MMI Week 2 (pre-test)

This week started off good. We finished covering engine theory and started into 4 stroke engines. I'm kind of surprised how much I thought I knew. I shouldn't be shocked as I've learned over the years most of the stuff you think you "know" is wrong. We are still in the book and note taking stage of things and most of us are anxious to get our hands dirty but if you don't know what you're doing it's pointless.

At the end of the night on Monday some genius decided to pull the fire alarm. I'm not sure when I went back to high school but I thought paying for school was supposed to bring out the grown-up in people. Once again.....something I thought I knew.

I've noticed a few people not showing up to class and showing up late. It's only week 2 and already people are taking a serious hit to their grades. My only hope is that I don't get real sick for the next year or two as that's the only reason I'll be missing any time.

As the week has gone on the information has been flowing at a rather quick pace. If you blink you really do miss quite a lot and let me tell you, it's a BITCH to catch back up. I've been studying my ass off and I think I've got a pretty decent handle on things.

It's Thursday night, well technically Friday morning, as I'm typing this and the big test is Friday night when we walk in the door. I've got a lot of studying to do to make sure I not only get a good grade on it but actually know what the hell I'm doing. Getting lucky on a test isn't good enough for this guy. I've got a few people who are looking to me to do well down here and one in particular that I really don't want to disappoint, who has helped me a lot so far. More than I can ever hope to repay but I know that I'll do her right by learning all I can. Oh and don't think I forgot about the crowd back home just waiting to give me a hard time if I mess up. Most of which will be a load of good humored poking but painful none the less.