tis the season... of finals.

2 exams down. took american lit and brit lit all in the course of a few hours. surprisingly enough (or not so surprisingly, depending on my level of self-confidence) i did well. i am proud of myself for once. because of these, perhaps i can pull out a couple a's. which would be quite spectacular.

what did amaze me on this day however was the fact that during my last exam, my american lit exam, when most everyone had left, the teacher began whispering to a student. she then paused, looked up at the few people left and said, "i don't know why i'm whispering. there were about 6 people in this class that cheated on the last paper i assigned, and i can't express how imperitave it is to site any source you use, whether it be for an idea or a paragraph. i am very upset about this."
the situation got me thinking. it was our first and last paper in the class. it is over now, and the total of things we handed into her was three. now granted, that's about 1/7 of what most teachers ask for in a class, thus adding more pressure onto grades. but it not only baffles my mind, but pisses the shit out of me that people feel the need to copy or plagarize papers in college. occassionally i suppose we all take a sentence or maybe even an idea every once in a while, but i would assume the intelligent ones at least paraphrase it. the class has no one under the age of about 20 in it, most are english majors, and yet certain people felt the need to copy and paste 3/4 of an online website and claim it as their own. it's complete bullshit in my opinion. complete. it's even more shocking and extremely obnoxious because i know one of these people. i'm sorry, but this is college. it would be appauling to see two people cheat, but six?? that's insane. the saddest part about it was that it was a 2-3 page paper on a poem (of your choice), and all you had to do was explain why it was modernist and include the dramatic situation. the professor told us that every person that cheated followed a pattern, and it was not the pattern that she asked for. fjdkalssl;dfkj honestly. how dumb can someone be? six people, i guess i should say. especially if it's your major?! i just can't even fathom the situation. i feel terrible for these people on one hand, because they're idiots, but on the other hand, you can get fucking expelled for shit like that. and when i sit here and work hard for my a's, or at least work for them, you should be able to do it too. i think our teacher was amazing for letting these people get by with not only NOT failing these students, but also letting them rewrite the paper. i don't know if she's an idiot as well, which is unlikely since she is possibly the best professor i've ever had, or if she's just incredibly forgiving. ahhhhhh. i can't even get over it. maaaaybe i could see it if it was a useless elective... but your fucking MAJOR?! wow. alright enough.
[sigh]
so i have one exam, along with a portfolio for creative writing due in two days, and just one more exam next tuesday. i need this all to be over. now. my throat hurts, i'm tired, i just want to go home and do nothing for a month. get me outta here i tell you.
with that, i'm done.