Biochemistry, my last of the three subjects I have to study in my first year and.. well... hate to admit but the boring-est. I know it is incorrect to blame someone but if the teaching techniques were a little different, the subject might've been seen in a completely different light.
I, personally, like the subject - sometimes. It is a huge break from the massive amount of biology taught in the other two subjects. But despite its pure boring-ness, the subject has to be studied, right? The first time we ended up opening our books for was our first PCT ( if not mentioned in my previous posts, pct = part completion test). Not having studied properly or even having the slightest idea of how the paper will be, all of us wrote the test. Everyone failed miserably.
After the pct, we directly appeared for the first semester ending examination. Prior to the exam, one of our teachers gave us a set of questions and told us to learn only those as the paper was to be set from that. I did not believe him - being selective really doesn't help in the long run. I studied un-selectively and... well the whole class failed again.
The next sem began and I made it a point to listen to all the boring classes.
Yet again before our 2nd pct, the same teacher came and gave us some questions to learn. Learning from my previous mistake, I searched for all the answers of those questions alone and mugged them all up. Of course I couldn't cover all of them but I did enough, and guess what! I topped my class with a 76% !! I was shocked! I knew i had done well but not that well!
Then came the second sems. The lecturer gave us another set of questions and I assumed the paper was to be from there again. Unfortunately, I and many others who had studied only the given questions couldn't answer anything properly. Not only were there questions we didn't know, the whole pattern of the paper had been changed!
After topping in class the last time, it felt real bad being unable to write enough to pass. It was killing me to watch other students ( few in number though ) ask for supplements when I couldn't even complete my answer booklet. I sat idle-ly for about an hour and was the first one to leave the hall. Yeah, of course I cried. Not because I am gonna fail but 'cause I had topped once and am failing this time. (My close friends called me crazy for blaming myself and not the paper!)
I guess, this paper just reminded me why I was so adamant before my first sems about being un-selective.
I wanted to write this post after the university exam and give a complete review of my whole biochemistry encounter but I couldn't wait till after july!
