Here We Go.

The final weeks at school always feel like the end of a roller coaster ride. We have gone through the unfamiliar beginning of waiting in line and getting in the coaster car, which is the beginning of September. We then do a long climb which is October to about winter holiday time. We then go down a huge hill, and have all sorts of twists and turns and maybe a flip or two which brings us from the holidays up until maybe May or so. At the end of the ride, we hit the last few ups and downs that make our stomach feel funny, and then we pull back into the station and hit the breaks and we are allowed free.
At this point we are rolling into the station. You are thinking about all we did while pulling at the lap bar trying to escape so you could run free to jump on the next ride. The last few feet are as important as the first few, if you were to leave the ride early, or jump off of the car, you would not have the same experience as someone who rode it all the way out and you might regret that. Please make sure that you stick with the rest of us and ride into the station house and get out with the rest.

All of this is said to make sure that you stick with us, and make sure you work on everything that we have going forward. The review for the exam should start today (Tuesday), so that we have enough time to get everything done. Please make sure you are an active participant in the review.

This is the last call for any work you may have to turn in to me. Your grades will be pretty much finalized this weekend. I will accept late work till Wednesday, but not after that.

Use this week to avoid the heat by sitting in the AC and prepping for your finals. They should not stress you out, you should go into them like any other school day as long as you prepare before hand.

If you want to start looking at topics that will be on the test. This is a good document to look at. More or less, all of the vocabulary we covered this semester is on there.

Start studying now! Use this final review to work on your prep.

Here is a link from UPENN for finals preperation. Read it. There is good stuff on there.