Ooooohhh this place looks like fun....what should I brag about...hmmmmm....
I have been a straight A student (plus two Bs) my whole life- I'm a freshman in highschool now and am taking one honors class and two college prep.
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Ooooohhh this place looks like fun....what should I brag about...hmmmmm....
I have been a straight A student (plus two Bs) my whole life- I'm a freshman in highschool now and am taking one honors class and two college prep.
I am finally getting around to writting my poem for English. Writers Block has been killing me!!!
Congratulations, Tal, if that isn't something ! :) Do show us some pictures of Vietnam once you've been there :nod:.
Hm, I guess there were several factors playing into it. First, the tutor's didactic was very ill-thought out, if indeed there was to be any: we always started with someone's summary of the lecture, whose quality depended of course on my fellow students. After that, we had an opportunity to ask questions about just anything, but we seldom had any, just because the topic (intro to lit) was pretty clear. After this silence followed, well, an awkward hmm, what could we do now ?, which either lead to us doing a 3rd library ralley or exercises like Pick any book from the shelf and identify the narrative situation...Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
I guess the tutorial was fine and helpful for people who placed Shakespeare into 19th century Ireland (yes, there were some !), but most of us felt that it was just completely sense-free :rolleyes:. I would have loved to do some group work or discuss concepts instead of dully revising the stuff which I could have done in half the time at home. And not on Friday afternoon :D. Sadly, my linguistics tutorial this semester has started off in a similar non-promising way :(.
Sorry for the rant ! I'm pretty sure you do a better job :nod:.
i see... but hey, summaries sound great... i hadn't thought of that... of course, my students summaries would run along the lines of "I don't remember" or "We talked about sounds" FULLSTOP, but it's a good way to get them started.... on the other hand... it's not, seeing as they come to my tutorial before they've read the text book, which means they only remember bits and pieces, but don't know how they fit together.... *ramble*Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
i usually do some excercises (e.g. transcription, morphological analsysis, syntax according to CGEL) and then revise stuff with them afterwards or answer questions as they arise from the exercises...
I think this was the point why it wasn't as effective as was hoped. What annoyed me most was the fact that the attendence of the tutorial was obligatory, which might have been okay for those people with general problems (force them to their luck...), but half of us would have liked to never go there again after the first few weeks :rolleyes:.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
Your giving your students exercises is a huge step ahead of what I've seen :).Quote:
i usually do some excercises (e.g. transcription, morphological analsysis, syntax according to CGEL) and then revise stuff with them afterwards or answer questions as they arise from the exercises...
well, I suppose it's easier to think of linguistics exercises than literature ones because in linguistics you can do all these analyses. so. e.g. every student can transcribe one or two words or analyse a sentence, whereas in Lit. they have to write essay-style answers in the exam, so you can't really split it up into nice little chunks...Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
Yes, I agree that in-class preparation for the exam essays can't be done on a regular basis, but a mid-semester mock essay done at home wouldn't have hurt :).Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
Moreover, I think there are fun exercises for literature, although maybe they don't prepare you directly for the exam, but at least they might have served to anchor the knowledge of concepts, terminology, and so on. I'm thinking of 'who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire'-quizes on the books we read, a round of 'Tabu' for explaining the stylistic devices, 'pick one branch of literary theory and explain why you find absolutely crappy' etc.
But I suppose preparing all this would mean a lot of work...
i see your point... about mock exams, the problem there is that if I set my students a 'mock exam' they will think I know what will come up in the actual exam. --> they'll learn the mock exam by heart and if there are different questions in the exam, they'll be at a loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
plus, there are only so many questions you can set in the real exam, so I might actually hit on some of them and the boss(es) will be grumpy coz I guessed right and mollycoddled the students.
hehe, if/when you become a tutor yourself, you could have your students in one tutorial set a mock exam for those in the other tutorial. That way, they have to work with the texts and find questions themselves and you can't be blamed :)
Oh, I see. Hadn't thought about this :).Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
He he, I'll remember this :D.Quote:
hehe, if/when you become a tutor yourself, you could have your students in one tutorial set a mock exam for those in the other tutorial. That way, they have to work with the texts and find questions themselves and you can't be blamed :)
Good luck with your tutorial, then :).
:banana: :banana: :banana: Yay!!! Just finished my Numerical Methods coursework!!!!
Congratulations, Lioness, you've deserved a decent cup of hot chocolate now ! *offers one* :)
I've just finished preparing my oral presentation on Renaissance Attitudes to Magic, Witchcraft and Astrology *sigh of relief* (too much work for just 30 min of presenting, but quite a fascinating topic).
congrats Lioness and Schoko!
Schoko, your topic sounds really interesting :)
Oh I just remembered. I've got some health news on my front. If you remember from another thread (I forget which one now), I had reported from my check up in early january that the doctor diagnosed me with fatty liver. Well since then I've been working out three times per week at the gym and occaisionally adding a running day when the weather is nice. I've been doing this pretty religiously since mid January and now the results are in. I have just gotten my results from a recent blood test. Success!!!! The liver function that was high, ALT (SGPT), has gone from 59 to 46. Normal range is 0-56. But listen to the rest. My overall cholesterol has gone from 205 down to 173. :banana: My bad cholesterol (LDL) dropped from 143 to 107. Now I've only lost 5 to 6 pound (2 to 3 KG) but I've been doing some weight lifting at the gym as well as cardio and i've definitely put on more muscle and muscle is at least twice as dense as fat. My waist is slender; I've gone in two notches on my belt. I bet I've easily cut out 10 pounds (4 - 5 KG) of fat from my body. I really feel great. My blood pressure has come down too. I was beginning to tell myself I was getting old when I struggling doing what i used to, but that has turned out to be a fallacy. Getting rid of some fat makes a world of difference. I don't think you should ever tell yourself you're getting old as an excuse. And the best part is, I can drink wine again. :banana:
Edit: I found that original thread where I first mention the fatty liver problem. It was in the chocolate lover's thread (how appropriate ;) ) and you can find it here on post #55: http://www.online-literature.com/for...ht=fatty+liver
Well done, Virgil!
It's Boast Posts like that one that (almost) make me think I should put down my book and go get some exercise!
But instead you turn your computer on? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BibliophileTRJ
Way to go, Virgil! Even though I don't have any problems worth mentioning, I'd like to get some tests done too... Just to see how things are going in 'there'.
Congratulations, Virgil - well done!!
Recently gave a speech in front of all of my classmates, and it actually went alarmingly well. I feel proud of myself. I guess ending with "May the Force be with you" was a good idea, after all.
Thanks Bib, Scher, and Robin
Yes, Scher a check up never hurts. Just because you don't know what is wrong does not mean it will not get worse. It's best to know and take appropriate action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
And I can't say enough that exercise is good.
! I finally got some sleep!! 5 hours straight!!! And the first five chapters of my book are all: finished!!!!
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We got our AS results on thursday, and I got 5 As!!! And full marks in half my modules!!!!!!!! so I'm quite happy...
congratulations Lioness!
Thank-you!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Congratulations Lioness. I don't k know what al that means but it sounds very good. :)
Wow Lioness, these are really good grades! Congratulations! :banana: By the way, which subjects are you taking? :)
congrats Lioness! that's really great marks!
Thank-you!!
Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Further Maths and English Literature. I have to drop one but can't decide between Further Maths and English. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
Very good Lioness. What type of career would you like? If it involved sciences then I recommend you keep the math.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lioness_Heart
I want to study physics at uni, but to do that i only need 3 subjects anyway. I know maths would be way more useful, but part of me just can't bear to give up english...Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
I know what you mean. I had the same dilemma.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lioness_Heart
lioness, my cousin is studying Physics. As much as you love English you are probably better off keeping math. Physics is though!
Here's my boast:
My hubsand was the first person to break the story that Elvis had died.
He was working in radio news in Memphis at the time and received a tip
from a nurse at Baptist Hospital that Elvis had died. It wasn't a story he
really enjoyed breaking, but it sure made a name for him in 70's radio news circles. Got a lot of big job offers but declined them so he could move his family back to Arkansas.
Wow, that is a cool story. Really cool. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Granny5
Whooooaa. Shiny.
I just wrote a "poem" (are Greek choruses poems? @_@) and I think it's pretty good...only because I've been so inspired...
But what I'm proud of more is the fact that I recently learned how to play "Having Trouble Sneezing" with two hands (wow) perfectly on my keyboard. So much fun. Easy, though. :p
very cool lily
Are you going to post the poem?
I did right here in that old thread with my sonnet: http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=25157
Thanks!
wow, can I have your autograph? or your hubbie's?Quote:
Originally Posted by Granny5
Lily Adams, that's a really nice poem!
here's my latest boast.. well, it's not really a boast, more something to celebrate:
my Beany Bear (boyfriend) has been invited to a job interview in Berlin. It's a job with a security policy consulting company (er, whatever). They're kinda desperate to find an assistant for one of the bosses, a politics professor.
There'll be an interview tomorrow at 5 p.m. and an "assessment centre" on Wednesday. He took the train today so he'd have time to prepare.
I'm so proud of my Beany. After having his applications returned for 6 months, this is a real break. Knock on wood for him! (ouch, leave my head alone!)
That's really good news. Good luck to him!
Will you tell us if he made it?
I just got a hundred in all my classes! (except the evil one which will not be mentioned, that which shalt not be name :flare:)
Congratulations and celebrations, Baki ... :thumbs_up :lol: