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I had my hardest final today. But first I ate lunch with Esther. We talked about space jam. Theres a lesson to be learned from watching the first scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuXBeVqdbkM&feature=related#t=32s.
While I was taking the final, it was really hard and I couldnt do some of the problems. I only had 40minutes left and began to panic. Then I stopped panicing and prayed. Then I was able to finish the test! Thanks God.
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Today was the best day ever of all my finals week days. Today was also the day I had to take my hardest final of the quarter, EE131A. It was at 3:00pm. I woke up at 8:00AM to start studying. Then I went to lunch with Esther which was a huge break from my studies. For the past week I havn't really hung out or talked to anyone else since I had to study and my back was sprained so I didn't see any of my volleyball friends. Somehow the movie Space Jam came up in our conversation, particularly the scene in the beginning where Michael's dad tells him he doesn't have to go to bed until he misses a shot.
Heres the clip.
After lunch I immediately went back to my room, but before continuing to study I looked up that scene in Space Jam. It is wierd because in that scene Michael's dad also says to Michael that if he gets good enough, he can do anything he wants to, and strangely that also came up in mine and Esther's conversation. Up till now, I always had the image of Michael Jordan having pure natural talent. But what is hidden in this simple intro scene, is that Michael Jordan was able to become the figure head of Basketball, not through pure natural talent, but through will and determination. Not only did his dad clearly say it, but it can also be observed in the scene. Michael was not in the house sleeping like he was supposed to, but he was outside practicing. He was practicing so that one day he would be good, and if he was good, he could do anything.
I just mark studied the intro to space jam.
haha.
So at 3:00 I took my EE131A final. There were 6 problems. The final was 3 hours long. At 1 hour left, I had skipped 3 problems, which I left blank cause I had no idea how to even start them. I finished the other 3 problems then went back to stare at the three I skipped. 10 minutes past, and all I had managed to accumulate on my exam was a pile of eraser shavings.I wondered if this test was hard for anyone else. I looked to my left where my friend was sitting, staring at the ceiling with her test in her lap. 20 minutes past, 40 minutes remaining, my friend had surrendered and left sometime in the last 10 minutes. I started thinking about what I would do if I failed this class. Thinking about this made my throat clog up and I started thinking about how embarrassing it would be for me to have to pull out my inhaler in the middle of this exam. "I believe I can fly" started looping in my head.
So I stopped thinking. I closed my eyes. And prayed.
I opened my eyes and looked at the problem. Nope, no new insight.. but wait, I then noticed I had written down something wrong, I fixed that and now the problem was easily solved. As I turned the page to the next problem I skipped, I remember thinking, "impossible.. that prayer could not have worked."
After rereading the next problem, I realized how easy it was. "Thank you Lord!"
Last problem, 9 minutes remaining. I looked at it, but i could not figure it out still, "Come on Lord!"
2 minutes remaining. "Ah its okay, thanks for the help with the other 2 problems" And with 1 minute left I quickly wrote out a "partial credit" type answer.
40 minutes ago, I didn't know how to do half of my test. And now, I had an answer for every question. Pretty good day I'd say.
Even more strangely, as I stood up to turn in my test, I immediately noticed I didn't feel any pain in my back.
You are an awesome God.
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