's always those formatting errors. I hate to lose points on little things like that though.

that's good.

Only reason I call them stupid formatting errors is I didn't have an issue with the first two papers with errors... haha, I blame it on finals. xD

finals can do unimaginable things to your brain! DX Yeah, I figured it was something you wouldn't normally do.

Finals are stressful and shouldn't be allowed to exist. xP

Yeah, once I learn how to format something properly, it's rare that mistakes are made, but eh, I'm human. I make mistakes. I'll take 198/200 points for a paper I wrote the day before it was due - it was 9 pages too. xD Not counting references and cover page.

I'm so glad I didn't have to deal with many my last few years.

Sounds intense. I never do all that well on papers.

I don't really have many finals per say... like no exams. All of mine are papers and presentations. Or both. [yes]

Yeah, that's how it is a lot in most upper level classes I think. I don't know very many majors that would require scantron testing all the way through. Short answer exams maybe.

It all depends on the teacher. I had one teacher who did Scantron tests - well technically two, but one only did the midterm as a scantron, but the other did both midterm and final. So it really just depends. But over all most are essays or presentations. [yes] [yes]

I guess. But I know I would never give a multiple choice test in an upper level college course. Feels so high school to me.

Most of my classes don't do that (in my 1 1/2 years down here, only 2 teachers have done that).

I can think of one or two scantron tests in the last two and a half years and both were core credit classes. Nothing specific to any major.

Both of these were classes directly connected to my major (Principles of Sign Language Interpreting, and Law and the Deaf).

Hm strange. Strange indeed.

To me, I feel like it just depends on the teacher. [yes] *shrugs* Who knows.

Yeah it does, but should be something like a very rare occurrence because it serious to god does not teach you as much.

I can tell you that both of those teachers - I learned many many many things based on lectures, in class activities, and presentations, both the one I gave with my group as well as other groups' presentations. Both teachers did not rely on them at all as a teaching staple... They used lectures and class discussions to lead teaching, which I remember quite a bit from... It wasn't like every quiz.. etc was scantron, they weren't. The majority of quizzes, if the class had quizzes, were short answer.