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  1. LooCee's Avatar
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    Wooo, they'e updated my status and I can now get on the student home page and see my courses and stuff Yay!
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    (Original post by LooCee)
    Wooo, they'e updated my status and I can now get on the student home page and see my courses and stuff Yay!
    Cool. :cool:

    How is everyone today?
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    (Original post by Lunarsea)
    Cool. :cool:

    How is everyone today?
    Not too bad, thank you. Yourself?
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    How is everyone today?
    I'm awake and watching top gear before embarking on the rest of my TMA. How aboot you and everyone else?
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    How aboot you and everyone else?
    Chilaxing during the bank holiday Shall start reading again on Tuesday
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    Chilaxing during the bank holiday Shall start reading again on Tuesday
    I wish I could, I have a TMA due in on Wednesday that I'm still working on. Quantum mechanics are evil.
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    (Original post by Trimeresurus)
    I wish I could, I have a TMA due in on Wednesday that I'm still working on. Quantum mechanics are evil.
    Can you at least eat ice-cream while you work? (I see ice-cream as a staple food during bank holiday :p:)
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    I got some of my course materials the other day and they look scary! :sad:
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    (Original post by h82think)
    Can you at least eat ice-cream while you work? (I see ice-cream as a staple food during bank holiday :p:)
    Alas, I have no ice cream
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    (Original post by Trimeresurus)
    Alas, I have no ice cream
    :eek: I believe you have bigger problems than your TMA due in on Wednesday! :p:
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    (Original post by Juno)
    I got some of my course materials the other day and they look scary! :sad:
    Why so scary?
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    (Original post by h82think)
    Why so scary?
    Because it's maths, and I can't do maths :afraid:

    Also I get them in a special format for faulty people, and they send bits as soon as they're available. So they've sent me books from the middle of the course, but I haven't received the start yet.
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    (Original post by Juno)
    I got some of my course materials the other day and they look scary! :sad:
    What course materials did you receive? (I wholeheartedly approve of your username, by the way).
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    (Original post by Juno)
    Because it's maths, and I can't do maths :afraid:

    Also I get them in a special format for faulty people, and they send bits as soon as they're available. So they've sent me books from the middle of the course, but I haven't received the start yet.
    Alas, I wish I could help you out, but my mathematical capabilities are diabolically poor
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    (Original post by Trimeresurus)
    What course materials did you receive? (I wholeheartedly approve of your username, by the way).
    MST121 chapter 3B and computer book B
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    (Original post by h82think)
    :eek: I believe you have bigger problems than your TMA due in on Wednesday! :p:
    I concur! *Walks away, grumbling inaudibly about bank holidays* :p:
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    (Original post by Juno)
    Also I get them in a special format for faulty people, and they send bits as soon as they're available. So they've sent me books from the middle of the course, but I haven't received the start yet.
    Faulty people is the best term I have ever heard.
    I will now refer to my crappy eyes as faulty eyes.

    Thankyou :o:
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    (Original post by ½+½)
    Faulty people is the best term I have ever heard.
    I will now refer to my crappy eyes as faulty eyes.

    Thankyou :o:
    Do you get anything special for being faulty?

    I get special formatting (comb binding) and I'm hoping if I have exams I'll get extra time
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    Good morning, my Open University colleagues :p:
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    (Original post by Juno)
    Do you get anything special for being faulty?

    I get special formatting (comb binding) and I'm hoping if I have exams I'll get extra time
    No I am only faulty with my eyes really so I get no extra provisions.

    How does the comb binding help, if you don't mind me asking?

    My friend has aspergers and dyslexia and she gets private tuition, double the course materials and, I believe, lots of leeway with the exams. All funded by the OU. Pretty lucky stuffs.
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