School Bells

[papayahed]

guess who starts school on monday??? :lol::lol:


I registered for two classes today. One starts next monday the other starts next thursday. The funniest part is that the program I've decided to go into is in the liberal arts department so I'll have to take all those arsty fartsy classes I stayed away from my first go around.:bawling:

hmmm, I wonder if I'm going to be the oldest one there?

I can't wait to buy school supplies....I wonder if I'll need a compass and protractor??

[Joreads]

Hey welcome to the club, my classes do not start for another two months though. The most exciting thing about classes is buying the supplies try and stay away from the protractors though.

And I am sure you will not be the oldest but you may well be the smartest.

[aBIGsheep]

Guess who hasn't even sent in his application!

[Joreads]

Guess who hasn't even sent in his application!

I have no idea who that could be;)

[LadyWentworth]

I can't wait to buy school supplies
That has always been the best part of school for me. :D

I'm still playing around with some ideas. I think I will do an at-home/online degree/diploma - whatever - based on what I choose. I have my list, but I still haven't decided what I want to do exactly. This will be a change in my life, and I have to make sure I am choosing something that won't be a regret this time.

I always wonder if I would set foot inside a college today would I be one of the older ones, or even the oldest in my class. But I will never know as I just plan to stay hidden away from society and studying at home. :)

[Lily Adams]

I LOVE SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!

SO MUCH!!!!!!!

Except for homework. That just gets tiring. I like working, but I need rest, too.

I just about killed myself last night registering for the SAT...I got it all messed up and still have to fix it. :sick: I was so confused, haha. Wish I had someone to guide me like an older sibling.

So yeah...it can be stressful. But man, I love it for the most part! I love teachers! They are so goofy. One science teacher showed me a fresh squid beak today. XDDD Man I love those guys. True friends. I borrow books and CD's from them. Pretty cool. They really help when I'm feelin' down 'n' lonely!

Have fun!

[1n50mn14]

Guess who's still a deadbeat with a bunch of worthless night school credits to complete? :P!

I don't even get to go school supply shopping =[ And that's MY favourite part, too!

[LadyWentworth]

I don't even get to go school supply shopping =[ And that's MY favourite part, too!
I used to love going with my supply sheet to the store. It was always so much fun choosing the pencils, folders, notebooks, erasers and stuff. :p I always thought I was the only one that enjoyed doing this. Looks like I was wrong. :D I have to admit that I still like it when the stores put out all of the new supplies. I love to look through all of it even though it is something that I don't need to do anymore. :)

[JacobF]

I start my second semester in February. I'm kind of nervous because I need to do well in gr. 12 English to get into the university I want (I'm in gr. 11, but I took gr. 11 English in advance this past summer). But the rest of my classes are fairly interesting.

And yes, shopping for school supplies is a strange fascination that I think everyone secretly enjoys. The kid-in-a-candy-shop mentality kicks in as you spend time picking different trinkets to add to your academic arsenal. Regular shopping isn't nearly as fun, because you always buy the same thing.

[Niamh]

*sigh* everyone is going back to college except me. :(

Best of luck Papaya!!! i've done some of at artsy fartsy courses. they are fun! hope you enjoy them. I'd love to go back and do some more. I'd love to go back and finish Film Studies and Theatre Studies... and i'd love to do English and creative writing.

[Virgil]

guess who starts school on monday??? :lol::lol:


I registered for two classes today. One starts next monday the other starts next thursday. The funniest part is that the program I've decided to go into is in the liberal arts department so I'll have to take all those arsty fartsy classes I stayed away from my first go around.:bawling:

hmmm, I wonder if I'm going to be the oldest one there?

I can't wait to buy school supplies....I wonder if I'll need a compass and protractor??

That's great papaya. I got my masters in English lit at night off and on for almost ten years. I had almost given up. But it was a wonderful experience to still be in school. What are you taking up? I'm sure you got a lot of people with Liberal Arts background right here you can bounce questions off. :D

[papayahed]

Thanks guys! I was waffling between an MBA and Spanish. Spanish won over because I really wanted to start this semester and I haven't taken the GMAT yet.

This semester I'm taking Spanish and Intro to Fiction. Both should be pretty decent, except one of the books for the fiction class is Possession by Byatt. I really really disliked that book!!

[motherhubbard]

That's really exciting, Papaya! My classes start on Monday and I'm all nervous. I wish I was done. for now I just make up different ways to say I have three semesters left hoping that one will sound like it will all be over next week. I do enjoy being in school, but I want a job!!! I think work will pay much better than school does:)

[kasie]

Good luck, Papaya - I'm sure you'll enjoy your studies. Please keep us posted about your progress.

My Welsh class re-starts next week and, oh dear, I haven't done the homework....

[papayahed]

OK Netties, how's school going?

Me: I missed my first day of class, chances are good I'm going to miss my second day as well due to work.

[*Classic*Charm*]

You missed your first day?? That's too bad! What courses are you taking, Papaya?

School's good so far. I have a pretty heavy semester, but I'm going to aim for dean's list so I have a snowflake's chance in hell at having grades good enough for vet school.

[Niamh]

eek! not a good start!!
you should make sure the bosses know you have college so they dont hold you up!

[papayahed]

You missed your first day?? That's too bad! What courses are you taking, Papaya?

School's good so far. I have a pretty heavy semester, but I'm going to aim for dean's list so I have a snowflake's chance in hell at having grades good enough for vet school.

vet school? Thats pretty cool. I thought about being a vet once but it went the way of being a Dr. when I realized I couldn't handle the site of blood.:lol:.

I'm only taking two classes, Spanish 101 and Intro to fiction (reading not writing)


eek! not a good start!!
you should make sure the bosses know you have college so they dont hold you up!

hahaha, this time it was the CEO and Board of Directors.:lol: They won't be back anytime soon so I won't have to worry about them holding me up again.

[Nightshade]

This semester I'm taking Spanish and Intro to Fiction. Both should be pretty decent, except one of the books for the fiction class is Possession by Byatt. I really really disliked that book!!

So ? all you have to do is eloquently describe why you hate the book so much!

So you dont have to switch to working part time? Just going to juggle then?

[Niamh]

How dare they keep you from your education! :D

[Nightshade]

How dare they keep you from your education! :D

True you could do what I did and jump up and down shouting you are breaking your commitment to Life long learning and development shame on you I need to have this time off!
:lol:
Thats how I got to go to Prague anyway!
Edit: Oh wait does the US have the mandatory life long learning commitments? :confused:

[Riesa]

that's awesome, Papaya! Inspiring, really.

[Weisinheimer]

I'm going back to school after being out for 4 years. I start in a couple of weeks and I'm super nervous. I'm taking 3 science classes. This semester is going to be crazy but hopefully I'll make it through ok.

[Scheherazade]

To Papaya and all> Good luck, have fun and don't forget to give a KitKat or two to your teachers every now and then!

Papaya> Since I am in "serious" education (since September) too, we can be study buddies! :D

[papayahed]

So you dont have to switch to working part time? Just going to juggle then?

No, going back to school is just something I'm doing on the side, work comes first.


that's awesome, Papaya! Inspiring, really.

Thanks.


I'm going back to school after being out for 4 years. I start in a couple of weeks and I'm super nervous. I'm taking 3 science classes. This semester is going to be crazy but hopefully I'll make it through ok.

alll riiiggghhtttt, I'm kinda envious of you taking science classes, what are you taking?


To Papaya and all> Good luck, have fun and don't forget to give a KitKat or two to your teachers every now and then!

Papaya> Since I am in "serious" education (since September) too, we can be study buddies! :D

of course, we can study with a pitcher of margaritas!:D

[Weisinheimer]

alll riiiggghhtttt, I'm kinda envious of you taking science classes, what are you taking?


And I'm envious of your artsy fartsy classes. :lol: I'm taking Chem, microbio, and Anatomy & Phys. I like science ok, but I'd prefer it in smaller doses.

[*Classic*Charm*]

vet school? Thats pretty cool. I thought about being a vet once but it went the way of being a Dr. when I realized I couldn't handle the site of blood.:lol:.

I'm only taking two classes, Spanish 101 and Intro to fiction (reading not writing)

Not in vet school yet, I'm still working on my undergrad degree, in animal Biology.

Yeah, I think everyone goes through that phase at some point in their life. I just didn't grow out of it lol

Intro to fiction eh? Is the reading list any good?


And I'm envious of your artsy fartsy classes. :lol: I'm taking Chem, microbio, and Anatomy & Phys. I like science ok, but I'd prefer it in smaller doses.

your courseload sounds something like mine.

I'm taking into Biochemistry, Into Cell Biology, Intro Genetics, Structure and Anatomy of Farm animals, and Philosophy (Ethics- because I couldn't get into medical ethics:()

[Joreads]

I have just found out that I will have to attend four nights a week:p Oh well it is only 18 weeks

[kiz_paws]

To Papayahed et al ---->> This Is Good! Study hard and make us proud of ya! :nod:

[Scheherazade]

of course, we can study with a pitcher of margaritas!:DWhere is the pitcher? Just finished two assignments (20 pages :goof:)!

[Weisinheimer]

your courseload sounds something like mine.

I'm taking into Biochemistry, Into Cell Biology, Intro Genetics, Structure and Anatomy of Farm animals, and Philosophy (Ethics- because I couldn't get into medical ethics:()

Wow that's alot. Good luck with all that. Genetics sounds fun.

[dramasnot6]

On Monday my spring semester starts. I am taking Chinese Language, Chinese Women in Fiction and Film, Sex and Socialism, a biology course called From Conception to Birth and Literary Theory (Lots of Twain and Melville on the syllabus!). Really looking forward to all of them.

[papayahed]

And I'm envious of your artsy fartsy classes. :lol: I'm taking Chem, microbio, and Anatomy & Phys. I like science ok, but I'd prefer it in smaller doses.

Two out of three isn't bad!! I got through microbiology by the skin of my teeth.



I'm taking into Biochemistry, Into Cell Biology, Intro Genetics, Structure and Anatomy of Farm animals, and Philosophy (Ethics- because I couldn't get into medical ethics:()

Is there a difference between being a vet for farm vs. pets?


On Monday my spring semester starts. I am taking Chinese Language, Chinese Women in Fiction and Film, Sex and Socialism, a biology course called From Conception to Birth and Literary Theory (Lots of Twain and Melville on the syllabus!). Really looking forward to all of them.

dang Snot, my head hurts looking at those courses. What is your major?

[*Classic*Charm*]

Is there a difference between being a vet for farm vs. pets?

Yes typically one specializes in large animals (farm animals), small animals (companion animals like dogs and cats), or exotics

But everyone in my major has to take structure of farm animals for some reason...

[dramasnot6]

dang Snot, my head hurts looking at those courses. What is your major?

Double major in Gender and Women Studies and Chinese. Lotsa fun. :)

[WhimsySA]

:bawling: my classes start on 2 February. I'm scared!! And it looks like I'll have to work very very hard :bawling: :bawling:

[Scheherazade]

Where is the pitcher? Just finished two assignments (20 pages :goof:)!Where is my picher?????

Me finks Papaya is trying to keep it all to herself!!!

[papayahed]

Where is my picher?????

Me finks Papaya is trying to keep it all to herself!!!

hahha, I was looking for one that was big enough.:lol:
I guess we could always refill this one:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/28212330_9fc0d3578a.jpg

[kilted exile]

All you people are making me think I should do some correspondence courses or something, difficulty is deciding what.....

[Weisinheimer]

:bawling: my classes start on 2 February. I'm scared!! And it looks like I'll have to work very very hard :bawling: :bawling:

aww, good luck. I'm sure you'll do fine. I'm pretty nervous about my classes too. Do you have a pretty heavy courseload?

[WhimsySA]

I'm studying B.Sc Behavioural Genetics. First years all do a similar B.Sc course. I'll be doing Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Psychology (this replaces physics with the other first years will be doing) and Computer, I think that's all. But we have lots and lots of practical classes which will occupy my time till late at night. :(

[mono]

Kudos to you, papayahed! That takes a lot of motivation to jump back into the education routine . . . attendance, studying, homework, etc. Make us proud!
I have put some thought into graduate school to advance my RN degree, perhaps within the next year or two; ideally, I would like to remain in critical care, but maybe make the transition to a nurse practitioner or into anesthesiology a bit easier.
Have they slammed you with studies yet? :D

[papayahed]

Thanks Mono. Apparently I'm not as smart as I thought I was :lol:. My spanish class might be a little difficult. I'm finding my memorization skills aren't what they used to be and we've already had a quiz. My fiction professor seems pretty cool, even though we started off reading a poem!!!!:sick:. The reading list looks pretty good, if not a little ambitious. I'd say a quarter of it I've already read.

[weltanschauung]

while the stars that oversprinkle
all the heavens seem to twinkle
with a crystalline delight...


sorry. couldnt help it.

[motherhubbard]

I just finished my first large assignment. 15 weeks to go in this semester!

[papayahed]

I just finished my first large assignment. 15 weeks to go in this semester!

Alll riighhtt. The kids book one?

[Nightshade]

I got three 3000 word assignments today :(

[motherhubbard]

no, that will take me at least another month. It's not due until April though. I just don't want to get behind on anything this semester.

[dramasnot6]

I got three 3000 word assignments today :(

Ouch :(

[Nightshade]

I know eveil final semster .... :(

[Niamh]

poor Nightie! thats the system getting you back for injoying your hols

[Nightshade]

I know :(

[Scheherazade]

I got three 3000 word assignments today :(Hate to be all teacherly but when were they assigned?

[Nightshade]

no I mean they were assigned that day, well except for one... but Ive had another 6,000 one assigned since then
I didnt mean they were due in the same day ( there is 4 days - 9 between the assignmnets due dates its just they love to through all the essays at you at once !) Basically every week barring next until 2 week in march I have something or other due ... *sigh* ah well 9 weeks more and then I am DONE and out of here ( providing I dont fail the year of course) !

[papayahed]

I took my first test today. I missed the last two classes but I think I still did pretty well. There was one section where I thought was going to cause me problems but apparently it was a little over everybody's head because la professora told us which verbs to use which cleared everything up.

Yesterday I got assigned my first writing assignment. I haven't had to write a paper in forever and even then the papers were more about engineering so correct grammar wasn't really required - and ya'll know how bad I am in grammar.

[Weisinheimer]

I had my first day today. I'm pretty excited now. I really like one of my professors; the other 2 seem ok.

[*Classic*Charm*]

I wrote my first midterm yesterday and I ACED IT!!! WHOOO!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banan a:






Sorry, I'm really excited:D

[papayahed]

I wrote my first midterm yesterday and I ACED IT!!! WHOOO!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::b anana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::ban ana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banan a:







alllll riiiiigghhttt, congrats.

[Weisinheimer]

That's awesome, Classic! :thumbs_up

[papayahed]

Now I know how you guys feel!! I've been trying to write a paper for over an hour now but I keep finding myself interneting:crash::flare: I guess I could just turn off the wireless but that just seems so wrong!!:p

[Weisinheimer]

I hate writing lab reports :(

[*Classic*Charm*]

I hate writing lab reports :(

Me too:bawling:

[Joreads]

I start back next week so my freedome ends soon

[motherhubbard]

I have to write a huge paper today. It has to be today so that I can do another just exactly like it tomorrow. I've done every other assignment I can think of and I just don't want to do this one. Boy! It sounds like somebody needs a WHAAAaaambulance!

[Chava]

100 pages of reading for a three hour class on empirical research.. You've got to be kidding right? :rolleyes:

[Weisinheimer]

100 pages of reading for a three hour class on empirical research.. You've got to be kidding right? :rolleyes:

:eek: that's crazy. I guess I've got it pretty easy.

[Virgil]

All I can say is I don't go to school any more. :banana::banana:

Sorry i couldn't help my joy. I hope you students do well. :)

[Weisinheimer]

Snow day!! No school!!! :banana::banana::banana:
I'm so happy, now I have an extra day to study for my test. :D

[SleepyWitch]

estoy aprendiendo Español. I'm learning Spanish. I'd like to train as a German teacher in England and they prefer teachers to teach two languages in the long run. So I'm studying Spanish on my own. Plus, I'm studying "teaching German as a foreign language". Not taking any courses. I wish someone would set me an exam.!

[Virgil]

Snow day!! No school!!! :banana::banana::banana:
I'm so happy, now I have an extra day to study for my test. :D

Well, I didn't go into work today, so does that count for me too. :D We only got five inches (12-13 cm) but they were predicting ten to twelve inches. But it's nasty and icy out there. Plus we may get more.

[Weisinheimer]

It's still snowing pretty hard here. I think we have around 5 inches so far.

[motherhubbard]

It's midterm time and my lowest grade is a 94%! My highest grade is 101.2%! I'm very excited about it. I've heard terrible things about this semester (commonly called Block 1) and we've lost some people due to the heavy workload. It's hard work, too. I feel so good about my grades and the work I’m doing.

[*Classic*Charm*]

I've hit that point where I'm so tired of studying for midterms that I just don't care anymore..bad bad bad.

[SleepyWitch]

It's midterm time and my lowest grade is a 94%! My highest grade is 101.2%! I'm very excited about it. I've heard terrible things about this semester (commonly called Block 1) and we've lost some people due to the heavy workload. It's hard work, too. I feel so good about my grades and the work I’m doing.

:confused: how can you get more than 100%?

[papayahed]

It's midterm time and my lowest grade is a 94%! My highest grade is 101.2%! I'm very excited about it. I've heard terrible things about this semester (commonly called Block 1) and we've lost some people due to the heavy workload. It's hard work, too. I feel so good about my grades and the work I’m doing.

Congrats!!!:thumbs_up

[Weisinheimer]

It's midterm time and my lowest grade is a 94%! My highest grade is 101.2%! I'm very excited about it. I've heard terrible things about this semester (commonly called Block 1) and we've lost some people due to the heavy workload. It's hard work, too. I feel so good about my grades and the work I’m doing.
That's awesome. Congrats!


:confused: how can you get more than 100%?
extra credit questions

[Chava]

Oh man, at the half way break in class, all students filed out of the auditorium, straight into the canteen, and formed a line infront of the coffee machine... Here you go, here's my vein, now please load it with caffeine... *Reaches out arm*

[Weisinheimer]

I'm soooo glad this school week is finally over. Had a paper due and a lab practical today. The whole class was all freaked out about the practical...now that it's over I can relax and maybe sleep a little. I'm not sure what I got yet, I'm thinking probably a C, but I'm ok with that. I'll be happy as long as I passed.

[motherhubbard]

I'm going to try to finish all of the work for the semester next week. I'm so sick of school right now. I want to put my garden out and I can't when I'm tethered to the computer.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Second genetics midterm on tuesday. Must study...

[1n50mn14]

*sits back, crackles knuckles, and re-opens twelfth game of Zoo Tycoon*

Hahaha... no school for me!

I miss buying school supplies. Fresh pencils, erasers, a plethora of coloring supplies, scissors, glue... binders! O, lo! I am an organizational freak! Multi-colored dividers, to be decorated with collage and doodles...

I'm seeing everybody off applying to the universities of their choice, and realizing if I hadn't screwed myself over, I could be majoring in whatever I wanted right now. (That isn't being pompous, I was told by all of my teachers I would be accepted to any University of my choice, for any program, if I actually attended class.)

*sigh*

You all sound very busy.

[*Classic*Charm*]

It's never too late, Becca!:)

[papayahed]

Sadly, Spring Break is over. I was hoping to catch up but no such luck..

[Scheherazade]

Sadly, Spring Break is over. I was hoping to catch up but no such luck..Oh, please don't say that... I am relying on the Easter break to catch up on reading and complete some assignments. Too ambitious?

[papayahed]

Oh, please don't say that... I am relying on the Easter break to catch up on reading and complete some assignments. Too ambitious?


Little Bit.

Whooo Hooo, I didn't study and got a 94% on a test. Whoooo Hoooo. I'm hoping with turnaround pretty much over I can get caught up and get in some proper study time.

[Scheherazade]

*shuts her eyes tightly so she cannot read Papaya's reply*

I should really get some work done during the Easter holiday; otherwise, I will be in a pickle because there are no more holidays for me till the end of the term.

Though I might have 2 weeks off in June just before my assignments are due. That will be a little last minute but... Doubt if I could get anything done if it weren't for the last minute efforts.

[papayahed]

*I'm seeing everybody off applying to the universities of their choice, and realizing if I hadn't screwed myself over, I could be majoring in whatever I wanted right now. (That isn't being pompous, I was told by all of my teachers I would be accepted to any University of my choice, for any program, if I actually attended class.)

*sigh*

You all sound very busy.

You still have time to figure it all out. I spent a fair amount of time before I got my act together and went to school seriously. (If even school is what you want to do, school isn't the answer for everybody )

[papayahed]

:flare:If the homework is to read a short story why would you not do it? We had to read Heart of Darkness for class, apparently I'm one of the only ones that actually read the story. During class the professor kept asking questions that only two of us could answer:flare: I guess that's not really a bad thing except I'm not a participator!!!! I get to class early to get a good seat in the back, I don't raise my hand, and I never volunteer to go up to the board.

[papayahed]

What the heck, today in my other class the professor went around the room asking the homework questions and about half the class didn't do it. Why is that? And what really bugs me is that I used to be one of the non homework doers and I can't figure out what the heck I was doing at the time that prevented me from doing my homwork - I'm positive there wasn't a good reason.

[*Classic*Charm*]

Done 3/5 Finals!! :banana: :banana:

[K.K.]

Uhoh! Finals already!

This past semester has just flown past me.

[skib]

Crap. Auto final next Tuesday . . . Cadillac engine= completely torn apart, has to be back together by then. ****.

[motherhubbard]

I just finished the biggest assignment I've ever done. I'm so thankful to have that behind me.

[K.K.]

I just finished the biggest assignment I've ever done. I'm so thankful to have that behind me.


Congratulations!

[papayahed]

I just finished the biggest assignment I've ever done. I'm so thankful to have that behind me.


allll rrriiiiiggghhhttt

[Niamh]

weldone MH!

[motherhubbard]

I'm going to bed and I'm not going to do my homework. I'm skipping this assignment. 18 points or bed... bed wins.

[higley]

I have an exam and two assignments for tomorrow! And the next day, two finals and a presentation. I'm so terrible at public speaking.

[Weisinheimer]

Good luck to everyone doing finals. Mine don't start for a few weeks.

[Scheherazade]

Just found out that the deadlines this term are sooner than I thought they were...

:-/

[papayahed]

Just found out that the deadlines this term are sooner than I thought they were...

:-/

uh oh!


How did I think I'd get any homework done while I was back home.

[*Classic*Charm*]

I got 14/12 on my last philosophy paper!! That I wrote the morning it was due!! :banana: :banana:

[Niamh]

I need to get back to school. think i'll look up Open...again...

[papayahed]

I need to get back to school. think i'll look up Open...again...


and????

There are only so many left handed desks in a classroom if any, why do those righties insist on using the lefty desks for their crap?

[K.K.]

There are only so many left handed desks in a classroom if any, why do those righties insist on using the lefty desks for their crap?

There are desks specifically designed for lefties???

[papayahed]

There are desks specifically designed for lefties???


exactly!!!!


oh you righties!!!

(yes, if we're lucky there may be one per classroom and it's always in the back)

[K.K.]

My sister is left handed and she is always complaining about right-handed designed stuff. Spiral-bound notebooks drive her crazy.

[Chava]

Allright, 48 hour exam on political economy...Here I come!

[kasie]

A 48 hour exam??? :eek: Or do you mean an exam in 48 hours' time?

Either way - good luck!

I really should get down to my Welsh homework - it's only a short piece on 'When I was young...' (yes, we've learned the past tense!) but somehow I can't make myself knuckle down to it.

[Chava]

Oh no, it's an exam that lasts 48 hours. :) We get the assignment monday at ten, and then deliver it Wednesday.

[kasie]

Do you have to do the assignment under exam conditions - stay in one room, no talking, etc? (Not for the whole 48 hours, of course!) Or do you go away, mull it over, look things up, then write? Can you talk to other people about it or do you have to work 'in solitary'? Sounds a bit grim to me but my Eng Lit Part II final was a bit odd - we were given a book we had never seen before (Under The Volcano by Malcolm Lowry), sent away for a week to read it, think about it and discuss it among ourselves, then return to the exam room with the copy unmarked (the invigilators checked we had not written anything in them) then set an exam paper from which we had to choose two questions to answer in three hours. Oh, and the tutors had removed any book with a reference to the text from the library in advance (no Internet in those days!) so it was All Our Own Work. Much coffee was consumed in our ad hoc seminars in the week leading up to the exam and 'question spotting' was refined to a fine art - so why was I the only candidate who wrote on whether the book was a Tragedy? We'd thrashed that one out already. (We'd already done the Lit Crit bit of the exam, btw, in case anyone thinks we got away with no poetry/drama crit or unseen crit, and our course work essays were additionally assessed as the part of the exam to cover the actual course work.)

[Chava]

The assignment is sent by email, and then we can sit at our library at home, in bed, whichever we wish, and write, look up in the text books as much as we wish, etc. We have one of these exams each semester, and the questions can vary from a comparison of Aristotles and Plato, to a 5 page answer to the question "What is Democracy". Or worse, 48 hours to describe the financial crises with macro and micro economic models... I'm already dreading Monday's question. And there is no way one can cheat and just 'write from the book'. 48 hours is both a blessing and a curse, and unless you already understand the material, there is no way you can get through a semester of course texts. :)

[Niamh]

I hated the desks in college because of the lack of lefties. And they were always located in the stupid parts of lecture halls that my friends wouldnt sit. you have no idea how annoying trying to comfortably write on a righty desk is. :mad:

On another note i am looking into college courses!! :banana: not sure if i want to try get my cert in Archaeology (finally) or just do a lit course...

[Chava]

I hated the desks in college because of the lack of lefties. And they were always located in the stupid parts of lecture halls that my friends wouldnt sit. you have no idea how annoying trying to comfortably write on a righty desk is. :mad:

On another note i am looking into college courses!! :banana: not sure if i want to try get my cert in Archaeology (finally) or just do a lit course...

Very exciting Niamh! Please do keep us posted. And if you do become an Irish archeologist, I'll totally come visit you at a dig! I wanted to be an archeologist as a kid! :D

[Niamh]

Very exciting Niamh! Please do keep us posted. And if you do become an Irish archeologist, I'll totally come visit you at a dig! I wanted to be an archeologist as a kid! :D

I spent two years as an archaeologist. my first dig was six years ago. :(

[Chava]

I spent two years as an archaeologist. my first dig was six years ago. :(

I thought I remembered that, but suddenly I wasn't sure. That effectivly makes you a childhood idol. ;)

[Niamh]

hehehe!! I have some bronze age pottery somewhere...

[kasie]

Chava - do please keep us posted on your horrendous sounding exam - after it's all over, of course. Hope it will be a question/topic you feel confident with - GOOD LUCK!

[Weisinheimer]

There are only so many left handed desks in a classroom if any, why do those righties insist on using the lefty desks for their crap?

I always feel bad for the lefties at school. In one of my classes there are two lefties and one desk; it's like a race every morning.



I just submitted the worst paper I've ever written, I think. I was so busy with other classes and stuff, I ended up writing it the day it was due. Not only was it super rushed, I was so crazy tired, my mind wasn't really functioning. Oh well, it's better than a zero.

[IJustMadeThatUp]

I have an exam and two assignments for tomorrow! And the next day, two finals and a presentation. I'm so terrible at public speaking.

Don't get me started on public speaking!! They have been the most awful, degrading and quietest times of my life.

I'm waiting on the big envelope telling me that I got into uni! Fingers crossed!

[crystalmoonshin]

:lol: I hate public speaking, too. I'm easily distracted and my worst enemy, Mental Block invades my mind and then I'd get panicky and my legs would start to wobble. I hate that feeling. Ugh!

[IJustMadeThatUp]

:lol: I hate public speaking, too. I'm easily distracted and my worst enemy, Mental Block invades my mind and then I'd get panicky and my legs would start to wobble. I hate that feeling. Ugh!

Yep I know that feeling! I had to give a speech about the chuditch and the effects of fox baiting on it for a class. I stammered around every subject and actually forgot to mention what a chuditch was. The first question asked was "What is a chuditch?"
Duh! Never again!:bawling:

[crystalmoonshin]

:lol:
Oh well, one time already I had index cards prepared and I never got to use them coz while out there in front, I gave in to panic that I forgot to take a look at my cards. Talk about being stupid! I looked like a total idiot trying to think of words to say while a deafening silence was all around. Yikes!

[motherhubbard]

I just finished my next to the last assignment. I haven't even started the last one and it's due on Tuesday. Man I don't want to even look at it! I just keep thinking about how nice it will be to paint my living room. If I can finish the assignment tomorrow I'll paint on Monday, but it will probably be Wednesday. Am I the only one who is sick of it?

[*Classic*Charm*]

I'M DONNNNEEE!!!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[motherhubbard]

OH WOW!!! I'm so happy for you!

[*Classic*Charm*]

Thanks :D

[papayahed]

ok, how? The professor gives us a take home test to go along with the in-class test. After grading the professor announced that she wasn't going to count the take home because too many people either didn't do it or got far to much wrong to count. This was a gimmee, how can you not do well on a take home test when the answers are in the book!!!!

[motherhubbard]

:banana:I JUST TURNED IN MY LAST PROJECT FOR THE SEMESTER!!!! I'm just so happy. :banana::banana::banana:

[*Classic*Charm*]

YAY MOMH!!! That's so exciting!!

[kasie]

:banana:I JUST TURNED IN MY LAST PROJECT FOR THE SEMESTER!!!! I'm just so happy. :banana::banana::banana:

Hooray! Well done! Does that mean you can get out to your garden now?

I sort of did my Welsh homework - and quite enjoyed it, even remembered idioms I thought I'd forgotten - but completely forgot one section of the exercises we were supposed to do, as did most of the class, so the tutor gave us an extra week to do it all. Now all I have to do is write a paragraph about an imaginary trip to London and finish off my reminiscences about when I was young. I will do it, I will. I'll go and do it now - well, after I've had another cup of tea, perhaps.....

[motherhubbard]

So I’ve been busting my behind this semester. It has been the most difficult and challenging semester I’ve ever had. Not because of the difficult of the classes, but because of the extreme workload. In addition, the instructions are vague at best. Some are little more than a statement. When we ask a specific question about a specific assignment she often refers us to the syllabus which gives the statement and no clarification. I often feel like I’m groping in the dark. On top of that, nothing is being graded. There are substantial assignments that I turned in the first week of February that are still not graded.

I hate to hear students talk about how bad a teacher is because I often find that they are placing blame for bad grades and shoddy work on the teacher when it doesn’t belong there. That’s not the case here, my grades are really exceptional. But I expect to be dealt with professionally. I received a caddy e-mail from a teacher this week and I’m so mad I could spit!

[papayahed]

Whooo Hoooo!!! I just took my last final of the semester.

[*Classic*Charm*]

YAY Congrats Papaya!!

[Weisinheimer]

done with all my lab practicals. I got all A's :banana:

now for finals...

[imthefoolonthehill]

just took my last final! DONE!

[papayahed]

Whooo Hoooo, I got A's.

[Nightshade]

yay! payaya:banana: how are you going to celcbrate .
( every time you get an A you have to celebrate!:nod: )

[Weisinheimer]

Finished! Took my last final this morning. It feels so good.

[motherhubbard]

Whooo Hoooo, I got A's.

Hooray Papaya!





Finished! Took my last final this morning. It feels so good.

Way to go!

[BienvenuJDC]

My daughter Hannah had her graduation from pre-school today. This fall she starts the BIG kindergarten school. She is SO ready for it :).... I'm SO not...:(...;)

[motherhubbard]

Oh, sending them to kindergarten is rough. I cried myself sick when Bailey went. I was crying so hard I couldn't drive myself home from the school!

[Weisinheimer]

anyone taking summer classes?

[Chava]

So, the semester project has been delievered. Summer starts today, with vigourous cleaning of the apartment, ice cream, and excellent dinner before a suicidal karate session. Today marks the end of my two basis years of University, after summer my single bachelor year starts, and then, then I've got my degree... Seems very strange. In one year from now, I'm submitting my bachelor project. Well, Hello Summer.

[qimissung]

I GAVE my last final today. After which my two most irrepressible students in that class piled some desks on top of one another and I was forced to yell at them.

[Scheherazade]

Sent my assignments off last week and attended one of the trainings yesterday. Now, I am supposed to complete the assignment for that one if I want to get a certificate.

There are two more trainings to attend but I enjoy them mostly so no problems there.

[Nightshade]

YAY! :banana:

( do we know what scher is studying? :confused: :p

[papayahed]

YAY! :banana:

( do we know what scher is studying? :confused: :p

Spy School:nod:

[motherhubbard]

anyone taking summer classes?

I am not and I'm so happy about it!

[Scheherazade]

YAY! :banana:

( do we know what scher is studying? :confused: :p


Spy School:nod:Yeah, just completed "Night Surveillance" and "Principle and Theories of Effective Disguise" modules.

Next year, I will be doing 30 hours of Practical and as well as "Fake Documentation Preparation".

Note: This post will self-destroy in 15 hours.

[JuniperWoolf]

lol I'm like that too. I worked for a couple of years after high school, and now when I see kids who DON'T do their homework I just don't get it. I think the reason is that they're fresh out of highschool and still in that frame of mind where your parents are there to make sure you do everything. I'm pretty sure you won't be the oldest one there either, I was looking at my school statistics last month and the average age for students is 27, with 9% of students over the age of 40. We had three students who were older than 80.

Also, could someone explain to me what's so awesome about buying school supplies? My irl friends like it too, and they aren't even interested in school. I HATE that part. Stupid excess cardboard, and the scissors are IMPOSSIBLE to open (ironically, if I only had some scissors...), and all of the pencils are dull and you have to sharpen them, and all of the people at the store that you have to deal with... ugh, no thank you. Shopping for anything sucks.

[Chava]

Semester finally done, I just took my project exam, the group project had been awarded a C, but in my defence today I managed to talk it to an A. And now... Summer vacation!

[Scheherazade]

Way to go, Chava!

I am trying to complete yet another assignment; it is optional for a course I attended couple of weeks ago. Unless you complete the assignment, they do not give you a certificate so thought why not? But, as always, I'm wondering why I do such things...

And next week I will be attending another course with similar framework. :-/

[Weisinheimer]

I'm a few weeks into my summer class. So far it's not as difficult as I thought it would be, but the prof is a bit...sketchy. He doesn't always seem to know what he's talking about and twice he's unexpectedly canceled class. Actually the second time he didn't really cancel...he just didn't show up.

[Nightshade]

My results just came out and I got a 2.1
~:banana:
now I have to go back to my dancing and singing!
excuse me please!

[kasie]

Congratulations, Nightshade - I think quite a bit of dancing and singing would be well in order! And a little something bubbly to go with it!

[papayahed]

My results just came out and I got a 2.1
~:banana:
now I have to go back to my dancing and singing!
excuse me please!


Whoooo Hooooooo!!!!:thumbs_up

(I'm assuming since dancing 'nana made an appearance it's good news, but what does 2.1 mean?)

[grace86]

No summer classes for me thank goodness. This quarter was rather enjoyable but it just about killed me! I had been threatened to be kicked out because I was placed on academic probation (personal home life issues blah)...let's just say that gave me motivation enough.

Final Score:

Andean Archaeology: A
Caribbean Culture and Society: A
Islam and Iranian History: C

Cannot tell you how proud I am of that stupid C! I'm bragging I know...but the professor completely gave me a hard time personally in that class. She told me I would have to do an amazing job on my term paper to pass her class. I must have done an amazing job. That woman had fun attacking me. Guess she doesn't like anthro majors. :D

One more quarter left...one class left...and I'll have my BA!!!!! Wooot!!

Sorry...I'm soo satisfied with my grades...you have no idea what a quarter it's been!

You know, I don't like buying school supplies, but I look forward to purchasing the textbooks with an unhealthy excitement lol!

[Nightshade]

Whoooo Hooooooo!!!!:thumbs_up

(I'm assuming since dancing 'nana made an appearance it's good news, but what does 2.1 mean?)

ITs an UPpers second class honors. Basically I got the second Highest I could get!
And yes the nana is a good sign :D

[papayahed]

Allllll Riiiiiiighhhttttt!!!! Time to go back to School!!!! I start next week. I'm taking a communications class and a history class. What about you guys?

[Scheherazade]

Allllll Riiiiiiighhhttttt!!!! Time to go back to School!!!! I start next week. I'm taking a communications class and a history class. What about you guys?I won't start work for another 3 weeks... and my studies won't start till October.

What is a communications class?

I have always thought you communicate rather well! :D

[papayahed]

IWhat is a communications class?

I have always thought you communicate rather well! :D

Thank you:lol:

It's a public speaking class, I'm not to crazy about it but it should be useful.

[*Classic*Charm*]

I start back in three weeks and I don't want to wait that long!! I'm taking Agricultural Animal Physiology, Fundamentals of Nutrition, Genetics, Biophysics, and Calculus.

[kasie]

I haven't even started my vacation Welsh homework.......:eek:

[Niamh]

Guess who starts college (hopefully) in october! :banana: i'm going back to do my degree, only this time, rather than continue with Archaeology, i'm doing a BA in Literature and the English Language. wish me luck!!

[kasie]

Yes indeed, the very best of luck, Niamh - and enjoy it, too.

[Nightshade]

I am going to take a storytelling course! :banana: I decided yesterday and am double checking details today, but I really want to do this, most public library librarian posts requier you to take part in story time and rhyme time and I really love storytelling!
:D

[higley]

Good luck Niamh, and Nightshade that sounds like a ton of fun. :D

[motherhubbard]

Guess who starts college (hopefully) in october! :banana: i'm going back to do my degree, only this time, rather than continue with Archaeology, i'm doing a BA in Literature and the English Language. wish me luck!!

Good luck Naimh! :thumbs_up


I am going to take a storytelling course! :banana: I decided yesterday and am double checking details today, but I really want to do this, most public library librarian posts requier you to take part in story time and rhyme time and I really love storytelling!
:D

I'm a little jealous. This sounds like a great class. My 10 year old really has a striking talent for storytelling. She always impresses me with her ability to pepper the story with clues that all come together in the end.


Today is my first day. My classes are beginning to show up on the internet and I get a little more nervous each time I check in. 21 hours this semester :eek: but, it's my last semester of classes.

[papayahed]

Allllllll Riiiiiggghhhhtttt Niamh and Nightie!!!:banana:



Today is my first day. My classes are beginning to show up on the internet and I get a little more nervous each time I check in. 21 hours this semester :eek: but, it's my last semester of classes.

Holy Crap MH!!! 21 hours?? That's a whole mess o' classes no? Somewhere it's says that I can only take 19 hrs per semester.

[Annamariah]

I'll begin my third year at the universty in a couple of weeks. I still don't know where exactly I should be and when. Everything's a mess, because my department (translation department of Helsinki university) moved to Helsinki from another town AND they changed the course requirements at the same time, as if everything wasn't complex enough already :p

[*Classic*Charm*]

Yay everyone!

Niamh, that's so exciting! Nightie, what an awesome class! Man, you guys get to take fun courses! Good luck to you all!

[papayahed]

Yay everyone!

Niamh, that's so exciting! Nightie, what an awesome class! Man, you guys get to take fun courses! Good luck to you all!

Whadya mean? you get to take Calc!!:banana:

[*Classic*Charm*]

Whadya mean? you get to take Calc!!:banana:

Calculus is my personal satan.

[motherhubbard]

Somewhere it's says that I can only take 19 hrs per semester.

I'm taking 7 of those hours one place and 14 at another. The 7 should be easy.


I'll begin my third year at the universty in a couple of weeks. I still don't know where exactly I should be and when. Everything's a mess, because my department (translation department of Helsinki university) moved to Helsinki from another town AND they changed the course requirements at the same time, as if everything wasn't complex enough already :p

I bet everyone is in the same boat. I'm sure it will work out.


Calculus is my personal satan.
:nod:

[Nightshade]

I need someone to yell at me so I rember to ring about the story telling class.!
But yay everyone. :banana:

Huh, is it just the females on the forum starting new classes?

[kasie]

Nightshade - have you made that phone call? No, don't say you'll do it later- do it now.(In her best Teacher's Voice. :D)

[JBI]

I don't start classes until the ninth, and my schedule is a beast - Italian, French Chinese, Chinese History, East Asian Critical Approaches, and English literature from 1500-1600 - quite messy, and like 20 hours of class each week :!@! Bit worried about the Chinese, but probably only 30-50 new characters a week, so it shouldn't be too bad.

[Weisinheimer]

I'm only taking 10 credits this semester: English comp, Fine Arts, and Hebrew.

[*Classic*Charm*]

What are normal numbers for weekly hours of class for everyone? Just because it seems that everyone finds close to 20 to be a lot...I have 20 hours of lecture this semester, plus lab time for four of my classes and that's a very light semester.

[Weisinheimer]

What are normal numbers for weekly hours of class for everyone? Just because it seems that everyone finds close to 20 to be a lot...I have 20 hours of lecture this semester, plus lab time for four of my classes and that's a very light semester.

Wow ok, i guess we're wimps down here. Around 15 is about normal for me. You need special permission to take more than 18 credits at my school.

[motherhubbard]

12 is full time here and 18 is the max unless you have special permission. They only charge for the first 15 where I attend so I always take as many as they will allow. As long as I keep my GPA up they allow me to take as many as I want. I usually take between 18 and 21. I did 24 once, but it was hard on my kids.

[Niamh]

wait... you guys only do between 12 and 20 hours a week in classes? did i get that right?
When i was in college classes started a 9am and finished at 5pm. If you were lucky you might get a couple of free hours during the day. Fridays we finished at one.

[Nightshade]

I think it is 40 here. My course was odd in that it was 20 hours contact time and 20 hours self study ecxpected. but ifyou dont have 15 hours contact time ou dont even qualify for a student rail card! :eek:

[Scheherazade]

When I was at university, we were given around 18 hours a week. To be able to take more classes, one needed special permit, like some mentioned above, which meant that you were expected to have "proved" yourselves; i.e., a regular honour student etc. By the time I graduated I had about 25 extra credits but now looking back to it, I cannot help wondering what good that do for me as we were not allowed to take certain classes earlier so early graduation was out of question.

Less idle hours, more lectures to attend, more assignments and exams to prepare for. Bleh.

Niamh> I think college and university hours are different because at university they expect one to one contact-study hour if I remember correctly (similar to what Night mentioned).

At the moment, I am working 21 hours a week (14 teaching hours) and my advisor at university suggests I study about 6 hours a week... which leaves very little time for a social life. Hence, long live LitNet! :D

[Nightshade]

which leaves very little time for a social life. Hence, long live LitNet! :D

HEY! The Litnet IS a social life :p

[Niamh]

Niamh> I think college and university hours are different because at university they expect one to one contact-study hour if I remember correctly (similar to what Night mentioned).

I'm not sure if our systems are very similar or not...
I went to an IT so not really certain about the Big Uni's and Colleges, but most of my week were Lectures and tutorials. Any college work was mainly done outside of hours the same was as homework in school.
I did a small FETAC course about a year after i dropped out, and that required two full days (14 hours) in classes and two days doing research in the National Library and the National Archives (12 hours) for the Local history side of the course. so that was still 24 hours excluding projects that needed to be done for all other classes, and that was considered a part time course because we were only in classes two days a week.



At the moment, I am working 21 hours a week (14 teaching hours) and my advisor at university suggests I study about 6 hours a week... which leaves very little time for a social life. Hence, long live LitNet! :D
I'm still going to be doing a 40 hour working week and studying on top of that. :sick: I'm glad classes are few and far between though!!


HEY! The Litnet IS a social life :p

Yes it is! :D

[motherhubbard]

wait... you guys only do between 12 and 20 hours a week in classes? did i get that right?
When i was in college classes started a 9am and finished at 5pm. If you were lucky you might get a couple of free hours during the day. Fridays we finished at one.

That sounds so crazy to me! When do you study and do homework and projects? I would say that I spend an average of 35 hours a week on homework. The hours I'm talking about are hours spent in the classroom. Three hours for English Comp each week for 16 weeks = 3 credit hours. 12 hours is considered full time. When I started I was told to expect to spend 3 hours out of class for every one hour in class. There have been several classes I didn't have to spend any time out of class studying for, but there have been some classes that have taken me 15+ hours a week. I find that my on-line courses take a lot more time and effort.

I can't believe we've had this thread up for so long and this hasn't come up sooner.

[*Classic*Charm*]

I think it is 40 here. My course was odd in that it was 20 hours contact time and 20 hours self study ecxpected. but ifyou dont have 15 hours contact time ou dont even qualify for a student rail card! :eek:

Do you mean contact time =lectures and labs, self study= homework?

Man, I didn't even include study time! I've been told by profs that I should be spending roughly 12 hours a week on each class, including lecture, labs, and homework/studying.

The normal course load is 5 classes, and one can do up to 6 with special permission. Hours per week varies depending on which classes you're taking as almost all classes have about three hours of lecture time per week, but they vary in the amount of scheduled/ non-scheduled lab and seminar time. So yes, I suppose about 15 hours per week of lecture, but most of my classes have lab work as well.

My semester is fairly light because one of my classes doesn't have any lab work, and two of them only have one hour of scheduled lab time per week, which is pretty unusual. Most of my classes typically have three hours of scheduled lab time per week.

[papayahed]

I'm taking two classes this semseter, both are 3 credit hours which means I'm spending 6hours in class per week.

[Mathor]

12 hours is normal, 18 is the maximum, I'm taking 15. So that's five 3-hour courses.

[kasie]

Those were my hours too, Niamh, and some extra-long days finished at six and we didn't finish early on Fridays. But that was way back when, in the dear dead days beyond recall known as the Sixties (of which it is said if you can remember them, you weren't there....)

[Niamh]

In my first year my classes were broken up in to two semester
Semester 1
Physical Landscape
Computers(lectures and tutorials)
Irish Social History
Mentor
film Studies (lectures and Tutorials)
Theatre Studies( Lectures and Tutorials)
Communications
(seven classes three with tutorials)

Semester 2
Man Made Lanscape (archaeology)
Multimedia (lectures and Tutorials)
Irish Social History
Management of cultural enterprises
Film Studies (lectures and Tutorials)
Theatre Studies (Lectures and Tutorials)
(six classes three with tutorials)

I think both Film and Theatre Studies had five or six hours of classes and tutorials each, Computerss1/multimedia S2 had four and everything else had three... about 26/27 hours of classes a week. free time between classes and after classes was used to do projects and study... well in theory.... it was mainly used to go to the pub. :p

[Annamariah]

In comprehensive school we spent more hours at school per week when we got older. In elementary school (grades 1-6) there were first about 20 hours of school per week, later about 25. In grades 7-9 we had five periods each year, and each period had a different schedule. I had a couple of periods with 28 hours and a few with 35, the normal amount of hours being around 30.

In upper secondary school there were again 5 periods each years during which you took different courses. One course would be 5 hours a week, and I usually took 6 or 7 courses in a period, which means 30 or 35 hours of school. I had maybe a couple of periods with 5 or 8 courses during my time in upper secondary school.

At university, however, we have less classes and more independent work (I don't mean we didn't have homework in comprehensive school or upper secondary school, just that it didn't take up as much time then). In my first year at university I sat at school for about 27 hours a week in the autumn semester and a bit less in the spring. I made 80 credits that year, when 60 is the recommended amount. On my second year I did 65 credits, sat at school maybe 15-20 hours a week, but spent twice as much time with homework as I did on my first year. I still don't know what my schedule will look like this year, I just hope I won't be constantly as tired as I was last year.

[motherhubbard]

I have to say it sounds like I've got it easy!

[JBI]

Yay! Marks are in for the summer finally, did alright, so now I can start breathing again - my stress level has gone wayyyyy down, and I think I will sleep better now. Time to enjoy my two week vacation before it starts all over again.

[andave_ya]

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AT PHC! I am officially a college frosh - just finished my u.s. history class and am off to logic presently.

[papayahed]

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AT PHC! I am officially a college frosh - just finished my u.s. history class and am off to logic presently.


whooo Hoooooo!

[motherhubbard]

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AT PHC! I am officially a college frosh - just finished my u.s. history class and am off to logic presently.

:banana:

[DanielBenoit]

one week left, and I'm already hearing those school bells ring

:brickwall:brickwall:brickwall

[motherhubbard]

I'm ready to cry!

[Nightshade]

why?!

[papayahed]

I'm ready to cry!

uh oh! why for?

[Niamh]

woohoo Andave Ya!

Whats up MH?

[Nightshade]

FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AT PHC! I am officially a college frosh - just finished my u.s. history class and am off to logic presently.

Frosh? :confused: not sure how I missed this but YAY!! :banana:

[Niamh]

freshman Nightie. :)

[Scheherazade]

She might be feeling tearful because the classes are about to start.

Just realised that the university has already put up the reading list for the next year :-/

[Nightshade]

Thats kind of late scher! I was generally screaming for the reading list by the second week of July . :D
But then I ended up with the wrong list which was sooo NOT funny! :rolleyes:

[motherhubbard]

It's just too many hours, but I have to have them all this semester. It's really too many.

[papayahed]

That stinks!

[AmericanEagle]

I don't start classes until the ninth, and my schedule is a beast - Italian, French Chinese, Chinese History, East Asian Critical Approaches, and English literature from 1500-1600 - quite messy, and like 20 hours of class each week :!@! Bit worried about the Chinese, but probably only 30-50 new characters a week, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Are you taking 6 FCEs?

[JBI]

Are you taking 6 FCEs?

Yeah.

[AmericanEagle]

^ Too bad you can't take advantage of U of T's flat fee policy.

How do you manage 6 courses? Especially during the time when all the essays are due?

[JBI]

^ Too bad you can't take advantage of U of T's flat fee policy.

How do you manage 6 courses? Especially during the time when all the essays are due?

I dunno - always done six here, except for my first semester.

Generally, I never forget anything said in a lecture, and when I take notes, and read, I record every single quote I may use later.

It's the vocabulary for those language courses which really hurt though - so many new words, that you forget ones you really need.

I'm not worried about East Asian theory and history though - only the language courses - the rest should be easy.

6 isn't too much different than five.

[AmericanEagle]

^ How many credits will you graduate with? I can't imagine taking more than 5 courses per semester.

[JBI]

^ How many credits will you graduate with? I can't imagine taking more than 5 courses per semester.

Dunno - going to see if I can work out an abroad year, which would mean I lose a few - but generally, I'll take very few over 20 if I can help it. My last year will be a joke though.

[AmericanEagle]

My last year will be a joke though.

Why is that?


I'm not worried about East Asian theory and history though - only the language courses - the rest should be easy.

"Easy" and "U of T courses" usually don't go hand-in-hand :)

[JBI]

"Easy" and "U of T courses" usually don't go hand-in-hand :)
By easy I mean I can try my hardest and pull off the grades I want - you study here too?


Why is that?

Won't need any credits - I've got my English major virtually done already, and don't need to many more courses so it probably will be all language courses.

[AmericanEagle]

By easy I mean I can try my hardest and pull off the grades I want - you study here too?

Yes, I'm going into third year.

JBI, you mentioned in another thread that you consider yourself to be a feminist. Did you ever think about doing a minor in Women and Gender Studies? But I guess you already have enough on your plate, with three majors.

[JBI]

JBI, you mentioned in another thread that you consider yourself to be a feminist. Did you ever think about doing a minor in Women and Gender Studies? But I guess you already have enough on your plate, with three majors.

There's really too much to take - I considered all sorts of minors, but really, right now it is too late - I've reworked what I wanted to major in already too many times.

[AmericanEagle]

^ Yeah, the key to choosing your subject POSts is figuring out what you're interested in :)

[Nightshade]

How do you manage 6 courses? Especially during the time when all the essays are due?

So Six isn't less than the standard? And here I was thinking I had got off light! :eek:

[AmericanEagle]

^ I think that it depends on the school. At the University of Toronto, the standard course load is five courses per semester.

[JBI]

So Six isn't less than the standard? And here I was thinking I had got off light! :eek:

6 is six full year courses, which, in my case is 20 hours of class a week, which is quite a bit of schooling. Here each class is worth the same amount of credits (unless it is a half course), so perhaps there may be some confusion.

Eagle, you an English major?

[AmericanEagle]

Eagle, you an English major?

No, I got scared off after being forced to take English for four years in high school.

[papayahed]

First assignment - A paper on "My life is like ......" What the hell???

[Niamh]

I am paying my entry fees today! :banana:

[JBI]

I an paying my entry fees today! :banana:
How much are they in Ireland?

[Niamh]

How much are they in Ireland?

For my first module its about €1500. for my second year i'll have to pay that twice. I'm paying fees because i'm doing a course with the OU. Only a few colleges over here you need to pay for. Students dont have to pay much for higher ed. they usually only pay about €200. The rest is paid by the government. :) god bless the irish third level ed system. Because i came from a single income family in a disadvantaged area i didnt have to pay anything and got a grant to go to college. :)

[Scheherazade]

I am paying my entry fees today! :banana::D

Wait till you get your book pack from them. Such delight! :D

[Niamh]

I'm having problems. :( there was more than one person with my name on their database so could fully register online. they are sending me papers from Belfast which need to be filled out and sent back within the next nine days or i'll have to wait till feb :(

[motherhubbard]

I'm sorry Niamh. Surely it will work out

[Scheherazade]

How inefficient is that!

I am sure you will be able to hand them in time. Cheer up! :)

[Niamh]

Its typically my luck. Hopefully they will send it in the registered post. I dont want to miss out. :(

[Scheherazade]

Its typically my luck. Hopefully they will send it in the registered post. I dont want to miss out. :(Oh, come on, these things happen :) Don't take it so hard.

I am in a dilemma:

The diploma course I have to / want to do next year is offered to me this year and I am very tempted to go for it. If I do, I will be following two part-time not-very-related programmes (together it will be more than a full-time programme, actually). , wondering if I can pull that off on top of part-time work and everyday worries.

Also, I will have to attend workshops (monthly I think), which I am not very keen on.

On the positive side, it will all be over, come June 2010.

What say you?

[The Comedian]

What say you?

What's the rush?

It sounds like you're taking on a lot of responsibilities. Would you be able to handle all of them and meet your own expectations? But more importantly, how would this additional program affect your ability to lay down the law on Littnet? ;)

[Niamh]

Do you think you can handle it all together?
If i do well in this one i'm going to try do two together next year while working full time too. that would mean a 72 hour week of study and work. :sick: but if i can do it for level 2 and 3 i could get my degree in three years instead of 5 (6 with honours) either that or stagger the course and get them done in 3.5 years. I'm also considering doing my 60 pointer extra course at the beginning of the summer. means constant study for three solid years with hardly a break.

[Scheherazade]

What's the rush? Why wait? :p

Do you think you can handle it all together?
Oh, I know I can handle the studies once I put my mind to it. I will probably moan and panic at times but I will get it done.


I am more worried about the social life and such. As The Comedian pointed out, I wouldn't like my Forum responsiblities to suffer! :p

Niamh>OU studies really do take a lot of time with monthly assignment requirement but they are a lot fun as well especially if you keep up with the required readings.

[The Comedian]

Why wait?

Well, it seems like forwarding your plan would create some sacrifices that you're not sure you want to make. ;)

But in all seriousness, if the program will be around for a while, it might be nice to finish one thing before you move on to another. Of course, of this delight I speak only from my own perspective, as I like to not have too many irons in the fire, lest my overcommitment delay completion.

Best,

:)

[Niamh]

Why wait? :p
Oh, I know I can handle the studies once I put my mind to it. I will probably moan and panic at times but I will get it done.

Then do it! :)


I am more worried about the social life and such. As The Comedian pointed out, I wouldn't like my Forum responsiblities to suffer! :p
The Comedian does have a point....


Niamh>OU studies really do take a lot of time with monthly assignment requirement but they are a lot fun as well especially if you keep up with the required readings.
I've read up on nearly all of the courses to do with the degree, and i think i'm going to really enjoy it! :nod: :D
It will be hard work, but i'll learn a lot of discapline from it and time management. probably half way through the second year i'll drop to part time or something... I just pity the people that will have to deal with me when that time comes! :D hehehe
The thing is, i really want my degree more than anything. :)

[papayahed]

Oh, come on, these things happen :) Don't take it so hard.

I am in a dilemma:

The diploma course I have to / want to do next year is offered to me this year and I am very tempted to go for it. If I do, I will be following two part-time not-very-related programmes (together it will be more than a full-time programme, actually). , wondering if I can pull that off on top of part-time work and everyday worries.

Also, I will have to attend workshops (monthly I think), which I am not very keen on.

On the positive side, it will all be over, come June 2010.

What say you?

If you can keep up with everything I say give it a try but I'm not sure how your 13 children will feel about it.

[Scheherazade]

If you can keep up with everything I say give it a try but I'm not sure how your 13 children will feel about it.14 you mean... Forgotten the last one?

[Annamariah]

My school year starts on Monday. Yikes! :eek2:

The :rage: part is that this year we have to sign up for our courses online. I tried to sign in to the website the university uses for this five minutes after the sign-up time started, and it just wouldn't let me in. I kept trying for an hour, but then I had to give up and prepare for work. At work I managed to get in, but at that point one compulsory course I can't graduate without was full and I'll only get in if half of the people will cancel. Thank you so much, university!

It's ridiculous that there are thousands of people waiting for the exact second the sign-up time begins to be able to click themselves on the courses, and then they are full in 30 seconds and the whole system collapses when everyone's trying to sign up at the same time and those who weren't there at the exact second the sign-up time started won't even get to the whole site. Yippee.

At this rate I guess I'm never going to graduate...

[Niamh]

My school year starts on Monday. Yikes! :eek2:

The :rage: part is that this year we have to sign up for our courses online. I tried to sign in to the website the university uses for this five minutes after the sign-up time started, and it just wouldn't let me in. I kept trying for an hour, but then I had to give up and prepare for work. At work I managed to get in, but at that point one compulsory course I can't graduate without was full and I'll only get in if half of the people will cancel. Thank you so much, university!

It's ridiculous that there are thousands of people waiting for the exact second the sign-up time begins to be able to click themselves on the courses, and then they are full in 30 seconds and the whole system collapses when everyone's trying to sign up at the same time and those who weren't there at the exact second the sign-up time started won't even get to the whole site. Yippee.

At this rate I guess I'm never going to graduate...

Surely if it was compulsory for you to pass to graduate they would have automatically registered you for the course! Thats stupid.

[Annamariah]

Surely if it was compulsory for you to pass to graduate they would have automatically registered you for the course! Thats stupid.

No, they won't. That's how stupid this system is. Also they've put some compulsory courses so that the schedules clash and unless I learn to be at two places at the same time I won't be able to take them all :rage: I really do hope they will do something about it, I can't be the only one whose graduation depends on certain courses that are at the same time.

[Maximilianus]

No, they won't. That's how stupid this system is. Also they've put some compulsory courses so that the schedules clash and unless I learn to be at two places at the same time I won't be able to take them all :rage: I really do hope they will do something about it, I can't be the only one whose graduation depends on certain courses that are at the same time.

What a problem Anna! So because of this you may lose a year or a semester? Do you have anything like a students' union to have them ask authorities for a change in class schedules? ... or maybe you can do a demonstration... if you have the habit in Finland :brow: (there are places where malcontent students' demonstrations and uprisings are quite frequent :p )

[Annamariah]

What a problem Anna! So because of this you may lose a year or a semester? Do you have anything like a students' union to have them ask authorities for a change in class schedules? ... or maybe you can do a demonstration... if you have the habit in Finland :brow: (there are places where malcontent students' demonstrations and uprisings are quite frequent :p )

I guess I'll just have to go and cry :bawling: and cry :bawling: to the teachers long enough that they'll either let me take the course after all, change the schedule or let me pass the course by writing some papers and taking some sort of an exam. :D

Though at the moment it seems that the translation courses I'm supposed to take this year aren't necessarily even going to be taught, which is an even bigger problem... :eek2: But surely they must come up with some solution, as they've accepted my individual study plan two years ago :p

I just don't understand how come they're complaining that people take too much time to graduate (on average seven years when the recommended time is five years) and then they do their best to make that five-year-graduation impossible. I'm supposed to get the lower degree ready after this year and the upper one in two years after that (so that I'd get the whole thing together in five years), but it seems a bit difficult at the moment. :rage:

But as the semester starts tomorrow and I'll be able to see the teachers face-to-face, I'm hoping things will clear up :) Last year there was a major case of clashing courses when the semester begun, but after some persuasion I managed to get one course completely rescheduled and managed to get into one group that didn't really have a place for me :D

[Maximilianus]

I guess I'll just have to go and cry :bawling: and cry :bawling: to the teachers long enough that they'll either let me take the course after all, change the schedule or let me pass the course by writing some papers and taking some sort of an exam. :D

Though at the moment it seems that the translation courses I'm supposed to take this year aren't necessarily even going to be taught, which is an even bigger problem... :eek2: But surely they must come up with some solution, as they've accepted my individual study plan two years ago :p

I just don't understand how come they're complaining that people take too much time to graduate (on average seven years when the recommended time is five years) and then they do their best to make that five-year-graduation impossible. I'm supposed to get the lower degree ready after this year and the upper one in two years after that (so that I'd get the whole thing together in five years), but it seems a bit difficult at the moment. :rage:

But as the semester starts tomorrow and I'll be able to see the teachers face-to-face, I'm hoping things will clear up :) Last year there was a major case of clashing courses when the semester begun, but after some persuasion I managed to get one course completely rescheduled and managed to get into one group that didn't really have a place for me :D
Then go execute that persuading skill of yours :D :D
Good luck on Monday.... go teacher-head hunting, Valkyrie :nod: :D

[Niamh]

Fingers crossed my letters arrive today so i can get them in the registered post and hopefully back to belfast by friday!!! :( I really dont want to have to start in feb. I cant imagine trying to do my assignments in the summer when i'm working 45-50 hour weeks. :(

[Niamh]

I'M GOING BACK TO COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana:
I got over to my mams and there were no forms, so i called them up and explained i hadnt recieved them. they checked system by confirming my name, first line of home address and DOB and discovered i'd been sent the forms twice. the ones from 2nd hadnt arrived, and the sent more today? :confused: so they passed me on to the Milton Keynes office who were equally surprised and i mentioned they were being sent from belfast. so she checked it out and there were deffo two different sets sent out but wasnt sure why. She decided she was going to email them to me which i thought was great. then she asked how i was going to pay and when i mentioned via card, she was like " oh! i can do that for you over the phone!" so did it over the phone and she said " all done! will take about 24hrs to process but you are now registered for your course and went through everything about logging into the site etc. she told me she'd get the confirmation sent via email! :banana: I'm a student again! And its a scary thought! :goof: