I am very eager to share that today is my last day as an official ES 11 (Course Definition: Statics of Rigid Bodies) student. This distinctive occasion was marked by my last long examination on trusses, frames, shear force and bending moment. It seemed only fitting that I began my career as an ES 11 student by acing the first long exam and ended it by failing my very last.

Figuring out that my grasp of Mechanics is mediocre at best, I ditched all thoughts of shifting to Applied Physics. I guess I’ll just have to let Andy handle the more complicated/abstract stuff. Even then, much as I would prefer Engineering Mechanics to rest in peace, I’m afraid it will haunt me for the rest of my life.