The End is Near!

No, that is not an apocalyptic statement. In my current context, I have finished four out of five exams. The last exam (which will be in two hours) will mark the end of this semester. I am as excited as the guy who lost his wallet and worked endlessly to find it, only to figure out that he has left it in his other pants. In other words, I am excited, relieved, and bewildered.

The excitement and relievedness (that's a word?) require very little explanation; however, the bewilderedness is in want of some kind of discussion.

Plainly put, I am bewildered by how fast my exams are going. Usually I'd be the last one to exit the room, scrambling to write my concluding paragraph on the in-class essay. In direct contrast to that, I was one of the first to leave the exam I just had. One of the FIRST! This could be complementary to my strengthened ability to write clearly and quickly, but I am not that optimistic. The three exams before differed slightly, though with all my English courses the result was strikingly similar: I got out earlier than I expected (my intro to computers class exam was later, but I figure it was because it was a longer exam and contained a number of multiple choice and short answer questions that required deliberation). This strange sequence of events may be easily explained by the fact that I studied my self silly for all the exams; however, this is not true and would not hold up in court. Last night, for example, I was up till 3 am proofreading my wife's 43 page research paper. I had no time to study, and the little I did study for this, most recent, exam, did not help me so much. Another explanation would be that I just wrote randomly (possibly repeated the line: "you will believe that this is an intelligent argument" for effect). Again, this is not true. Maybe I should be more optimistic. Maybe time was halted at several moments when I was deep in thought. Anywho, all that to say, I am bewildered.

Will the last exam go the same way? I hope so. I can't wait to be done (maybe that's the motivation that's driving me to finish early... well, if it is, I hope I wrote well and not randomly).