Mid-Finals

I would say that my Finals experience thus far has been quite the success.  I have taken eight of my sixteen tests so far, and I feel overwhelmingly confident about how I did on all of them.  People ask me why I do well on tests, and I really think that it's because I genuinely enjoy being tested.  Why?  Because, when I know the answers or I can properly formulate learned ideas into thought-out essays it really shows that I have learned the material.  And that is something that I appreciate.  I think I must also attribute some of my success to my ability to study in a way which best suits my learning ability.  And the reason that I am good at studying is because of the ridiculous number of tests and finals that I took during my time at Northwest Yeshiva High School.  At some point, I naturally figured out how to study for different kinds of tests because of the variety of tests at Yeshiva.  So, kudos to NYHS.  I feel so bad for my friends who struggle with effectively studying and test-taking, but it makes me thankful for my unique education.

Anyways, my Shabbat was incredible!  I went to the Dahan family's house in K'far Sabah.  It was so much to fun to hang out with the whole family. And, the food was great!  On Shabbat afternoon I walked to this huuuuuge park, and we hung out there.  The playground is the biggest playground I've ever seen.  I can't even adequately describe it.  Then, between Mincha and Arvit I went to my teacher's house.  Dr. Ferziger teaches me two different Jewish History classes, and I absolutely love them both.  I met his wife and two of his sons, and we just spent some time talking.  It was cool to see him out of the classroom, though he is very similar in both settings.

This morning I had my Ulpan final, and later today I have my Biology final.  I feel very on top of my studying, which is a great feeling.

In the beginning of the semester when I was signing up for classes, two of the program's head Rabbis told me that by the time finals came around I would indefinitely drop classes.  I have to say that it's cool to be in the very middle of finals and know that there's no way I'm planning to drop any classes because I love taking a lot of finals and I love challenging myself with learning and tests.  It's good stuff.  Thankfully we have nothing doing this Tuesday because it will be Election Day, so I can spend the whole day studying for my two difficult finals on Wednesday.  Aside from that, all should be relatively simple to study for and succeed in.

I am so excited to have a week-long break after I'm done with all of these finals.  I will be going on a couple of hikes, and seeing some other cool things around Israel.  It's going to be just like the Early Start days, so there should be many blog posts expected!

I have to go do some last-minute studying for my Biology final, so I will sign off for now.

Shavua Tov to all!