This is raw.

I just finished my first final and it did not go well.

I've thought about this before, about how small a difference there is between an A and a C on an exam for me.

If a test is difficult, there will be at least one problem that at first glance looks "oh my, where did that come from...I have no clue!" The difference between a 94 and a 74 is whether you get a bolt of inspiration that allows you to solve the problem. Fortunately for me, that usually happens. Usually if I stare at a problem long enough, start writing, and...yes, that's right, oh yeah, that's it! And off I go. That didn't happen today.

He threw us a practially unhittable pitch--we're talking a Randy Johnson slider or Trevor Hoffman splitter here. Just a crazy problem with multiple twists that I still have no idea how to solve.

Word of caution to Byran: I think the rest of the class had trouble with it too.

Second word of caution: when something like this happens, you tend to underestimate your performance.

So it might not be as bad as I think, but wow, it seems pretty brutal right now.