The Tripos Exam Stress Thread 2012

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Original post by Tortious

What on earth is the film?

Meanwhile, I'm updating my revision notes to incorporate the latest cases by skimming the index of my textbook to see which are from 2007-2012. I've found 60 already out of 26 pages (with an average of 30 per page, so not that many overall!). 9 pages to go. I swear the author's being paid by the footnote...

It's called Come and See. It is, at least, very good. It's just also making me want to simultaneously cry and vomit. It's not even particularly graphic (compared to Night and Fog, which is a half hour film incorporating a lot of Holocaust footage that I watched earlier). It's just that the way it is made is very discomfiting, which of course makes it excellent to write about.

That sounds even less fun than what I'm doing :p:

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Original post by Zoedotdot

It's called Come and See. It is, at least, very good. It's just also making me want to simultaneously cry and vomit. It's not even particularly graphic (compared to Night and Fog, which is a half hour film incorporating a lot of Holocaust footage that I watched earlier). It's just that the way it is made is very discomfiting, which of course makes it excellent to write about.

That sounds even less fun than what I'm doing :p:

I gave up when I read the CUSU bulletin. I've just done the emotion recognition test and achieved a respectable 53/60, so I'm fairly happy considering I thought I was pretty poor at distinguishing between facial expressions. :p:

*Puts kettle on and goes back to work*

(At least my back's to my window, so I don't feel tired because I haven't seen that it's dark outside!)

Reply 184

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Original post by Tortious

I gave up when I read the CUSU bulletin. I've just done the emotion recognition test and achieved a respectable 53/60, so I'm fairly happy considering I thought I was pretty poor at distinguishing between facial expressions. :p:

*Puts kettle on and goes back to work*

(At least my back's to my window, so I don't feel tired because I haven't seen that it's dark outside!)

I got 52! Thought I was failing at distinguishing between disgust, fear, surprise and anger but apparently not!

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lp386

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I can indeed confirm that the Ben and Jerry's Core flavours are good, even if I did have to pay for them. Unfortunately, they are no longer on half price as of this evening - they'd already changed the price tickets by the time I'd got there (though thankfully not the price).

Ben and Jerry's, you owe me a second crate of ice cream.

As for the stress - I have no idea how I'm going to get through the remaining 130-odd lectures and do past paper questions and do reading in the last two weeks. Everybody panic. Unless you're panicking about your own exams, but if you aren't, maybe you could share my panic? Ta muchly.

Reply 186

Original post by Zoedotdot

I got 52! Thought I was failing at distinguishing between disgust, fear, surprise and anger but apparently not!

I got perfect 10s on fear and happiness. I guess they're the most commonly seen emotions in exam term...

Reply 187

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Original post by Tortious

I got perfect 10s on fear and happiness. I guess they're the most commonly seen emotions in exam term...

Snap!! Then 9s on surprise and sadness, 8 on disgust and 6 on anger - clearly people don't get angry with me very often :h:

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Original post by Zoedotdot

Snap!! Then 9s on surprise and sadness, 8 on disgust and 6 on anger - clearly people don't get angry with me very often :h:

I think it's more that you don't see the faces of TSR users when they call you a "dirty...mod" (seriously, don't people have better things to do than create a dupe and post inflammatory stuff?). :p:

Reply 189

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Original post by Tortious

I think it's more that you don't see the faces of TSR users when they call you a "dirty homo mod" (seriously, don't people have better things to do than create a dupe and post inflammatory stuff?). :p:

That thread's in the bin, how can you see it? :confused:

You wouldn't believe the amount of inflammatory crap that we get. Some people have far too much rage!

Reply 190

Original post by Zoedotdot

That thread's in the bin, how can you see it? :confused:

You wouldn't believe the amount of inflammatory crap that we get. Some people have far too much rage!

I saw it before and reported it, so the link was still in my browser history. (How did you manage to quote my deleted post? If you notice, I removed the "homo" in my second version so I wouldn't get negged by people who aren't in on the joke.)

Really? That bad? It must be pretty mind-numbing to have the same "debates" cropping up again and again - I'd just merge each topic into a massive incoherent thread and let the trolls thrash it out. :wink:

(What kind of "inflammatory crap" do you get? Is there much in terms of offensive images (porn, gore etc.) from people looking for permabans? That all seems pretty rare overall...)

EDIT: Just realised that this is the Exam Stress Thread. Don't feel obliged to reply if you think this is straying off-topic.

To bring it closer to being back on track, I'll post one of my latest finds. I'd say it's fairly apt:

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 191

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Original post by Tortious

I saw it before and reported it, so the link was still in my browser history. (How did you manage to quote my deleted post? If you notice, I removed the "homo" in my second version so I wouldn't get negged by people who aren't in on the joke.)

Really? That bad? It must be pretty mind-numbing to have the same "debates" cropping up again and again - I'd just merge each topic into a massive incoherent thread and let the trolls thrash it out. :wink:

(What kind of "inflammatory crap" do you get? Is there much in terms of offensive images (porn, gore etc.) from people looking for permabans? That all seems pretty rare overall...)

Probably quoted it before you deleted! There's just a lot of random lashing out. People get angry. Not usually directed at me though :smile:

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lp386

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Original post by Zoedotdot

Probably quoted it before you deleted! There's just a lot of random lashing out. People get angry. Not usually directed at me though :smile:

I guess this must be one of the risks of modding a forum used by a large group of 13-15 year olds, some immature adults and a handful of stressed, over-caffeinated Cambridge students who know how to curse creatively.

I can't say I envy you that job. It always shocks me how angry people will get over imaginary internet points.

Reply 193

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Original post by lp386

I guess this must be one of the risks of modding a forum used by a large group of 13-15 year olds, some immature adults and a handful of stressed, over-caffeinated Cambridge students who know how to curse creatively.

I can't say I envy you that job. It always shocks me how angry people will get over imaginary internet points.

I actually really like modding :smile:

The majority of people are perfectly civil and nice, there are just a few exceptions, and even then most of the outbursts are born of frustration and miscommunication. Can't recall ever being creatively cursed at by an over-caffeinated Cambridge student but if you want to be the first then please be my guest :p:

Anyway, it is a fun job and a welcome break from revision! I should probably ban myself going into these exams but I feel like I'll need something in my day that I'm not actually failing at :p:

(Rather scared about my exam on Friday :frown:

)

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ukebert

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Original post by lp386

As for the stress - I have no idea how I'm going to get through the remaining 130-odd lectures and do past paper questions and do reading in the last two weeks. Everybody panic. Unless you're panicking about your own exams, but if you aren't, maybe you could share my panic? Ta muchly.

I can panic for you :smile:

I got 49

10 on surprise, 6 on fear and disgust, 9 on everything else. I tended to assume that everything was either surprise or disgust, but picked up on my trend on the latter too early, so chose anger when it should have been disgust instead a few times.

Reply 195

Original post by lp386

I guess this must be one of the risks of modding a forum used by a large group of 13-15 year olds, some immature adults and a handful of stressed, over-caffeinated Cambridge students who know how to curse creatively.

I can't say I envy you that job. It always shocks me how angry people will get over imaginary internet points.

Mmm, I'd imagine that it'd involve more direct contact with users than my job as a Forum Assistant.

[Insert pun about my job entailing "sweet FA"]*

*Actually goes back to work :work:

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*Yes, I made this post with the sole purpose of trying (and failing) to make such a joke... :getmecoat:

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