Since there was a gas leak at one of the FVCC buildings on Thursday, and it happened to be the building I had class in, my drawing class’s mid-term critique was today. I don’t know if there will be an actual grade handed out, but my drawings were well received by classmates and teacher alike. I had been feeling like I shouldn’t have taken the class — I couldn’t finish anything within the class period, and it seemed that my classmates’ work was so much better than my own. After looking at the collections of work by the other students I realized that my method of comparison was based solely on my lack of confidence and not based on the overall quality of my body of work.

Another drawing bonus is that Dan got me this cool easel. It’s fully adjustable so you can change the angle of your canvas or paper, and it even has legs. I started working on the bird skull tonight. It’s far from finished, and I’d like to tweak a few measurements and lines, but I think it’s off to a good start.

In other class notes, I have an English Comp. mid-term exam tomorrow. I’m not terribly nervous about it. While my grammar may lapse here, I actually do know what most of the rules are, and that’s all the test is on — basic grammar. And we can use our notes.

I also have another quiz in Philosophy and my third test in Math coming up. Dr. Scott’s Philosophy quizzes are easy, I know the information well, and he’s a generous grader with plenty of ‘bonus-point’ opportunities. I’m a little more worried about my math test, I know the information (solving systems of equations in two variables), but that didn’t help me on the second test. I got an ‘A’ on my first, and bombed the second with a ‘C’. I was so certain I was going to get an ‘A’ on the second test, but I lost a lot of points on “little things”. Meaning that I didn’t show all of my work properly. There were also a few problems that I didn’t complete quite to the satisfaction of my teacher.

For a little Mathematics fun I thought I’d give you one of my math problems. I’ve already figured out the answer, so don’t think I’m trying to get anyone to do my homework for me. It’s the type of question you might see in a trivia type game, I know I’ve seen it before. Here it is:

Suppose there are a number of rabbits and pheasants confined in a cage. In all, there are 35 heads and 94 feet. How many rabbits and how many pheasants are there?