So far I've taken one written exam which was in Art History. I know for sure I missed 3 questions, but I feel pretty confident about the rest. The test was divided into several parts. One we had to identify the piece, name the time period, the artist (if known), the medium used and type of art it is and where it is from. For example,
This krater is "Achilles and Ajax playing dice" by Exekias, ceramic in the Archaic Period found in Vulci, Italy.
That was easy, I remembered all those things. Another part was labeling an ancient map. Also easy, I love maps. We had vocabulary, which I missed one because all her definitions did not match mine so I'm going through thinking, "It sounds like it's this, so I'm putting this." Another part was naming different parts of a basilica and parts of a column and what order it was, like Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Tuscan. Those were pretty easy. We also had to put art pieces in order by the period they emerged. I think I got two mixed up.
I took longer than a lot of students. When the first guy got up and turned in his paper, I was only about 2/3 done and thought "How did he get done so fast? He must have skipped parts or left parts off."
When I got done, there were about 5 of us left and an hour to go.
I do like Art History, but there is just SO much information to cram into 11 weeks! And I have to register for classes for next quarter already so I want to be sure to take Art History II with this teacher so I won't forget anything and I already know what to expect from her.
In my Graphic Symbolism class and Package Design classes, I have the same teacher and he takes all the grades he's given us from our Process Notebooks, combines them and that's our Midterm grade. I have B in both classes. It's my fault though for not putting every single detailed thing in the notebook. This guy is very particular. But he said he will regrade the whole process book at the end so I have time to make it up for any parts I left out. I feel better about that because it was just a few things that I now know what to put.
Now comes Photoshop. That starts today at 6pm (Friday the 14th). I've already talked to my teacher about my feelings about the exam and the fact that we can't use our notes and how I feel about Photoshop. He said don't stress over it because he's going to go one step at a time and if anyone missed anything they can go back and do it again. But my friend Nick will be next to me, so I can probably just ask him.
Also, when I was in the student lounge on break between classes, I was talking to some other students about Photoshop and I'm so glad to find out I'm not the only one that feels the way I do!! My new friend, Brad (a strapingly young bearded guy) said, "Yeah, I know what you mean. You just do a little, cuss, go cry in the corner for five minutes then come back."
Finally! Someone else understands me!
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