Somehow February and March came and went, and now it's the season of Lent , a time in the Christian tradition reserved for penitence and fasting, which I'm observing by forcing myself to take the Architect Registration Exams (AREs) and by trying to write more regularly. "Lent" means "spring," and also "long," which together describes this exam period quite well, since it will probably take me from now until the end of the year to finish all seven of the exams. A long spring indeed. (After that, I will also take the California Supplemental Exam, or CSE, once my internship hours are complete.) Lent, or lente in Latin, also means slowly, which again describes the exam process quite well... and my attempt to get this over with as quickly as possible? Festina lente . So there you have it. A long, slow spring of studying. But what you really want to know is whether I passed my first exam last week, the Programming, Planning, & Practice ...
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