A Tommy Boy Moment

I loved the movie Tommy Boy back in the day. When I was in high school my buddies and I liked to play hockey Friday nights then sleepover at someone's house and put in Tommy Boy or another such silly show. I have carried a bit of Tommy Boy wisdom over the years. In one scene, Tommy learns he has received a D+ on his last exam needed for graduation from University. His reply was, "Oh my gosh....I PASSED!!" and began to cartwheel out of the building exuberantly. I took a midterm this last weekend in behavioral science. I felt prepared and in conversations with colleagues I felt I had meaningful input and understanding. I did well on practice quizzes and in my performances in labs. I took the exam, felt like I at least got a B and enjoyed my weekend. I got my grade today and was sad to see I passed but didn't do as well as I had thought. I would like to pull from the wisdom of Tommy Boy and be happy I passed, and don't get me wrong I am, but I have taken exams quite a few times expecting to do well and finding out I didn't. I wish I could look at the exams we take so I can see if I am just making careless errors or if I am actually not studying enough or correctly. It is university policy that once you take an exam they are sequestered never to be seen again. I am frustrated about how I am doing on exams and having no way of finding out why, but the silver lining is I did very well on the basic science cumulative exam or BSCE 1 and placed pretty high in the class. It is an exam that tested us over the first year of medical school. Thank goodness for that. All I can do is keep trying and see if I can't overcome my test woes. You never fail until you quit trying.