Pride Goeth Before a Fall

The students in my class on the Letter Writer wrote their mid-term exam today.

As I distributed the exams, a number of them (majors, no less) expressed their confidence in their own abilities to do well on the exam in light of the time that they had spent studying.

I smiled, bit my tongue, and thought to myself, "Well, we'll see after I finish grading the exams."

Well, I just finished grading the exams (but only because it's a small class, because it was a short exam, and because I was trying to avoid another task that I find more distasteful than grading).

I do believe that my students studied. But in light of the 66% average, I don't believe that they know how to study.

(sigh)

I am not looking forward to returning these exams...