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Ahh, the eternal irony of student life. You get to the end of the semester, you're tired as hell, you spend all your time chatting on the internet instead of doing homework, but justify it by saying, "Well, at least I'm chatting in Russian," and then... exams. Today we have exit exams that partner with the entrance exams we took to see if we've made any progress while we've been here. I have exams from 10-12 this morning and 1:30-5:30 this afternoon. It's gonna suck.

Then, I have a presentation to write for Friday. For finals, which are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of my last week here, I have to write a 1000 word essay and prepare a 10 minute presentation on it, write another essay of thus-far unspecified length and prepare a 10 minute presentation on it, and study for the written exam which will be Wednesday. Ahhhhhhhhh!

If someone ever invents a way to preserve some of that energy and enthusiasm that you have at the beginning of the semester so you can use it at the end when you really need it, he or she will become a very rich person.