University of Glasgow blether thread

greeneyedgirl

x

Katie Lowe described the misuse of apostrophes today as an "epic fail" :teehee:

I absolutely detest 'Poor Things' and I'm doing my presentation on it :frown:

FML! It's such pretentious rubbish, I usually loathe science fiction anyway but it really is awful :frown:

Are you allowed to tear a book apart in a presentation? (Not literally :colonhash:

)

EDIT: You may well ask why I elected to do that book if I hate it so much, but it was the only text I hadn't read yet at the beginning of the semester :facepalm2:

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 4982

Original post by ArcadiaHouse

Katie Lowe described the misuse of apostrophes today as an "epic fail" :teehee:

I absolutely detest 'Poor Things' and I'm doing my presentation on it :frown:

FML! It's such pretentious rubbish, I usually loathe science fiction anyway but it really is awful :frown:

Are you allowed to tear a book apart in a presentation? (Not literally :colonhash:

)

EDIT: You may well ask why I elected to do that book if I hate it so much, but it was the only text I hadn't read yet at the beginning of the semester :facepalm2:

Ha ha Katie Lowe is such a legend!

I haven't read it and not sure I plan on it!

Erm I wouldn't suggest ripping into it...on my presentation feedback slip she commented on how nice it was that I was enthusiastic about the book!

Reply 4983

Original post by greeneyedgirl

Ha ha Katie Lowe is such a legend!

I haven't read it and not sure I plan on it!

Erm I wouldn't suggest ripping into it...on my presentation feedback slip she commented on how nice it was that I was enthusiastic about the book!

Well our tutor knows how much I liked all the rest of the texts, so I'll just say I'm being ~original by hating this one :tongue:

I'll try and be subtle about it though and not just turn it into a rant :colone:

Like, attempt to be balanced ... even though science fiction bores me rigid.

Reply 4984

Original post by ArcadiaHouse

Well our tutor knows how much I liked all the rest of the texts, so I'll just say I'm being ~original by hating this one :tongue:

I'll try and be subtle about it though and not just turn it into a rant :colone:

Like, attempt to be balanced ... even though science fiction bores me rigid.

Well I think as long as you still talk about the book it'll be fine!

Reply 4985

Beneb

10

Poor Things is science fiction? :wtf:

I thought it was a Victorian-era gothic work?

Reply 4986

Original post by Beneb

Poor Things is science fiction? :wtf:

I thought it was a Victorian-era gothic work?

It's both, innit. Re-working of Frankenstein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

Frankenstein is infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story

Reply 4987

Original post by greeneyedgirl

Well I think as long as you still talk about the book it'll be fine!

I actually despise this book. :nothing:

Everything I read about it has piles upon piles of literary bull**** to describe it.

A "feminist socialist anti-imperialist polemic" OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS? :facepalm2:

Reply 4988

Setting this book alight once I'm finished with it

Reply 4989

Original post by ArcadiaHouse

I actually despise this book. :nothing:

Everything I read about it has piles upon piles of literary bull**** to describe it.

A "feminist socialist anti-imperialist polemic" OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS? :facepalm2:

Still not read it :tongue:

Reply 4990

Original post by greeneyedgirl

Still not read it :tongue:

My presentation is about three minutes long. For 3%. Bish bash bosh :colonhash:

Reply 4991

Original post by ArcadiaHouse

My presentation is about three minutes long. For 3%. Bish bash bosh :colonhash:

It'll be fine, just speak slowly and stare out of window a few times!

Reply 4992

[video="youtube;m8rzkCkFIus"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m8rzkCkFIus#![/video]

Meanwhile, in Scotland

Reply 4993

munn

16

Original post by ArcadiaHouse

[video="youtube;m8rzkCkFIus"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m8rzkCkFIus#![/video]

Meanwhile, in Scotland

you can't fool me! those are not scottish road markings!

Reply 4994

AlaskaMcCann

Hi everyone! Since you guys are the experts, I was wondering if I could ask you a question. I applied for Philosophy, but after a bit of thinking I realised it's probably not what I want to get my degree in. One of the reasons I chose Glasgow was because of its subject flexibility, as I knew this would happen :tongue:

and I've never really been 100% sure of what I want to study (I have many interests I guess). Anyway, I think I want to study Politics and Sociology alongside it and eventually get a joint honours in those subjects. I know I would have to switch from an Arts degree to a Social Sciences degree. Does switching ever happen/would it even be possible?
Thanks!

Reply 4995

andyyy

2

Original post by ArcadiaHouse

I actually despise this book. :nothing:

Everything I read about it has piles upon piles of literary bull**** to describe it.

A "feminist socialist anti-imperialist polemic" OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS? :facepalm2:

It would be pretty fantastic if sexism and imperialism was just literary bull****, actually.

Original post by AlaskaMcCann

Hi everyone! Since you guys are the experts, I was wondering if I could ask you a question. I applied for Philosophy, but after a bit of thinking I realised it's probably not what I want to get my degree in. One of the reasons I chose Glasgow was because of its subject flexibility, as I knew this would happen :tongue:

and I've never really been 100% sure of what I want to study (I have many interests I guess). Anyway, I think I want to study Politics and Sociology alongside it and eventually get a joint honours in those subjects. I know I would have to switch from an Arts degree to a Social Sciences degree. Does switching ever happen/would it even be possible?
Thanks!

I know a lot of people who changed their mind about their degree, as long as you meet all the requirements (e.g. to do Eng Lit single honours you have to do Eng Lang level 1), you should have no problems switching.

Reply 4996

Original post by AlaskaMcCann

Hi everyone! Since you guys are the experts, I was wondering if I could ask you a question. I applied for Philosophy, but after a bit of thinking I realised it's probably not what I want to get my degree in. One of the reasons I chose Glasgow was because of its subject flexibility, as I knew this would happen :tongue:

and I've never really been 100% sure of what I want to study (I have many interests I guess). Anyway, I think I want to study Politics and Sociology alongside it and eventually get a joint honours in those subjects. I know I would have to switch from an Arts degree to a Social Sciences degree. Does switching ever happen/would it even be possible?
Thanks!

I've swapped from doing Eng Lit to Eng Lang (not really a major switch but still) it is possible!

Reply 4997

Spider Pig

1

Original post by AlaskaMcCann

Hi everyone! Since you guys are the experts, I was wondering if I could ask you a question. I applied for Philosophy, but after a bit of thinking I realised it's probably not what I want to get my degree in. One of the reasons I chose Glasgow was because of its subject flexibility, as I knew this would happen :tongue:

and I've never really been 100% sure of what I want to study (I have many interests I guess). Anyway, I think I want to study Politics and Sociology alongside it and eventually get a joint honours in those subjects. I know I would have to switch from an Arts degree to a Social Sciences degree. Does switching ever happen/would it even be possible?
Thanks!

I switched from Hispanic Studies (Arts) to Politics and English Language (Soc Sci/Arts). It's incredibly flexible, and Arts and Soc Sci are basically one department, it's very fluid so you'll easily be able to switch :smile:

Reply 4998

Original post by andyyy

It would be pretty fantastic if sexism and imperialism was just literary bull****, actually.

Amen.

I just felt the long sentences with all these theoretical terms applied to the one text started to sound pretty ridiculous. I mean I appreciate texts can fit more than one genre/theory etc but that was just silly :colonhash:

Reply 4999