Dead week.. I hate the silence

So its the dead week now, and it's extremely silent in the residence hall lobbies'. I've always seen a couple of students hanging out in the lounge or playing ping-pong/pool or just video chatting with their families back home, but looks like last night I was the only one sitting there. It isn't surprising since I was studying there, but I expected some company. Anyways, talking about the finals, I'm not tensed. It's a really wierd fact about me but I never get scared when exams come. I'm just concerned about the work-load that I have, that almost everyone must be having as of now. I have to do the math, chem and psyc courses all over again, and I've just started math. So one week, 3 subjects.. I should get tensed soon, since this ain't high school anymore. Grades matter, realtime. Plus getting A's are really a big concern now, my dad loves A grades for some reason. And he somehow wants me to get good grades far more than I do. I really don't know how to fulfill parents' expectations at times. My mom is pretty cool about whatever grades I get, so I don't have much to worry over her wishes. So lets study, all of us, and get the grades our parents want ! Study hard people :)

What this class offered me..

I've learned many things in this class, heard many guest speakers enlighten us with their experiences and knowledge. I'm well-aware of the many opportunities that I have at my college time in Purdue, and out-of-Purdue as well. Inspired by this class, I'd really like to take up Spanish as a foreign language. I've always wanted to learn Spanish, but never focused on it. Hearing the guest speakers talk about how useful this could be makes me go for it now.

I'd love to study abroad, in Germany probably, since it has amazing aerospace programs for foreign students. I've mentioned about it too in one of my previous posts. My first step in engaging in global activities was to go to the call-outs of Purdue MUN team. I was selected in the interview and accepted in the team due to one single reason : my awareness of the global issues and problems that our world is facing. And being to an actual college MUN in November made me realize how big these issues are and how many people actually care about these things without any personal benefits.

The learning community gave me some really good friends. Sharing almost three classes together helped a lot. I barely know people from other classes, since its too hard to interact with them outside the classes. But the LC organizes social events too, which gives us a jolly time to spend together. I'm really thankful that I got friends like Dharna (who is also an amazing roommate), Karlyn, Daniel, Karan, Liang, Nick, Patrick, Justin, Mrigank. Moreover, it's always good to have friendly teachers like Anne, Veronica and Prof. Jesiek around. Allover, my decision of being in a learning community was truly worth it (thanks to Dharna who convinced me into it) .