The first test was about Pavement materials. Honestly I can tell you that it was DIFFICULT. I mean I studied soooooo hard, I made notes, I studied every chapter and lectures Dr R gave us. Took me off the blogging world for a few weeks because of this. It was postponed after a week so we had an extra week to struggle to pass it.
Sadly, it was nothing like I expected. i mean, I thought I had it all prepared. I had labeled all the important notes in the big book, small book, specs and EVERYTHING but the question was about the future. By that I mean, the question was on a chapter we haven't even been introduced yet. So basically, the test was not a test. It was a self-brainstorming-study session with marks. Sigh...
I am not complaining about it so much, though. I mean this is masters class, so what do we expect? Definitions and Theory Concepts? Of course not. I just hope somehow I managed to pass the test. I don't care if I don't excel, just give me passing marks. I never liked learning about bitumen and aggregates anyways. (That's Tar and Stones for you non engineers out there).
The second test was by Dr L, for Accident Analysis & Prevention. This time, I didn't study at all. I just read through his journal papers and notes and flashbacks of his lectures. Turned out the question was easy. I'm not going to be overconfident about this, though. I did answer the questions as well as I could but I have no idea how the marking scheme worked. I may have over-answered.
So what I learned so far about this Masters thing is that you NEVER underestimate the lesson. Everything is an uphill drive. Now I am more worried about Statistics. Brains, we can do this together!
This is the happy faces before the test. I did not take an after one.
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