Mathematics Analysis I Results

Even though two midterms didn’t go as well as they could have, the two other midterms went extremely well. I got B+ in Teaching College Mathematics and A+ in Analysis I. In percentile, that’s the 6th best grade in a class of 100. Class average in Analysis I was 57%, which is pretty low. Lowest grade is 28%. You can check out the marks here (PDF).

I have been told that 1/5 people fail this class, which is enormous. That gives me confidence for the rest of the semester. I hope to get a semester average between A and B. I got a 9.5/10 in my Teaching College Mathematics assignment. I’ve already started work on the end of term project, which is worth 25% of the total mark. My hope is that I will get an A in that class. Actually, anything between A- and A+ will make me extremely happy. It’s really been a long time since I was happy about school. Probably when I started university in 95 in computer science and 99 in mathematics. At that time, I had frequent A in my GPA.

It is a challenge going back to school after such a long time. On top of that, I’m separated from my family for most of 2008 and part of 2009. I think the hardest in being a full time student, is the financial situation. If you don’t qualify for loans and such, you have to work part time during the semester. I find that most of the time by Tuesday, I’m already tired and I haven’t had any classes yet! With my salary, I need to work about 12-16 hours a week. I have classes for 15 hours. The rest of the time, I have to study. The thing is that I’ve come a long way from where I was before. I actually don’t really care that much about not having any spending money. As long as I can eat well, eat a lot of fruits and subsist to all of my basic needs, being a student is almost liberating. I mean, I’ve had an expensive car (2004 Subaru WRX STI) and an expensive condo near the Atwater market in Montreal. Those material things didn’t really make me happy.

I plan on saving all of my money in Taiwan over the summer so that during the fall 08 semester, I won’t have to work as hard.  

It’s snowing again today. We are expecting 25-35 cm of snow today. It’s going to be mental on the roads. I use the bus, so I don’t really care. The bus I take most of the time has frequent service, so I’m not too worried about heading home. I just want to confirm my class with my student at 4:30PM later today.