Durham General Chat Thread

Not sure ill have the chance to enjoy foundations 3!

:-s

Reply 6081

Itchynscratchy

10

positive thinking robbie :smile:

Reply 6082

Just found out about 12 new lectures I didn't know existed, and spent half an hour photocopying the 70 pages of handout... which im going to have to read the day before and make some record breakingly brief notes on.

****ing hell. I dont think it could get much worse, not that I want to jinx myself or anything!!!!! :mad:

Reply 6083

hanadeka2002

^this is why I am an advocate of the 'work consistently all year round then you won't have to torture yourself at exam time' approach...

Reply 6084

Jelkin

chocolateflake99

^this is why I am an advocate of the 'work consistently all year round then you won't have to torture yourself at exam time' approach...

This will sound mega bitchy and it's really not meant to, but sometimes I kind of want to hate you ... you always find it really easy to motivate yourself and do loads of work! Some of us don't find it so easy and it's not so simple for us :mad:

Obviously I'm only kidding about - please don't be offended - but people who find it easy to work hard all year round make me feel inadequate :frown:

EDIT: I know this is scant consolation, Robbie, seeing as I am a lowly first year, but I haven't started revision yet. Got a summative to finish by tomorrow and half a play to write by the weekend (a deadline that my director only told me about yesterday). I also went to a Purple Radio Exec meeting earlier that had been cancelled, but the email was sent with really short notice and I was the only one who hadn't got it. I hate it when I waste my time like that. And like this. But I can't stop myself. Good luck with revision and remember, if you deliberately contract a serious illness that means you can't take the exams, you'll be laughing.

Reply 6085

hanadeka2002

Jelkin

This will sound mega bitchy and it's really not meant to, but sometimes I kind of want to hate you ... you always find it really easy to motivate yourself and do loads of work! Some of us don't find it so easy and it's not so simple for us :mad:

Obviously I'm only kidding about - please don't be offended - but people who find it easy to work hard all year round make me feel inadequate :frown:

EDIT: I know this is scant consolation, Robbie, seeing as I am a lowly first year, but I haven't started revision yet. Got a summative to finish by tomorrow and half a play to write by the weekend (a deadline that my director only told me about yesterday). I also went to a Purple Radio Exec meeting earlier that had been cancelled, but the email was sent with really short notice and I was the only one who hadn't got it. I hate it when I waste my time like that. And like this. But I can't stop myself. Good luck with revision and remember, if you deliberately contract a serious illness that means you can't take the exams, you'll be laughing.

Lol,no I'm not offended. Don't feel inadequate. I've GOT to work year round,I can't just cram at the last minute, I'm not smart enough for it(plus,I like my sleep too much and the thought of staying up all night cramming is my idea of hell). I wish I could be, so many of my friends are so lax about their studies and I'm not sure whether it's a public facade or true but...grr.

I have one friend who is just amazing though,she takes her books to the gym to read on the stepper, she leaves our social gatherings at random intervals to go work...if she gets below a first she demeans her 'low marks'...while little old me has to study 'just' to get marks in the mid-60s...grr.

I'm a panicker,panicking gets me through things and makes me start early.Lol.

Anyhoo,this evening I intended on doing lots of work,ended up doing about 40 minutes,made three cups of tea,got pick n mix and came online,I can't seem to concentrate. I did make the mistake of looking at past exam papers this afternoon though.. :frown:

By the way, good luck Robbie, are things really as bad as you describe? Why don't you claim mitigating circumstances if you're really worried?

Reply 6086

arkbar

12

I'm so smart, I only need to cram after the exam.

Reply 6087

WokSz

chocolateflake99

By the way, good luck Robbie, are things really as bad as you describe? Why don't you claim mitigating circumstances if you're really worried?

Good idea. But don't you need a medical certificate for this?

Reply 6088

socialist cook

8

WokSz

Good idea. But don't you need a medical certificate for this?

You need a note from doctor if it's a medical issue.

But if it's a mental health issue I think you can have a note from the Counselling Service. (I know this isn't related to Rob's problem but thought I'd raise it nonetheless to inform.)

Reply 6089

Itchynscratchy

10

chocolateflake99

Lol,no I'm not offended. Don't feel inadequate. I've GOT to work year round,I can't just cram at the last minute, I'm not smart enough for it(plus,I like my sleep too much and the thought of staying up all night cramming is my idea of hell). I wish I could be, so many of my friends are so lax about their studies and I'm not sure whether it's a public facade or true but...grr.

To be honest, for first years it could be a naivety/arrogance that makes them so lax. I know that I was certainly like that. Freshers are just not aware of the impending doom.

I have been to a good 90-95% of my lectures this year, (this is up from about 40-50% the last two years) and it really does make a difference. It is much easier to be motivated when you know of the horrors of failure.

Reply 6090

hanadeka2002

I've been to the vast majority of my lectures this year(all of them for three modules...)...

The only reason I geneally missed lectures was because the lecturer reads off the slides and I can damn well read off the slides in the comfort of my own room, rather than having to drag myself down to Elvet Riverside at 9 a bloody m.

Reply 6091

WokSz

True, but the lecturer might add a few things in so you have missed a crucial point.

Reply 6092

Itchynscratchy

10

If a point is ever crucial then it is written down somewhere if the lecturer is worth his salt.

Reply 6093

WokSz

Good idea. But don't you need a medical certificate for this?

Im perfectly happy to make myself seriously ill if I have to.

I have a pack of chicken defrosting at home.

Alternatively ill eat chinese chicken chow mein left out all night on a counter in the open air.

Salmonella party.

They cant make me take exams with salmonella.

Reply 6094

Jelkin

WokSz

True, but the lecturer might add a few things in so you have missed a crucial point.

In English there aren't really "crucial points", just valid interpretations. The worst thing is going to a lecture even though you have a million and one other things to do, and then the lecturer spends half the time talking about a book that's not on the course (so no one in the lecture will have read it) to illustrate a point vaguely related to something you ARE studying. Then they show video clips for the rest of the time. (This doesn't happen often, but it's so annoying when it does!)

Reply 6095

WokSz

Good thing I'm doing Computer Science then ! :wink:

Reply 6096

Piggsil

16

chocolateflake99

Lol,no I'm not offended. Don't feel inadequate. I've GOT to work year round,I can't just cram at the last minute, I'm not smart enough for it(plus,I like my sleep too much and the thought of staying up all night cramming is my idea of hell). I wish I could be, so many of my friends are so lax about their studies and I'm not sure whether it's a public facade or true but...grr.

I have one friend who is just amazing though,she takes her books to the gym to read on the stepper, she leaves our social gatherings at random intervals to go work...if she gets below a first she demeans her 'low marks'...while little old me has to study 'just' to get marks in the mid-60s...grr.

I'm a panicker,panicking gets me through things and makes me start early.Lol.

Anyhoo,this evening I intended on doing lots of work,ended up doing about 40 minutes,made three cups of tea,got pick n mix and came online,I can't seem to concentrate. I did make the mistake of looking at past exam papers this afternoon though.. :frown:

By the way, good luck Robbie, are things really as bad as you describe? Why don't you claim mitigating circumstances if you're really worried?

Panicking and doing things early ftw. :biggrin:

Reply 6097

Tufts

Resetting body clock for the exams FTL! :coffee:

Reply 6098

48 hours before a maths exam, and only think I can scrabble 30% on it. I could do with 50.

20% increase in 2 days... while doing other revision... Not too likely is it? Ugh, I wish I wasn't such a ****ing fighter, then I could go down gracefully. But I MUST pass 3 modules to stay at Durham and even have a chance to do resits. How awful this has all gotten.

Reply 6099

Jelkin