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So I passed my two classes last quarter. Sadly, that was not expected. B in Japanese, which pisses me off. My grades were way better than a B average, teacher just hated me cause I never went to class, probably lost a whole grade because she chose to weigh attendance/participation so heavily. Phonetics I managed a C+ somehow. Don't know how. Really. I barely went to class. I didn't attend a single discussion section, and they were supposedly critical to success in the class. My grades on tests/homework were...well...horrendous. Not complaining though, with this out of the way I can focus my attention on Mandarin. If I can somehow pass this summer intensive (hopefully a good grade, going into this really positive and focused), I'll be right in line to graduate next year, may even have enough flexibility to add a minor. Mandarin seems a beast though. There's 20(!) books for the course. I have no fucking clue why, I bought four today, I'll get the rest as the course goes on. Saw the first assignment posted too. 36 pages. Hopefully that's a weeks worth...if that is one day I'm dead.