Today
in class we had a quiz. The quiz was on the north and central American
countries. I believe I got one of the answers wrong on the North American
countries. Other than that, it was easy. I studied hard during advisory, so the
countries were still fresh in my mind. That last minute study was a major help
to me. The website was also a huge help to me. It took me eight tries, but I
finally got 100% on both categories and under a minute. The most frustrating
was definitely the north American countries. The countries down south are so
small and close together I got them confused. For some reason I kept putting
Costa Rica where Honduras should be. It was very frustrating at first but
eventually on the day of the quiz I was able to tell the two apart. The
central America countries were the easiest to identify. The countries were
spaced out and much larger.
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