Setback

I don't intend to conceal this, but I hesitate to tell any of my friends about it.

I didn't do well for my mid terms, if anything, I did badly.
Initially, I wondered if it was because I am stupid. Upon looking at the answers, I came to a conclusion about 3 contributing factors.

1. The expectation: I spent too much time elaborating on my answers when the teacher was really only after very brief answers. As a result, I ran out of time and couldn't capitalise on the cheap questions at the end. Furthermore, an attempt to explain beyond my means meant that some answers which would have been accepted when written superficially, became open to criticism when explicated.

2. The weight. Each question was generically weighed at 5 marks regardless of difficulty. As a result, the scores can really fluctuate.

3. Insufficient Revision. There were some questions which were give-aways. But I wasn't ready to capitalise on them because there were some concepts I left hairy in my brain.

I don't want to brood over this... nor have friends thinking I'm really affected when I'm only slightly affected. I guess I should work hard on everything else since there is about 85% left to claim.

May I pay attention and invest effort and write those good essays.