Silence of the library

I have my HUGE exam tomorrow morning. I should be studying, but I am instead procrastinating by updating this blog.

I have realized a couple things.

First, I find studying at the library a strange phenomenon. There are literally 100's of students packed into a relatively small study hall with very little personal space. All are studying with the same intent in mind: to do well on exams, and almost all are strangers to one another. It just dawned on me that if an alien looked down on this group studying session, it would think that we were the most anti-social, silent beings in the universe. It is just so counter-intuitive that in a library, there are so many people around, so many people to discover, so many potential friends to be made, and yet we don't think to be social. Studying makes social rejects of us all.

Second, I have (I think) separated my self-worth from my marks. This is big step for me and though I don't know how I will do tomorrow, I do hope that I pass and don't require remediation. Either way, I think I am happy with the level of knowledge I have been able to consume this semester. My brain feels bigger!