Histamine

What a glorious day. Why? Well I have been dreading getting my paper back for my Arab gender class since the day that I turned it. I felt that I completely missed the mark on this one, focusing too much on analyzing each individual movie and not enough on the patterns. I honestly have no idea how I wrote 12 pages when the minimum was 8, and still feel that I didn't hit all the points I wanted to. But I literally worked up to the last minute I could for the paper (because I didn't sleep at all) and there was no going back. It was the longest paper I ever wrote; with the bibliography and 5 movie reviews we had to include, I could barely fit it into my report holder.

Anyways, fast forward 2 weeks to the last day of class, the Professor started calling out names, some warranted a "Nice job" others - "good work'. I didn't hear my name called the first time, cause I was grouching my head down low in nervous angst. On the second "A-va!", I mustered out a meeble "here!" and she excitedly said "Terrific job!" with one of her big smiles. I looked down at my paper in disbelief. An "A"? My hands shook at the thumbed through my paper, thinking that they made a mistake. But nope, just a "nice work" comment from my T.A.. I texted my roommate my news and my disbelief to which she replied, "I TOLD YOU SO". This paper has singularly teared down and rebuilt my confidence. I don't know what more to say but "game on" for the final.

After class, I checked my e-mail and saw that there was an announcement from my physiology professor. My complaint about a incorrectly written question did not fall on deaf ears and two answers for that question would be accepted. Again, yes I do feel vindication. How can I mark a statement that stated Histamine stimulated the release of both HCL and pepsinogen as true when I was taught that only the former substance is released? When I brought this up in the class's chatroom a few students agreed and followed my suggestion to email the professor. I made sure to include two printscreens of his lecture/book that showed that histamine only stimulated parietal cells and not chief cells.

Hmm, I hope I don't come off as a petulant child to my professors. I just want all the points that I deserve.

And finally after all my classes, I went with some friends to the dining commons for Harry Potter night. It was so cute to see all that freshmen, even saw a few parents. The food wasn't as great as I remembered it to be, but definitely felt some nostalgia. All in all, an awesome day.