finals roundup

My 4.0 was foiled this semester by Evil professor Jenniene Kauer. She made her tests WAAAAAAY to hard for the intro to education class, in my opinion. So I got a B+ in her class, A's in all the others. Even Dr. Dodd's English class! I didn't expect that one after I got a C on that first paper, but I got a 96 on the sleep essay and my final essay which made up for it :) I had a 98 in my math class before the final, and I got an 82 on my final, which pulled my grade down to a 92, which is still an A. Barely, but it is. :) Damien did NOT want to sleep the night of my final, and it was at 730 am. Blah. And I didn't study because I was feeling too lazy, so I'm not complaining too loud at all. Sorry, now I sound like I'm bragging. Not trying to, I'm just proud of myself. I get so overwhelmed during the semester that I kind of overemphasize positive outcomes at the end :P It FEELS like it is IMPOSSIBLE to do it all, and then BAM it's over, and everything worked out ok. I love that feeling, when things work out OK. Now if only I could skip the stress along the way. . . (note to self next semester, lol)

I did my sleep essay on the dangers of driving without enough sleep, a topic I feel is overlooked for how dangerous it really is. So I'm going to share some info with you, lol.

Drowsy driving is the second-most frequent cause of motor vehicle accidents unrelated to speed (“Drowsy Driving Prevention Week“ 1140), with over 100,000 accidents each year attributed to driving without enough sleep (Ince 512). According to the 2005 Sleep in America poll, 37% of respondents, over 100 million in all, reported that in the year before the poll they had fallen asleep behind the wheel (“Drowsy Driving Prevention Week“ 1140). 47.1% of truck drivers polled reported to have fallen asleep behind the wheel of their semi trucks at sometime during their lives (“Drowsy Driving Prevention Week“ 1140). 71,000 injuries and 15,000 deaths can be attributed to drowsy driving according to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...Being awake for eighteen hours impairs a person the same as a blood alcohol content of .05, while an entire twenty-four hour period without sleep is like driving with a .1 blood alcohol level. Most states set the legal blood alcohol limit while driving at .08 (Turner).

According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, people who sleep six to seven hours a night rather than the recommended eight have doubled their chances of being involved in an accident.

People who sleep less than five hours a night are four to five times more likely to crash (Turner). On the top ten list of driver errors presented by AAA “drowsiness” made number two, above alcohol and second only to “distractions"

I'm on a mission to inform the public, so everyone who reads this should pass it on! :D

My final essay was on the roles women play around the house, and how much work they put into domestic life and how arguments between husbands and wives over who does what can negatively impact a marriage. Here is a quote I think all you mothers out there will appreciate:

“Given that one can hardly tell women that washing up saucepans is their divine mission, they are told that bringing up children is their divine mission. But the way things are in this world, bringing up children has a great deal to do with washing up saucepans" --Simone de Beauvior

The facts on the matter?

FACT: Married American women donate more than double the amount of time their husbands do to responsibilities around the house (even if they work outside the home as well)

FACT: Men spent a mere 2.6 hours a week with their kids in 1965 while modern fathers spend the upwards of 6.5

FACT: Married American women complete anywhere from 70-80% of the total household chores

Scary isn't it?